Texas Local Government Code Title 10, Chapter 324 - Park And Recreation District And Park Bonds: Counties With Frontage On Guadalupe And Comal Rivers

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 324.001 - Eligible Counties
  In a county that has river frontage on both the Guadalupe and Comal rivers, a district may be created for all or part of the...

SUBCHAPTER B CREATION OF PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT

• Texas Section 324.002 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "District" means a park and recreation district created under this chapter. (2) "Board" means the board of directors of a park...
• Texas Section 324.021 - Order Of Election
  (a) The commissioners court of the county may order an election on the issue of the creation of a district: (1) on the commissioners court's...
• Texas Section 324.022 - Notice Of Hearing
  (a) After the filing of the petition, the commissioners court shall set a date for a hearing on the petition that is after the 20th...
• Texas Section 324.023 - Hearing
  (a) At the hearing, evidence shall be taken as in civil cases in the county court. The commissioners court shall hear all arguments for and...
• Texas Section 324.024 - Creation Election
  (a) The election shall be held on the date of the first regularly scheduled countywide election that follows the date of the order of the...

SUBCHAPTER C BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT

• Texas Section 324.025 - Costs Of Creation And Organization
  The costs necessarily incurred in the creation and organization of the district may be paid from the district's revenue from bond anticipation notes, the first...
• Texas Section 324.041 - Composition And Appointment Of Board
  (a) A district is governed by a board composed of seven members. (b) The commissioners court shall appoint the members of the board. (c) A...
• Texas Section 324.042 - Oath And Bond
  (a) Within 30 days after the date a board member is appointed, the member must qualify by taking the official oath and by filing a...
• Texas Section 324.043 - Compensation And Reimbursement
  A board member is not entitled to compensation but is entitled to reimbursement for necessary expenses, including travel expenses, incurred in performing the duties of...
• Texas Section 324.044 - Quorum; Majority Vote
  Four board members constitute a quorum of the board. The board may act on the majority of the vote of the assembled quorum. Added by...
• Texas Section 324.045 - Approval Of Commissioners Court
  (a) The board is subject to the supervision of the commissioners court in the exercise of all its rights, powers, and privileges and in the...

SUBCHAPTER D POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 324.046 - Organization; Meetings
  (a) Annually, the board shall elect a president, a vice-president, a secretary, and a treasurer, except that the first president shall be designated by the...
• Texas Section 324.061 - Depositories And Disbursements
  (a) Money and other funds belonging to or under control of the board are public funds. (b) The board shall select depositories for the money....
• Texas Section 324.062 - Personnel
  (a) The board may employ managers, secretaries, stenographers, bookkeepers, accountants, technical experts, and any other support personnel or agents the board considers necessary. (b) The...
• Texas Section 324.063 - Seal
  The board shall adopt a seal to place on each lease, deed, or other instrument usually executed under seal and on other instruments as the...
• Texas Section 324.064 - Contracts
  (a) The board may enter into any contract that the board considers necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes and powers granted by this...
• Texas Section 324.065 - Suits
  The board may sue and be sued in its own name. Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 71(a), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.
• Texas Section 324.066 - District Rules And Ordinances; Criminal Penalty; Civil Enforcement
  (a) The board may adopt reasonable rules and ordinances applicable to: (1) the administration, enforcement, and collection of district taxes and the issuance, suspension, and...
• Texas Section 324.0665 - Bond
  If the board brings an action to enforce this subchapter or enjoin a violation of a rule or ordinance adopted by the board under this...
• Texas Section 324.067 - Power To Acquire Property
  (a) For the conservation of the natural resources of the county, the board may acquire land in the county, in or out of the district,...
• Texas Section 324.068 - Sale Or Lease Of Lands
  (a) If the board determines that any land owned by the district is not necessary for the purposes for which the land was acquired, the...
• Texas Section 324.069 - Acceptance Of Grants And Gratuities
  To promote, establish, or accomplish a purpose of this chapter, the board may: (1) accept grants and gratuities in any form from any source, including...
• Texas Section 324.070 - Cooperation With Other Public Authorities
  Under an agreement with a public authority in control of parkland in the county, the district may assume control of all or part of the...
• Texas Section 324.071 - Improvement Of Public Highway
  The board may enter into agreements with the public authorities in control of a highway in a park area or connecting two or more park...

SUBCHAPTER E BONDS, TAXES, AND OTHER FINANCIAL MATTERS

• Texas Section 324.072 - Plan For Development Of Parks; Annual Budget; Filing
  (a) The board shall develop and approve a three-year master plan for capital development and the development of parks and district facilities. (b) The board...
• Texas Section 324.091 - Revenue Bond Election
  (a) Revenue bonds may not be issued by the district until authorized by a majority vote of qualified voters of the district voting at an...
• Texas Section 324.092 - Revenue Bonds
  (a) For the purpose of providing funds for the acquisition of any permanent improvement to property of the district or for the acquisition, renovation, repair,...
• Texas Section 324.093 - Approval By Attorney General
  (a) Bonds issued by the district must be submitted to the attorney general for examination. The bonds must be submitted with the record relating to...
• Texas Section 324.094 - Refunding Bonds
  The district may issue refunding bonds under Chapter 1207, Government Code. Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 71(a), eff. Aug. 28, 1989....
• Texas Section 324.095 - Permanent Improvements On Land With River Frontage
  (a) Through revenue bonds or any other revenue sources, the district may not purchase a river access location except for use as a: (1) sanitary...
• Texas Section 324.096 - Fees
  (a) The expense of operation and maintenance of a facility of which the revenues are pledged to the payment of bonds is a first lien...
• Texas Section 324.097 - Financial Statement; Budget
  (a) On or before February 1 of each year, the board shall prepare and file with the officer responsible for the county budget a complete...
• Texas Section 324.098 - Bond Anticipation Notes
  (a) If funds are not available to pay the principal of or interest on bonds issued by the district or to pay other obligations of...
• Texas Section 324.099 - Imposition And Collection Of Taxes; Criminal Penalty
  (a) The district may levy and collect taxes and issue revenue permits to carry out any purposes prescribed by this chapter and to pay the...
• Texas Section 324.0995 - Tax Exemptions
  (a) Section 324.099(b)(2) does not impose a tax on: (1) an employee of the United States government conducting official business in the district; or (2)...
• Texas Section 324.100 - Disposition Of Revenue
  In addition to any other purpose or obligation of a district, a district may use its tax revenue and other revenue for: (1) acquisition of...

SUBCHAPTER F ANNEXATION, INCORPORATION, DISSOLUTION

• Texas Section 324.101 - Replacement Fund
  (a) The board may establish a replacement fund. It may deposit in the fund any amounts from its revenue that it considers appropriate. (b) The...
• Texas Section 324.121 - Annexation
  (a) The voters of an unincorporated area that is contiguous to a district may file a petition with the board to annex the area to...
• Texas Section 324.122 - Effect Of Incorporation Or Annexation
  The incorporation of a political subdivision or the annexation of any part of a park district by a political subdivision does not affect the district's...
• Texas Section 324.123 - Disannexation
  (a) The voters of or county commissioners for any area in a district may file a petition with the board to disannex the area from...

SUBCHAPTER Z MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 324.124 - Dissolution Of District
  (a) The commissioners court by order may dissolve a district. The order may be adopted: (1) on the commissioners court's own motion; or (2) after...
• Texas Section 324.901 - Requirements For Rental Of Water-oriented Recreational Equipment
  (a) This section applies only to the rental of water-oriented recreational equipment in a district. (b) A person may not rent water-oriented recreational equipment to...

Last modified: September 28, 2016