Texas Local Government Code Title 11, Chapter 363 - Crime Control And Prevention Districts

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 363.001 - Short Title
  This chapter may be cited as the Crime Control and Prevention District Act. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 23.03(a), eff. Sept....
• Texas Section 363.002 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the board of directors of a district. (2) "Director" means a member of a board. (3) "District" means a...

SUBCHAPTER B CREATION OF DISTRICT AND TEMPORARY BOARD

• Texas Section 363.003 - Liability Of State
  The state is not obligated for the support, maintenance, or dissolution of a crime control district created under this chapter. Added by Acts 1997, 75th...
• Texas Section 363.051 - Political Subdivisions Authorized To Create District
  (a) The creation of a crime control and prevention district may be proposed under this chapter by a majority vote of the governing body of...
• Texas Section 363.052 - Temporary Board
  (a) Not later than the 60th day after the date a district is proposed to be created by a governing body, the governing body shall...
• Texas Section 363.053 - Election Required
  A district proposed by the governing body may be created and a tax may be authorized only if the creation and the tax are approved...
• Texas Section 363.054 - Election Order
  (a) After a majority of the temporary directors of a proposed district have approved a budget plan and a crime control plan in accordance with...
• Texas Section 363.055 - Sales Tax: Rate; Limitation; Municipal Authority
  (a) The proposed rate for the district sales and use tax imposed under Subchapter B, Chapter 321, Tax Code, may be any rate that is...
• Texas Section 363.056 - Notice Of Election
  In addition to the notice required by Section 4.003(c), Election Code, the temporary directors of a proposed district shall give notice of an election to...
• Texas Section 363.057 - Election Date
  The election shall be held on the first uniform election date that occurs after the 34th day after the date on which the election is...
• Texas Section 363.058 - Ballot Proposition
  The ballot for an election to create a district shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The creation of the ________...
• Texas Section 363.059 - Canvassing Returns
  (a) Not earlier than the second day or later than the 13th day after the date of the election, the temporary board of a proposed...
• Texas Section 363.060 - Dissolution Of Temporary Board
  If a district has not been created under this chapter before the fifth anniversary of the date a district is proposed by the governing body,...
• Texas Section 363.061 - Crime Control Plan And Budget Plan
  (a) The temporary board of a proposed district shall formulate and approve a two-year crime control plan and a two-year budget plan. The crime control...
• Texas Section 363.062 - Financing Creation Of District
  (a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (c), the costs of creating a district by a county to be composed of the whole county...

SUBCHAPTER C DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION

• Texas Section 363.063 - Donations, Gifts, And Endowments
  On behalf of a district, the temporary board may accept donations, gifts, and endowments to be held in trust for any purpose and under any...
• Texas Section 363.101 - Board Of Directors
  (a) A district is governed by a board of seven directors appointed in the same manner as provided for the selection of temporary directors under...
• Texas Section 363.1015 - Alternate Forms Of Appointment: Board Of Directors
  (a) The governing body of a municipality or county by resolution may appoint the governing body's membership as the board of directors of the district....
• Texas Section 363.102 - Filing Of Officer's Bond
  (a) Before assuming the duties of the office, each director or officer, including a person designated under Section 363.101(c), must execute a bond for $5,000...
• Texas Section 363.103 - Officers
  (a) The board shall elect from among its members a president and vice president. The board shall appoint a secretary. The secretary need not be...
• Texas Section 363.104 - Compensation
  A director or officer serves without compensation, but a director or officer may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of official duties....
• Texas Section 363.105 - Voting Requirement
  A concurrence of a majority of the members of the board is necessary in matters relating to the business of a district. A two-thirds majority...

SUBCHAPTER D POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 363.106 - Contract For Administrative Assistance
  The board may contract with a public agency or private vendor to assist in the administration or management of the district or to assist in...
• Texas Section 363.151 - District Responsibilities; Limitations On Expenditures
  (a) The district may finance all the costs of a crime control and crime prevention program, including the costs for personnel, administration, expansion, enhancement, and...
• Texas Section 363.152 - Coordination; Evaluation; Grants
  (a) The district shall coordinate its efforts with the local community justice council in developing its crime control and crime prevention program. (b) The district...
• Texas Section 363.153 - General Board Power Over Funds
  The board shall manage, control, and administer the district funds except as provided by Section 363.205. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec....
• Texas Section 363.154 - Use Of Revenue
  (a) In a district created by a county, the board, from the sales and use tax revenue distributed to the district under Section 323.105, Tax...
• Texas Section 363.1541 - Reduction Of Tax Rate For Certain Districts
  (a) This section applies only to a district created by a municipality that has elected to be added to the territory of a regional transportation...
• Texas Section 363.155 - Rules And Procedures
  (a) A board may adopt rules governing district-funded programs and the functions of district staff. (b) The board may prescribe accounting and control procedures for...
• Texas Section 363.156 - Purchasing
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the board may prescribe the method of making purchases and expenditures by and for the district. (b) To...
• Texas Section 363.157 - Property To Be Used In Administration
  The board may lease or acquire in another manner facilities, equipment, or other property for the sole purpose of administering the district. Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 363.158 - Reimbursement For Services
  (a) A county or municipality located entirely outside the boundaries of the district shall, on request, reimburse a district for the district's cost of including...
• Texas Section 363.159 - Service Contracts
  When acting on behalf of the district, the board may contract with the following entities to furnish the staff, facilities, equipment, programs, and services the...
• Texas Section 363.160 - Donations, Gifts, And Endowments
  On behalf of the district, the board may accept donations, gifts, and endowments to be held in trust for any purpose and under any direction,...

