Title SD, Special District Local Laws Code

Sec. 9502.0105. APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT. (a) The district is subject to review under Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act), but may not be abolished under that chapter. The review shall be conducted under Section 325.025, Government Code, as if the authority were a st…

Sec. 9502.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district is initially governed by a board of 11 directors. (b) The commissioners courts of Chambers County, Galveston County, Harris County, Jefferson County, and Orange County each shall appoint one director. (c) The governor, with …

Sec. 9502.0202. QUALIFICATION. (a) To qualify for office, a director must be a registered voter who resides in the district. (b) To qualify for office, a director described by Section 9502.0201(b), (c)(1) or (2), or (c-1)(1) must be a resident of the county or municipality the pe…

Sec. 9502.0203. CERTAIN CONFLICTS PROHIBITED. (a) An individual is not eligible to serve as a director if, in the preceding 24 months, the individual had an interest in or was employed by or affiliated with a person who has submitted a bid or entered into a contract for a distric…

Sec. 9502.0204. REIMBURSEMENT. A director is not entitled to compensation but is entitled to reimbursement for necessary expenses incurred in carrying out the duties and responsibilities of the board. Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 872 (S.B. 1160), Sec. 1, eff. June 16,…

Sec. 9502.0205. VOTING. A concurrence of a majority of the directors is required for transacting any business of the district. Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 872 (S.B. 1160), Sec. 1, eff. June 16, 2021.

Sec. 9502.0206. TEMPORARY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. The governor shall appoint a temporary executive director for the district to serve until the initial board members hire an executive director for the district. Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 872 (S.B. 1160), Sec. 1, eff. Ju…

Sec. 9502.0301. GENERAL DISTRICT POWERS. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, the district may: (1) establish, construct, extend, maintain, operate, or improve a coastal barrier or storm surge gate in the manner provided by Chapter 571, Local Government Code, for a c…

Sec. 9502.0302. TAXES AND BONDS. (a) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapter 49, Water Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes. (b) The board may impose the tax at a …

Sec. 9502.0303. REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN PROJECTS. If the district enters into an agreement with another entity to implement a project recommended in the ecosystem restoration report or the protection and restoration study, the district: (1) shall develop a maintenance and operat…

Sec. 9502.0304. ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY AND RIGHTS. (a) The district may purchase, lease, acquire by gift, maintain, use, and operate property of any kind appropriate for the exercise of the district's functions, including acquiring property by mutual agreement wi…

Sec. 9502.0305. COSTS OF RELOCATION OF PROPERTY; EASEMENTS. (a) In the event that the district, in the exercise of the power of eminent domain or power of relocation or any other power, makes necessary the relocation, raising, lowering, rerouting, or change in grade of or alterat…

Sec. 9502.0306. AGREEMENTS. (a) The district may enter into a cooperative agreement with a political subdivision, a state agency, the United States Army Corps of Engineers, or another federal agency for a purpose related to the study, design, construction, operation, or maintenan…

Sec. 9502.0307. CONTRACTS GENERALLY. (a) The district may enter into contracts and execute instruments that are necessary or convenient to the exercise of the district's powers, rights, duties, and functions. A contract may be for any term, including for the life of any facility …

Sec. 9502.0308. REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN CONTRACTS. (a) Chapter 2269, Government Code, applies to the district's public work contracts, as defined by Section 2269.001, Government Code. Section 2269.003(d), Government Code, does not apply to the district. (b) The district shall co…

Sec. 9502.0309. CONFLICT WITH ORDER OR ACTION OF ANOTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISION. An order or action of the Harris County Flood Control District, a river authority, a port authority, a navigation district, or a drainage district relating to the operation or maintenance of a distric…

Sec. 9502.0310. AUTHORITY TO DEVELOP BARRIER CLOSURE PROCEDURES. If the district implements a project to create a coastal barrier, the district shall develop closure procedures in conjunction with each board of trustees established under Chapter 54, Transportation Code, port auth…

Sec. 9502.0311. ANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED. The district shall annually submit a report to the legislature, the Legislative Budget Board, the General Land Office, and the commissioners court of each county in which the district is located. The report must: (1) describe the district's…

Sec. 9502.0312. EMINENT DOMAIN. (a) The district may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire a fee simple or other interest in any type of property if the interest is necessary or convenient for the exercise of the district's functions. The district must exercise the powe…