Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 4, Chapter 3001 - Southeast Texas Agricultural Development District

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 3001.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Assessment" includes a reassessment or supplemental assessment. (2) "Board" means the board of directors of the district. (3) "Director" means a...
• Texas Section 3001.002 - Southeast Texas Agricultural Development District
  (a) The Southeast Texas Agricultural Development District is created as a special district. (b) The board by resolution may change the district's name. Acts 2003,...
• Texas Section 3001.003 - Purpose And Nature Of District
  (a) The district is created as a conservation and reclamation district under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, to: (1) conserve and develop the natural...
• Texas Section 3001.004 - District Territory
  (a) The district includes all of the territory of Chambers County that is east of the center line of the Trinity River and north of...

SUBCHAPTER B BOARD OF DIRECTORS

• Texas Section 3001.005 - Applicability Of And Relation To Other Law
  (a) Chapter 49, Water Code, does not apply to the district. (b) The district's authority under this chapter is not intended to duplicate the authority...
• Texas Section 3001.051 - Board Of Directors
  (a) The district is governed by a board of nine directors. (b) The board by resolution may increase or decrease the number of directors on...
• Texas Section 3001.052 - Qualifications
  (a) To serve as a director, a person must be at least 18 years old and: (1) reside in the district; (2) own property in...
• Texas Section 3001.053 - Terms
  The county commissioners court shall appoint the directors to serve staggered four-year terms with as near as possible to one-half of the directors' terms expiring...
• Texas Section 3001.054 - Director's Bond
  (a) As soon as practicable after a director is appointed, the director shall execute a $10,000 bond payable to the district and conditioned on the...
• Texas Section 3001.055 - Removal; Vacancy
  (a) The county commissioners court may remove a director for misconduct or failure to carry out the director's duties on petition by a majority of...
• Texas Section 3001.056 - Officers
  (a) The board shall elect from its directors a president, vice president, and secretary. (b) The board by rule may provide for the election of...
• Texas Section 3001.057 - Meetings
  The board shall meet at least once every three months and at the call of the presiding officer or a majority of the directors. Acts...
• Texas Section 3001.058 - Compensation; Reimbursement
  A director serves without compensation but shall be reimbursed for a reasonable and necessary expense incurred in performing an official duty. Acts 2003, 78th Leg.,...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 3001.059 - Conflict Of Interest; Disclosure Required
  (a) Except as provided by this section: (1) a director may participate in all board votes and decisions; and (2) Chapter 171, Local Government Code,...
• Texas Section 3001.101 - General Powers And Duties
  (a) The district has the powers and duties that are necessary or desirable to carry out a power or duty expressly or implicitly granted under...
• Texas Section 3001.102 - Limitation On District Powers
  The district may not exercise a power unless it furthers the purposes of this chapter. Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April...
• Texas Section 3001.103 - Exercise Of Powers Outside District
  The district may exercise any of its powers outside the district territory if the board determines that there is a benefit to the district in...
• Texas Section 3001.104 - Imposition Of Ad Valorem Tax Prohibited
  The district may not impose an ad valorem tax. Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2005.
• Texas Section 3001.105 - Rulemaking
  The board may adopt rules: (1) necessary or convenient to carry out district powers and duties; (2) to govern its affairs; (3) to preserve the...
• Texas Section 3001.106 - Executive Director; Employees
  The board may employ: (1) an executive director to manage the district's daily operations; and (2) other persons necessary to carry out the district's duties....
• Texas Section 3001.107 - Economic Development
  (a) The district may encourage state economic development as provided by this chapter, including making a loan or grant of public money for the purposes...
• Texas Section 3001.108 - Agricultural Development
  The district may: (1) promote all agricultural enterprises, facilities, and services of the district; and (2) encourage the maintenance and conservation of soil in the...
• Texas Section 3001.109 - Sugar Mill Or Other Enterprise
  (a) The district may design, construct, and operate a sugar mill or other agricultural enterprise. (b) The district may acquire property necessary for a sugar...
• Texas Section 3001.110 - Designation Of Agricultural Projects
  (a) The district may designate as an agricultural project a project that relates to: (1) the development of agriculture in the district and surrounding areas;...
• Texas Section 3001.111 - Agricultural Research
  The district may conduct or pay for research for agricultural purposes. Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2005.
• Texas Section 3001.112 - Transportation
  The district may encourage the transportation and distribution of the district's agricultural products through the development and operation of transportation structures necessary to further the...
• Texas Section 3001.113 - Relationship With Navigation District
  The district may cooperate and contract with the Chambers-Liberty Counties Navigation District on any area of mutual interest. Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec....
• Texas Section 3001.114 - Acquisition Or Disposition Of Property
  The district may acquire or dispose of property in any manner, including by: (1) conveyance; (2) mortgage; or (3) lease, as lessor or lessee. Acts...
• Texas Section 3001.115 - Eminent Domain
  The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain. Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2005.
• Texas Section 3001.116 - Annexation And Exclusion Of Territory
  (a) The district may annex land as provided by Section 49.301 or 49.302, Water Code, except that the references in those sections related to taxes...
• Texas Section 3001.117 - Agreements
  (a) The district may: (1) enter into an agreement with any person for any district purpose, including an agreement: (A) to operate or maintain an...
• Texas Section 3001.118 - Donations; Grants
  The district may accept a donation or grant from any person. Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2005.
• Texas Section 3001.119 - Hearings
  (a) The board may conduct hearings and take evidence on any matter before the board. (b) The board may appoint a hearings examiner to conduct...
• Texas Section 3001.120 - Suits
  (a) The district may sue and be sued. (b) In a suit against the district, process may be served on a director or registered agent....
• Texas Section 3001.121 - Indemnification
  The district may indemnify a director or district employee or a former director or district employee for reasonable expenses and costs, including attorney's fees, incurred...