SUBCHAPTER D-1 ADDITION OF TERRITORY TO DISTRICT

• Texas Section 363.161 - Authority To Sue And Be Sued
  The board may sue and be sued in the name of the district. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 23.03(a), eff. Sept....
• Texas Section 363.181 - Election Required
  The governing body that created a district may add all or part of the territory in the political subdivision governed by that body to the...
• Texas Section 363.182 - Election Order
  (a) After a majority of the board has approved a budget plan and a crime control plan in accordance with Section 363.061 that include the...
• Texas Section 363.183 - Notice Of Election
  In addition to the notice required by Section 4.003(c), Election Code, the board shall give notice of an election to add territory to the district...
• Texas Section 363.184 - Ballot Proposition
  The ballot for an election to add territory to a district shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The addition of...

SUBCHAPTER E DISTRICT FINANCES

• Texas Section 363.185 - Election Results
  (a) If a majority of the votes cast in the election favor the addition of the territory to the district, the board shall issue an...
• Texas Section 363.201 - Fiscal Year
  (a) The board shall establish the fiscal year for the district, and the district shall operate on the basis of that year. (b) The fiscal...
• Texas Section 363.202 - Audits And District Records
  (a) The board shall have an annual audit made of the financial condition of the district by an independent auditor. (b) The annual audit and...
• Texas Section 363.203 - Annual Budget Proposal
  (a) The board shall propose an annual budget based on the apportionment described by Section 363.154. The board shall consider the applications for program funding...
• Texas Section 363.204 - Adoption Of Budget By Board
  (a) Not later than the 100th day before the date each fiscal year begins, the board shall hold a public hearing on the proposed annual...
• Texas Section 363.205 - Approval Of Budget By Governing Body Of Creating Political Subdivision
  (a) Not later than the 45th day before the date each fiscal year begins, the governing body of the political subdivision that created the district...
• Texas Section 363.206 - Limitations On Expenditures And Investments
  (a) Money may be spent only for an expense included in the annual budget or an amendment to it. (b) A district may not incur...
• Texas Section 363.207 - Account Of Disbursements Of District
  Not later than the 60th day after the last day of each fiscal year, an administrator shall prepare for the board a sworn statement of...
• Texas Section 363.208 - Deposit Of Funds
  (a) The board shall deposit district funds in a special account in the treasury of the political subdivision that created the district. (b) District funds,...
• Texas Section 363.209 - Applications For Program Funding
  (a) An officer of the political subdivision that created the district or the head of a department of that political subdivision may, with the consent...

SUBCHAPTER F REFERENDUM ON CONTINUATION OR DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT

• Texas Section 363.210 - Bonds Prohibited
  The board may not issue or sell general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, or refunding bonds. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 23.03(a),...
• Texas Section 363.251 - Referendum Authorized
  (a) The board may hold a referendum on the question of whether to: (1) continue the district; or (2) dissolve the district. (b) A board...
• Texas Section 363.2515 - Continuation Of District: Certain Political Subdivisions
  (a) The board or the commissioners court of the county or governing body of the municipality that created the district may specify the number of...
• Texas Section 363.252 - Application For Petition
  (a) On written application of 10 or more registered voters of the district, the clerk of the political subdivision that created the district shall issue...
• Texas Section 363.253 - Petition
  (a) To be valid, a petition for a referendum to continue a district must contain: (1) the following heading: "Petition for a Local Option Referendum...
• Texas Section 363.254 - Copies Of Application And Petition
  The clerk of the political subdivision shall keep an application and a copy of the petition in the files of the clerk's office. The clerk...
• Texas Section 363.255 - Filing Of Petition
  To form the basis for the ordering of a referendum, the petition must: (1) be filed with the clerk of the political subdivision not later...
• Texas Section 363.256 - Review By Clerk
  (a) The clerk of the political subdivision shall, on the request of any person, check each name on a petition to determine whether the signer...
• Texas Section 363.257 - Certification
  Not later than the 40th day after the date a petition is filed, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, the clerk of the political subdivision...
• Texas Section 363.258 - Election Order
  (a) The board shall record on its minutes the date the petition is filed and the date it is certified by the clerk. (b) If...
• Texas Section 363.259 - Applicability Of Election Code
  A referendum authorized by this subchapter shall be held and the returns shall be prepared and canvassed in conformity with the Election Code. Added by...
• Texas Section 363.260 - Results Of Referendum
  (a) If less than a majority of the votes cast in a continuation referendum are for the continuation of a district or if a majority...
• Texas Section 363.261 - Election Contest
  Not later than the 30th day after the date the result of a referendum is declared, any qualified voter of the district may contest the...

SUBCHAPTER G DISTRICT DISSOLUTION

• Texas Section 363.262 - Effective Date Of Tax Change
  (a) If less than a majority of the votes cast in a continuation referendum are for the continuation of the district or if a majority...
• Texas Section 363.301 - Time For Dissolution Of District
  (a) The district is dissolved on the first uniform election date that occurs after the fifth anniversary of the date the district began to levy...
• Texas Section 363.302 - Dissolution Of District
  (a) On the date that the district is dissolved, the district shall convey or transfer, as provided by Subsection (h): (1) title to land, buildings,...

Last modified: September 28, 2016