Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 4, Chapter 3503 - Texamericas Center

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 3503.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Authority" means the TexAmericas Center. (2) "Board" means the authority's board of directors. (3) "Property" means land, improvements, and personal property...
• Texas Section 3503.002 - Nature Of Authority
  (a) The authority is a governmental agency and a political subdivision of this state. (b) The operations of the authority are considered to be essential...
• Texas Section 3503.003 - Purposes Of Authority
  (a) The authority is created to: (1) accept title on approval by, and in coordination with, the governor to all or a portion of the...
• Texas Section 3503.004 - Authority Territory
  (a) The authority is composed of the territory described by Section 8A, Chapter 831, Acts of the 75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1997, as added by...
• Texas Section 3503.005 - Expansion Of Territory
  The authority's territory may be expanded as additional: (1) real property is conveyed or leased to the authority by the United States; or (2) counties...
• Texas Section 3503.006 - Relation To Other Law
  This chapter does not limit the power of the authority or other person, including another governmental entity, to use other law not in conflict with...
• Texas Section 3503.007 - Legislative Intent On Applicability Of Other Laws
  The legislature intends that the authority shall have all power necessary to fully qualify and gain the benefits of any law that is helpful in...
• Texas Section 3503.008 - Applicability Of State Regulatory Authority
  The authority is subject to the regulatory authority of the state, including any state agency, to the same extent as a municipal corporation. Added by...

SUBCHAPTER B BOARD OF DIRECTORS

• Texas Section 3503.009 - Applicability Of Open Government Laws
  Chapters 551 and 552, Government Code, apply to the authority. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019), Sec. 1.02, eff. April 1,
• Texas Section 3503.051 - General Duties
  The board shall manage, control, and operate the authority. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019), Sec. 1.02, eff. April 1, 2007.
• Texas Section 3503.052 - Composition
  The board is composed of the following 15 directors: (1) two directors appointed by the county judge of Bowie County; (2) one director appointed by...
• Texas Section 3503.053 - Term; Service By Elected Officials
  (a) Each director serves for a term of two years. (b) The board by rule or resolution may: (1) provide for the appointment of directors...
• Texas Section 3503.054 - Vacancies
  A vacancy on the board is filled in the same manner as the original appointment. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019),...
• Texas Section 3503.055 - Officers
  (a) The board shall elect from among its membership a president and a vice president. (b) The vice president shall preside in the absence of...
• Texas Section 3503.056 - Recall
  A director may be recalled at any time by the appointing official. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019), Sec. 1.02, eff....
• Texas Section 3503.057 - Compensation; Reimbursement
  A director is not entitled to compensation for service on the board but is entitled to be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in carrying out...
• Texas Section 3503.058 - Compensation; Board Position Not Civil Office Of Emolument
  (a) A position on the board may not be construed to be a civil office of emolument for any purpose, including a purpose described in...
• Texas Section 3503.059 - Rules; Proceedings
  The board shall adopt rules to govern its proceedings. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019), Sec. 1.02, eff. April 1, 2007.

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 3503.060 - Conflict Of Interest; Applicability Of Other Law
  A conflict of interest, under either statutory or common law, for a director regarding a particular matter to come before the board, is governed by...
• Texas Section 3503.101 - General Powers And Duties
  (a) This chapter provides sufficient authority to issue bonds, execute contracts, and perform any other act or procedure authorized in this chapter for the authority...
• Texas Section 3503.1015 - Additional Powers Of Other Entities; Bonds
  The authority may exercise the powers given to: (1) the governing body of a "unit," as defined by Section 501.002(17), Local Government Code, and may...
• Texas Section 3503.102 - General Property Powers
  The authority may acquire, purchase, construct, own, operate, maintain, repair, improve, or extend, lease, or sell on terms, including rentals or sale prices, on which...
• Texas Section 3503.103 - Water, Sewer, And Natural Gas Projects; Eminent Domain
  (a) The authority may undertake a project under Section 3503.003(a)(3) to develop water, sewer, and natural gas projects to benefit the authority. (b) The authority...
• Texas Section 3503.104 - Waste Disposal
  (a) The authority may provide for the collection, transmission, treatment, disposal, and control of municipal, domestic, industrial, and commercial waste water and sewage. (b) The...
• Texas Section 3503.105 - Other Powers Related To Water
  The authority may provide for the construction, storage, transmission, treatment, supply, and distribution of water for any useful purpose, including for a municipal, domestic, industrial,...
• Texas Section 3503.106 - Contracts
  The authority and any person may contract with each other in any manner and on terms on which the parties agree regarding a power the...
• Texas Section 3503.107 - Employees
  The board may employ persons to carry out the powers and duties of the authority. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019),...
• Texas Section 3503.108 - Limitation On Use Of Eminent Domain
  Except as provided by Section 3503.103, the authority may not exercise the power of eminent domain. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 998...
• Texas Section 3503.109 - Indemnity
  The authority may indemnify an authority employee or board member or former authority employee or board member for necessary expenses and costs, including attorney's fees,...
• Texas Section 3503.110 - Assumed Name
  The authority may conduct business under an assumed name by filing an assumed name certificate under Subchapter C, Chapter 71, Business & Commerce Code, and...

SUBCHAPTER D ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 3503.111 - Nonprofit Corporations
  (a) The authority may authorize by resolution the incorporation of a nonprofit corporation under the Business Organizations Code to exercise the powers granted to the...
• Texas Section 3503.151 - Use Of Revenue From Other Governmental Entities; Limitation
  (a) Any governmental entity of this state may: (1) use and pledge available revenue for the payment of an amount due under a contract entered...
• Texas Section 3503.152 - Fees For Use Of Other Governmental Entities' Utilities
  (a) A governmental entity may charge a fee to any person for using a service or facility provided by a utility operated by the governmental...
• Texas Section 3503.154 - Exemption From Taxation
  The property, revenue, and income of the authority and of each nonprofit corporation created under Section 3503.111 are exempt from all taxes imposed by the...

SUBCHAPTER E BONDS

• Texas Section 3503.155 - No Taxing Power
  The authority may not impose a tax. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 998 (S.B. 1743), Sec. 3, eff. June 15, 2007.
• Texas Section 3503.201 - General Authority To Issue Bonds
  To exercise a power granted under this chapter, the authority may issue bonds to acquire, purchase, construct, maintain, repair, improve, or extend works, improvements, facilities,...
• Texas Section 3503.202 - Revenue Bonds
  (a) The authority may issue revenue bonds, including revenue bonds to pay for feasibility studies for proposed authority projects, including projects regarding engineering, planning and...
• Texas Section 3503.203 - Approval By Attorney General
  If bonds issued by the authority recite that they are secured by a pledge of payments under a contract, a copy of the contract and...

SUBCHAPTER F DISSOLUTION

• Texas Section 3503.204 - Bonds For Water Or Sewer Projects; Applicability Of Water Code
  Bonds issued under this chapter for a water or sewer project shall be issued in accordance with Sections 54.502 and 54.503, Water Code. Added by...
• Texas Section 3503.251 - Power To Dissolve; Legislative Intent
  (a) The legislature intends that the authority be dissolved, with the approval of the governing bodies of the municipalities of DeKalb, Hooks, Leary, Maud, Nash,...
• Texas Section 3503.252 - Assets To County
  On dissolution, any remaining assets of the authority shall be conveyed or transferred to Bowie County. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B....

Last modified: September 28, 2016