Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 4, Chapter 3818 - Harris County Improvement District No. 1
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 3818.001 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the board of directors of the district. (2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. (3) "District" means...
- Texas Section 3818.002 - Harris County Improvement District No
A special district known as the "Harris County Improvement District No. 1" is a political subdivision of this state created under Section 59, Article XVI,...
- Texas Section 3818.003 - Purpose; Declaration Of Intent
The creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 52, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other...
- Texas Section 3818.004 - Findings Of Benefit And Public Purpose
(a) The district is created to serve a public use and benefit. Each improvement project or service authorized by this chapter carries out a public...
- Texas Section 3818.005 - District Territory
(a) The district is composed of the territory described by Section 3, Chapter 1026, Acts of the 70th Legislature, Regular Session, 1987, as that territory...
- Texas Section 3818.006 - Applicability Of Other Law
Except as otherwise provided, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, applies to the district. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019), Sec. 1.03,...
SUBCHAPTER B BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Texas Section 3818.007 - Liberal Construction Of Chapter
This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformance with the legislative findings and purposes stated in this chapter. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch....
- Texas Section 3818.051 - Composition; Terms
(a) The district is governed by a board of 12 directors. (b) The commission appoints the directors to positions numbered 1 through 12. (c) Directors...
- Texas Section 3818.052 - Qualifications For Office
(a) A director must meet the requirements provided by Section 375.063, Local Government Code. (b) Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 889, Sec....
- Texas Section 3818.054 - Vacancy
The board by appointment shall fill a vacancy on the board. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019), Sec. 1.03, eff. April...
SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES
- Texas Section 3818.055 - Removal Of Director
The commission may remove a director for misconduct or failure to carry out the director's duties after a petition by a majority of the other...
- Texas Section 3818.101 - Nonprofit Corporation
(a) The board by resolution may authorize the creation of a nonprofit corporation to assist and act for the district in implementing a project or...
- Texas Section 3818.102 - Agreements; Grants
(a) The district may make a contract, lease, or other agreement with, or accept a grant or loan from, any person to carry out a...
- Texas Section 3818.103 - Use Of Conduits
(a) The district may: (1) finance, acquire, construct, improve, operate, maintain, or charge a fee for the use of its own conduits for fiber-optic cable,...
- Texas Section 3818.104 - Regulation Of Signs
The board by rule may regulate signs in the district. The board may require the removal of a sign that does not conform to a...
- Texas Section 3818.105 - Exclusion Of Territory; Hearing
(a) At any time, the board may on its own motion call a hearing on the question of the exclusion of land from the district...
- Texas Section 3818.106 - Annexation
(a) Subject to the approval of the governing body of the City of Houston the district may: (1) annex territory in accordance with Subchapter J,...
- Texas Section 3818.107 - Date Of Elections
An election held in the district is not required to be held on a uniform election date provided by Section 41.001, Election Code. Added by...
- Texas Section 3818.108 - Approval Of Certain Improvement Projects
The district must obtain approval from the governing body of the City of Houston and the department of planning of the City of Houston of...
- Texas Section 3818.109 - No Eminent Domain Power
The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019), Sec. 1.03, eff. April 1,
- Texas Section 3818.110 - Authority To Contract For Law Enforcement
To protect the public interest, the district may contract with a qualified party, including Harris County, the City of Houston, or any licensed peace officer,...
- Texas Section 3818.111 - Membership In Charitable Organizations
The district may join and pay dues to a charitable or nonprofit organization that performs a service or provides an activity consistent with the furtherance...
SUBCHAPTER D PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM AND PARKING FACILITIES
- Texas Section 3818.112 - Economic Development Programs
(a) The district may establish and provide for the administration of one or more programs to promote state or local economic development and to stimulate...
- Texas Section 3818.151 - Public Transit System; Petition Required
(a) The district may acquire, lease as lessor or lessee, construct, develop, own, operate, and maintain a public transit system to serve the area within...
- Texas Section 3818.152 - Parking Facilities Authorized; Operation By Private Entity; Tax Exemption
(a) The district may acquire, lease as lessor or lessee, construct, develop, own, operate, and maintain parking facilities or a system of parking facilities, including:...
