Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 4, Chapter 3803 - Greater Greenspoint Management District Of Harris County
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 3803.001 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the board of directors of the district. (2) "District" means the Greater Greenspoint Management District of Harris County. Acts...
- Texas Section 3803.002 - Greater Greenspoint Management District Of Harris County
A special district known as the "Greater Greenspoint Management District of Harris County" is a governmental agency and political subdivision of this state. Acts 2003,...
- Texas Section 3803.003 - Purpose; Declaration Of Intent
(a) The creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas...
- Texas Section 3803.004 - Findings Of Benefit And Public Purpose
(a) The district is created to serve a public use and benefit. (b) All land and other property included in the district will benefit from...
- Texas Section 3803.005 - District Territory
(a) The district is composed of the territory described by Section 23.04(b), Chapter 165, Acts of the 75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1997, enacting former Section...
- Texas Section 3803.006 - Eligibility For Reinvestment Or Enterprise Zones
(a) All or any part of the area of the district is eligible, regardless of other statutory criteria, to be included in: (1) a tax...
- Texas Section 3803.007 - Foreclosure Of Preexisting Tax Lien On Property Owned By District Prohibited
Regardless of the manner in which or the price for which the district obtains title to real property, a political subdivision or taxing authority may...
SUBCHAPTER B BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Texas Section 3803.009 - Liberal Construction Of Chapter
This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the legislative findings and purposes stated in this chapter. Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec....
- Texas Section 3803.051 - Board Of Directors; Terms
(a) The district is governed by a board of 22 directors who serve staggered terms of four years, with 11 directors' terms expiring June 1...
SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES
- Texas Section 3803.052 - Appointment Of Directors
Subchapter D, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, governs the appointment and qualification of directors. Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April 1,
- Texas Section 3803.101 - District Powers
The district has: (1) all powers necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district was created; (2) the rights, powers, privileges, and authority of...
- Texas Section 3803.102 - Nonprofit Corporation
(a) The board by resolution may authorize the creation of a nonprofit corporation to assist and act for the district in implementing a project, providing...
- Texas Section 3803.103 - Contracts; Grants
(a) To protect the public interest, the district may contract with any county or municipality in which all or part of the district is located...
- Texas Section 3803.104 - Membership In Charitable Organizations
(a) The district may: (1) join and pay dues to an organization that qualifies for an exemption from federal income taxation under Section 501(a), Internal...
- Texas Section 3803.105 - No Eminent Domain Power
The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 684 (S.B. 224), Sec. 3, eff. June 17,
- Texas Section 3803.106 - Plans For Workforce Development Services
(a) The district may develop and implement one or more plans for workforce development services. The services may include: (1) job training; (2) workforce education;...
SUBCHAPTER D FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 3803.107 - Annexation Of Land
The district may annex land as provided by Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 133 (H.B. 2200),...
- Texas Section 3803.151 - Petition Required For Financing Services And Improvements
(a) The board may not finance a service or an improvement project under this chapter unless a written petition requesting the service or improvement is...
- Texas Section 3803.1515 - Disbursements And Transfers Of Money
The board by resolution shall establish the number of directors' signatures and the procedure required for a disbursement or transfer of the district's money. Added...
- Texas Section 3803.152 - Authority To Impose Ad Valorem Taxes, Assessments, And Impact Fees
The district may, except as provided by Section 3803.156, impose an ad valorem tax, assessment, or impact fee as provided by Chapter 375, Local Government...
- Texas Section 3803.153 - Maintenance Tax
(a) If authorized at an election held in accordance with Section 3803.158, the district may impose an annual ad valorem tax on taxable property in...
- Texas Section 3803.154 - Assessments; Liens For Assessments
(a) The district may correct, add to, or delete an assessment from its assessment rolls and collect an assessment due under the correction, addition, or...
- Texas Section 3803.155 - Tax And Assessment Abatements
Without further authorization or other procedural requirement, the district may grant, consistent with Chapter 312, Tax Code, an abatement for a tax or assessment owed...
- Texas Section 3803.156 - Property Exempt From Assessment And Impact Fees
Because the district is created in an area that is devoted primarily to commercial and business activity, the district may not impose an impact fee...
- Texas Section 3803.157 - Obligations
(a) The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable in whole or in part from ad valorem taxes, assessments, impact fees, revenue, grants, or...
- Texas Section 3803.158 - Elections Regarding Taxes Or Bonds
(a) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Subchapter L, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, to obtain voter approval before the...
- Texas Section 3803.159 - Sales And Use Tax Prohibited
The district may not impose a sales and use tax. Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2005.
Last modified: September 28, 2016