Texas Local Government Code Title 12, Chapter 372 - Improvement Districts In Municipalities And Counties
SUBCHAPTER A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS
- Texas Section 372.001 - Short Title
This subchapter may be cited as the Public Improvement District Assessment Act. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
- Texas Section 372.0015 - Definition
In this subchapter, "extraterritorial jurisdiction" means extraterritorial jurisdiction as determined under Chapter 42. Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 76(b), eff. Aug....
- Texas Section 372.002 - Exercise Of Powers
Powers granted under this subchapter may be exercised by a municipality or county in which the governing body of the municipality or county initiates or...
- Texas Section 372.003 - Authorized Improvements
(a) If the governing body of a municipality or county finds that it promotes the interests of the municipality or county, the governing body may...
- Texas Section 372.0035 - Common Characteristic Or Use For Projects In Certain Municipalities
(a) This section applies only to: (1) a municipality that: (A) has a population of more than 650,000 and less than two million; or (B)...
- Texas Section 372.004 - Combined Improvements
An improvement project may consist of an improvement on more than one street or of more than one type of improvement. A project described by...
- Texas Section 372.005 - Petition
(a) A petition for the establishment of a public improvement district must state: (1) the general nature of the proposed improvement; (2) the estimated cost...
- Texas Section 372.0055 - Deferred Assessment; Estimate
If a proposed improvement under Section 372.005 includes a deferred assessment, before holding the hearing required by Section 372.009, the governing body of the municipality...
- Texas Section 372.006 - Findings
If a petition that complies with this subchapter is filed, the governing body of the municipality or county may make findings by resolution as to...
- Texas Section 372.007 - Feasibility Report
(a) Before holding the hearing required by Section 372.009, the governing body of the municipality may use the services of municipal employees, the governing body...
- Texas Section 372.008 - Advisory Body
(a) After receiving a petition that complies with Section 372.005, the governing body of the municipality or county may appoint an advisory body with the...
- Texas Section 372.009 - Hearing
(a) A public improvement district may be established and improvements provided by the district may be financed under this subchapter only after the governing body...
- Texas Section 372.010 - Improvement Order
(a) During the six-month period after the date of the final adjournment of the hearing under Section 372.009, the governing body of the municipality or...
- Texas Section 372.011 - Dissolution
A public hearing may be called and held in the same manner as a hearing under Section 372.009 for the purpose of dissolving a district...
- Texas Section 372.012 - Area Of District
The area of a public improvement district to be assessed according to the findings of the governing body of the municipality or county may be...
- Texas Section 372.013 - Service Plan
(a) The advisory body shall prepare an ongoing service plan and present the plan to the governing body of the municipality or county for review...
- Texas Section 372.014 - Assessment Plan; Payment By Exempt Jurisdictions
(a) An assessment plan must be included in the annual service plan. (b) The municipality or county is responsible for payment of assessments against exempt...
- Texas Section 372.015 - Determination Of Assessment
(a) The governing body of the municipality or county shall apportion the cost of an improvement to be assessed against property in an improvement district....
- Texas Section 372.016 - Assessment Roll
(a) After the total cost of an improvement is determined, the governing body of the municipality or county shall prepare a proposed assessment roll. The...
- Texas Section 372.017 - Levy Of Assessment
(a) At or on the adjournment of the hearing referred to by Section 372.016 on proposed assessments, the governing body of the municipality or county...
- Texas Section 372.0175 - Contracts For Collection Of Assessments
The governing body of a municipality or county may contract with the governing body of another taxing unit, as defined by Section 1.04, Tax Code,...
- Texas Section 372.018 - Interest On Assessment; Lien
(a) An assessment bears interest at the rate specified by the governing body of the municipality or county beginning at the time or times or...
- Texas Section 372.019 - Supplemental Assessments
After notice and a hearing, the governing body of the municipality or county may make supplemental assessments to correct omissions or mistakes in the assessment...
- Texas Section 372.020 - Reassessment
The governing body of the municipality or county may make a reassessment or new assessment of a parcel of land if: (1) a court of...
- Texas Section 372.021 - Special Improvement District Fund
(a) A municipality or county that intends to create a public improvement district may by ordinance or order establish a special improvement district fund in...
- Texas Section 372.022 - Separate Funds
If bonds are issued, a separate public improvement district fund shall be created in the municipal or county treasury for each district. Proceeds from the...
- Texas Section 372.023 - Payment Of Costs
(a) Costs of improvements may be paid or reimbursed by any combination of the methods described by this section if the improvements are dedicated, conveyed,...
- Texas Section 372.024 - General Obligation And Revenue Bonds
General obligation bonds issued to pay costs under Section 372.023(d) must be issued under the provisions of Subtitles A and C, Title 9, Government Code....
- Texas Section 372.025 - Terms And Conditions Of Bonds
(a) Revenue bonds may be issued to mature serially or in any other manner but must mature not later than 40 years after their date....
- Texas Section 372.026 - Pledges
(a) In this section, "obligation" means bonds, temporary notes, time warrants, or an obligation under an installment sale contract or reimbursement agreement. (b) For the...
- Texas Section 372.027 - Refunding Bonds
(a) Revenue bonds issued under this subchapter may be refunded or refinanced by the issuance of refunding bonds, under terms or conditions set forth in...
- Texas Section 372.028 - Approval And Registration
(a) Revenue bonds issued under this subchapter and a record of the proceedings authorizing their issuance must be submitted to the attorney general for examination....
- Texas Section 372.029 - Authorized Investments; Security
(a) Bonds issued under this subchapter are legal and authorized investments for: (1) banks, trust companies, and savings and loan associations; (2) all insurance companies;...
SUBCHAPTER B IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITIES
- Texas Section 372.030 - Subchapter Not Exclusive
This subchapter is an alternative to other methods by which a municipality may finance public improvements by assessing property owners. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch....
SUBCHAPTER D REIMBURSEMENT FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES
- Texas Section 372.041 - Authority Of Home-rule Municipality
(a) A home-rule municipality may create improvement districts for the purposes of: (1) levying, straightening, widening, enclosing, or otherwise improving a river, creek, bayou, stream,...
- Texas Section 372.151 - Applicability
This subchapter applies only to a county that: (1) contains no municipality with a population of more than 50,000; and (2) is adjacent to at...
- Texas Section 372.152 - Issuance Of Bonds To Reimburse Acquired Public Improvements
(a) The governing body of a municipality or county may issue and sell general obligation bonds or revenue bonds to reimburse a developer for the...
Last modified: September 28, 2016