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Texas Local Government Code - Chapter 326 Library DistrictsLegal Research Home > Texas Laws > Local Government Code > Texas Local Government Code - Chapter 326 Library Districts The legislature finds that: (1) children and other residents of many rural and suburban areas of the state do not have convenient access to a ... The purpose of a library district is to establish, equip, and maintain one or more public libraries for the dissemination of general information relating to ... In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the board of trustees of a district. (2) "District" means a library district created under this chapter. (3) "Municipal ... (a) A library district may be created and must be maintained, operated, and financed as provided by this chapter. (b) A district created under this ... A district may be created and a sales and use tax may be authorized only if the creation is confirmed and the tax is approved ... (a) A district may include any contiguous territory within a single county. (b) The district may include incorporated or unincorporated territory. (c) If the boundaries ... (a) Before a district may be created, the commissioners court of the county in which the proposed district is located must receive a petition signed ... The commissioners court may not order the creation of the district or a confirmation election until the petitioners deposit with the county clerk an amount ... (a) At the next regular or special session of the commissioners court held after the petition is filed with the commissioners court, the commissioners court ... In addition to the elements required to be included by the Election Code, the election order must state: (1) the ballot proposition stating the measure ... (a) The commissioners court shall give notice of the election by publishing a substantial copy of the election order once a week for two consecutive ... (a) The ballot for the election shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The creation of the __________ (name of district) ... (a) If a majority of the votes received in the election favor the creation of the district and the adoption of the sales and use ... (a) The commissioners court shall declare the five persons receiving the highest number of votes for trustee to be elected as trustees. (b) The two ... A district shall be governed by a board of five trustees. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1204, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. ... A person may not be elected to the board of trustees unless the person is a resident of the district and a registered voter of ... (a) Trustees shall serve two-year terms. (b) The general election for trustees shall be held annually on an authorized uniform election date under Chapter 41, ... Write-in votes may be counted only for names appearing on a list of write-in candidates, in the manner that Subchapter C, Chapter 146, Election Code, ... Subchapter C, Chapter 2, Election Code, applies to the election of an unopposed candidate for the office of trustee after the election of the initial ... A vacancy in the office of a trustee shall be filled by appointment by the remaining trustees. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1204, ... After the trustees have assumed office, the trustees shall elect from among the trustees a president, a vice president, a secretary, and any other officers ... (a) Three trustees constitute a quorum and a concurrence of three is sufficient in any matter relating to the business of the district. (b) The ... The board may adopt bylaws to govern: (1) the time, place, and manner of conducting board meetings; (2) the powers, duties, and responsibilities of the ... (a) The board may establish regular meetings to conduct district business and may hold special meetings at other times as the business of the district ... (a) The board has control over and shall manage the affairs of the district. (b) The board shall employ any person, firm, partnership, or corporation ... The board may employ a library director to administer the affairs of the district under policies established by the board. The board shall set the ... The board may require an officer or employee to execute a bond payable to the district and conditioned on the faithful performance of the person's ... (a) A trustee who is financially interested in a contract with the district, or a trustee who is an employee of a person that is ... (a) A district has all of the powers, authority, rights, and duties that will permit the accomplishment of the purposes for which the district was ... (a) The board may provide for and administer a workers' compensation, health benefit, retirement, disability, or death compensation plan for the employees of the district. ... (a) A district may sue and be sued in any court of this state in the name of the district. (b) All courts of this ... (a) The board may adopt reasonable rules to accomplish the purposes of the district. (b) The board may set monetary charges in reasonable amounts for ... (a) A district may impose any necessary charges or fees for providing a district service. (b) A district may discontinue a service to enforce payment ... (a) The board shall designate one or more banks inside or outside of the district to serve as the depository for district money. (b) Tax ... (a) Tax revenue of the district may be invested in an obligation that is an authorized investment for the state. (b) District money other than ... A district's money may be disbursed only by check, draft, order, or another instrument that must be signed by one or more officers or employees ... (a) The district shall keep a complete system of accounts. (b) The district shall have an annual audit of the affairs of the district performed ... The fiscal year of the district is from January 1 to December 31, unless the board adopts another fiscal year. Added by Acts 1997, 75th ... (a) The district may: (1) pay all costs and expenses necessarily incurred in the creation and organization of the district; and (2) reimburse any entity ... A district may accept and administer a gift, grant, or donation from any source to carry out the purposes of this chapter. Added by Acts ... (a) If a district adopts the tax, there is imposed a tax on the receipts from the sale at retail of taxable items in the ... (a) Chapter 323, Tax Code, to the extent not inconsistent with this chapter, governs the imposition, computation, administration, and governance of the tax under this ... The permissible rates for a local sales and use tax levied under this chapter are one-eighth of one percent, one-fourth of one percent, three-eighths of ... (a) The board by order may decrease or abolish the local sales and use tax rate or may call an election to increase, decrease, or ... Taxes collected under this subchapter may be used only for the purposes for which the district was created and may be pledged as collateral for ... A district may adopt a tax under this subchapter only if as a result of adoption of the tax the combined rate of all local ... Last modified: August 11, 2007 |
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