- Texas Section 3818.153 - Rules For Transit Or Parking System
(a) The district may adopt rules covering its public transit system and its public parking system. (b) Rules adopted under this section that relate to...
- Texas Section 3818.154 - Paying Cost Of Public Transit System Or Parking Facilities
(a) The district may use any of its resources, including revenue, assessments, taxes, and grant or contract proceeds, to pay the cost of acquiring or...
SUBCHAPTER E FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 3818.155 - Payment Instead Of Taxes To Other Taxing Units
If the district's acquisition of property for a parking facility that is leased to or operated by a private entity results in removing from a...
- Texas Section 3818.201 - Notice And Hearing Required
The board may finance a service or improvement project under this chapter with assessments after: (1) notice of a hearing has been given as required...
- Texas Section 3818.202 - Notice Of Hearing
(a) Except as provided by this section, notice of a hearing on financing improvement projects or services shall be given as provided by Section 375.115,...
- Texas Section 3818.203 - Hearing Procedure
(a) The board may appoint a director, a district employee, or any other person as hearings examiner to conduct hearings required by the board. (b)...
- Texas Section 3818.204 - Petition Required For Financing Services And Improvement Projects
(a) The board may not finance a service or improvement project under this chapter with assessments unless a written petition requesting that service or improvement...
- Texas Section 3818.205 - Authority To Impose Ad Valorem Taxes, Assessments, And Impact Fees
(a) The district may impose an ad valorem tax, assessment, or impact fee in accordance with Chapter 375, Local Government Code, to provide an improvement...
- Texas Section 3818.206 - Utility Property Exempt From Assessments And Impact Fees
The district may not impose an assessment or impact fee on the property, including the equipment, rights-of-way, facilities, or improvements of: (1) an electric utility...
- Texas Section 3818.207 - Bonds; Approval By City Of Houston
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the district must obtain the approval of the director of public works of the City of Houston for...
- Texas Section 3818.209 - Assessments And Bond Limit
The board may not issue bonds or impose assessments that exceed 10 percent of the assessed value of the property in the district based on...
- Texas Section 3818.210 - Appeal Of Assessment
A property owner may appeal the board's decision on an assessment to a district court that has jurisdiction in the district by filing notice of...
- Texas Section 3818.211 - Payment By Exempt Jurisdictions
Payment of assessments by exempt jurisdictions, if any, shall be established by contract. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019), Sec. 1.03,...
- Texas Section 3818.212 - Disbursements And Transfers Of Money
The board by resolution shall establish the number of directors' signatures and the procedure required for a disbursement or transfer of the district's money. Added...
- Texas Section 3818.213 - Money Used For Improvements Or Services
The district may acquire, construct, finance, operate, or maintain any improvement or service authorized under this chapter or Chapter 375, Local Government Code, using any...
- Texas Section 3818.214 - Operation And Maintenance Tax
(a) If authorized at an election held in accordance with Section 3818.217, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in...
- Texas Section 3818.215 - Authority To Borrow Money And To Issue Bonds
(a) The district may borrow money on terms and conditions as determined by the board. Section 375.205, Local Government Code, does not apply to a...
- Texas Section 3818.216 - Taxes For Bonds
At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a...
- Texas Section 3818.217 - Elections Regarding Taxes And Bonds
(a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds, notes, and other obligations secured by revenue other than ad valorem taxes. (b) The district must...
- Texas Section 3818.218 - Competitive Bidding
Subchapter I, Chapter 49, Water Code, applies to the district. Sections 375.221 and 375.223, Local Government Code, do not apply to the district. Added by...
SUBCHAPTER F DISSOLUTION
- Texas Section 3818.219 - Tax And Assessment Abatements
The district may grant in the manner authorized by Chapter 312, Tax Code, an abatement for a tax or assessment owed to the district. Added...
- Texas Section 3818.251 - Applicability Of Other Law; Exception
Subchapter M, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, applies to the district except that in determining the percentage of surface area under Section 375.262(2), Local Government...
Last modified: September 28, 2016