SUBCHAPTER D FINANCES AND OBLIGATIONS

• Texas Section 3001.122 - Official Seal
  The district may adopt an official seal for the district. Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2005.
• Texas Section 3001.151 - Powers And Duties Related To Finances
  (a) The district may: (1) acquire and dispose of money; (2) impose a charge for using a facility or a service the district provides; (3)...
• Texas Section 3001.152 - Obligations
  (a) The district may issue any type of obligation for any district purpose. An obligation may be issued under Chapter 1371, Government Code. (b) When...

SUBCHAPTER E ASSESSMENTS

• Texas Section 3001.153 - Approval Of Assessment Obligations
  An obligation secured by an assessment may not be issued unless the district receives a written petition requesting the assessment and issuance of obligations. The...
• Texas Section 3001.201 - General Powers Related To Assessments
  (a) The board may impose an assessment: (1) for a district expense; (2) to finance a project or district service; or (3) for any other...
• Texas Section 3001.202 - Area To Be Assessed; Limitations
  (a) The board may impose an assessment only on property included in a petition for assessment. (b) The owner of an improvement constructed in the...
• Texas Section 3001.203 - Hearing And Petition Required
  The board may impose an assessment only if: (1) a written petition has been filed with the board that: (A) requests the assessment; (B) states...
• Texas Section 3001.204 - Apportionment Of Costs
  (a) The board shall apportion the cost of an assessment to property according to the special benefits accruing to the property because of the project...
• Texas Section 3001.205 - Assessment To Finance Project Or Service
  (a) If the board determines the total cost of an assessment to finance a project or service, the board shall impose the assessment against each...
• Texas Section 3001.206 - Assessment Roll
  (a) The board shall prepare and maintain an assessment roll showing: (1) the assessment against each property; and (2) the board's basis for the assessment....
• Texas Section 3001.207 - Assessment As Lien
  (a) An assessment, including an assessment resulting from an addition or correction to the assessment roll, penalties and interest on an assessment, an assessment collection...
• Texas Section 3001.208 - Correction Of Mistake
  After notice and hearing in the manner required for an original assessment, the board may impose an assessment to correct a mistake in the assessment...
• Texas Section 3001.209 - Notice Of Hearing On Proposed Assessment
  (a) The board shall provide notice of a hearing for a proposed assessment in a newspaper with general circulation in Chambers County. The publication must...
• Texas Section 3001.210 - Conduct Of Hearing; Findings
  (a) The board or hearings examiner shall hear and rule on all objections to a proposed assessment. (b) A hearing on a proposed assessment may...
• Texas Section 3001.211 - Board Order Imposing Assessment
  (a) After receiving or issuing the findings required by Section 3001.210(c), the board by order: (1) shall: (A) impose the assessment as a special assessment...
• Texas Section 3001.212 - Rehearing
  A motion for rehearing is subject to Section 2001.146, Government Code, except that the property owner must file the motion for rehearing not later than...
• Texas Section 3001.213 - Notice Of Assessment
  Not later than the 30th day after the date on which an assessment order is issued, the district shall file a notice of the assessment...
• Texas Section 3001.214 - Appeal To Court
  (a) A property owner against whom an assessment is imposed may appeal the assessment to a district court in the county in which the property...

SUBCHAPTER F DISSOLUTION

• Texas Section 3001.215 - New Assessment After Invalid Prior Assessment
  If the board determines or a court holds that an assessment is invalid, the board may impose a new assessment in accordance with the procedures...
• Texas Section 3001.251 - Dissolution
  The board may dissolve the district if all district debts and obligations have been discharged. Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April...

Last modified: September 28, 2016