Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 6, Chapter 8374 - Pilot Knob Municipal Utility District No. 5

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 8374.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the district's board of directors. (2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. (3) "Director" means a board...
• Texas Section 8374.002 - Nature Of District
  The district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 989 (H.B....
• Texas Section 8374.003 - Confirmation And Directors' Election Required
  The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect permanent directors as provided by Section 8374.051 of...
• Texas Section 8374.004 - Consent Of Municipality Required
  (a) The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 8374.003 until each municipality has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of...
• Texas Section 8374.005 - Findings Of Public Purpose And Benefit
  (a) The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit. (b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of: (1) a municipal...

SUBCHAPTER B BOARD OF DIRECTORS

• Texas Section 8374.006 - Initial District Territory
  (a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter. (b) The boundaries and field notes...
• Texas Section 8374.051 - Governing Body; Terms
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the district is governed by a board of five elected directors. (b) If required under the terms of...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 8374.052 - Temporary Directors
  (a) On or after the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of...
• Texas Section 8374.101 - General Powers And Duties
  The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S.,...
• Texas Section 8374.102 - Municipal Utility District Powers And Duties
  The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal...
• Texas Section 8374.103 - Authority For Road Projects
  (a) Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, and convey to this state, a...
• Texas Section 8374.104 - Approval Of Road Project
  (a) The district may not undertake a road project authorized by Section 8374.103 unless: (1) each municipality or county that will operate and maintain the...
• Texas Section 8374.105 - Compliance With And Enforceability Of Municipal Consent Agreement, Ordinance, Or Resolution
  (a) The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and...
• Texas Section 8374.106 - Contract To Further Regional Cooperation
  The district and a municipality may contract on terms that the board and governing body of the municipality agree will further regional cooperation between the...

SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 8374.107 - No Eminent Domain Power
  The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 989 (H.B. 1760), Sec. 1, eff. June...
• Texas Section 8374.151 - Elections Regarding Taxes Or Bonds
  (a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other obligations secured by: (1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or (2) contract payments...
• Texas Section 8374.152 - Operation And Maintenance Tax
  (a) If authorized at an election held under Section 8374.151, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district...

SUBCHAPTER E BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS

• Texas Section 8374.153 - Contract Taxes
  (a) In accordance with Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue...
• Texas Section 8374.201 - Authority To Issue Bonds And Other Obligations
  The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district...
• Texas Section 8374.202 - 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...

SUBCHAPTER F STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT; MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION AND NOTICE

• Texas Section 8374.203 - Bonds For Road Projects
  At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad...
• Texas Section 8374.251 - Strategic Partnership; Continuation Of District After Annexation By Municipality
  (a) The district may continue to exist as a limited district after full-purpose annexation by a municipality if the district and the annexing municipality state...
• Texas Section 8374.252 - Municipal Annexation; Notice
  (a) Sections 43.0561 and 43.0562, Local Government Code, do not apply to the annexation of the district by a municipality that consents to the creation...

Last modified: September 28, 2016