Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 4, Chapter 3840 - Spectrum Management District

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 3840.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the board of directors of the district. (2) "District" means the Spectrum Management District. Added by Acts 2007, 80th...
• Texas Section 3840.002 - Spectrum Management District
  The Spectrum Management District is a special district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1344...
• Texas Section 3840.003 - 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 3840.004 - 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 3840.005 - District Territory
  (a) The district is composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter, as that territory may have been modified...
• Texas Section 3840.006 - Eligibility For Inclusion In Special Zones
  All or any part of the area of the district is eligible to be included in: (1) a tax increment reinvestment zone created by a...
• Texas Section 3840.007 - Applicability Of Municipal Management Districts Law
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, applies to the district. (b) Subchapter B, Chapter 375, and Sections 375.064(f),...

SUBCHAPTER B BOARD OF DIRECTORS

• Texas Section 3840.008 - Liberal Construction Of Chapter
  This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and purposes stated in this chapter. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch....
• Texas Section 3840.051 - Composition; Terms
  (a) The district is governed by a board of seven voting directors who serve staggered terms of four years, with three or four directors' terms...
• Texas Section 3840.052 - Appointment Of Directors
  (a) The mayor and the governing body of the City of Pearland shall appoint voting directors from persons recommended by the board. (b) A person...
• Texas Section 3840.054 - Nonvoting Directors
  The board may appoint nonvoting directors to serve at the pleasure of the voting directors. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1344 (S.B....

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 3840.055 - Quorum
  For purposes of determining the requirements for a quorum, the following are not counted: (1) a board position vacant for any reason, including death, resignation,...
• Texas Section 3840.101 - Additional Powers Of District
  The district may exercise the powers given to: (1) an economic development corporation under Chapter 505, Local Government Code, including the power to own, operate,...
• Texas Section 3840.102 - 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 or...
• Texas Section 3840.103 - Agreements; Grants
  (a) The district may make an agreement with or accept a gift, grant, or loan from any person. (b) The implementation of a project is...
• Texas Section 3840.104 - Authority To Contract For Law Enforcement
  To protect the public interest, the district may contract with a qualified party, including Harris County or the City of Pearland, to provide law enforcement...
• Texas Section 3840.105 - Membership In Charitable Organizations
  The district may join and pay dues to a charitable or nonprofit organization that performs a service or provides an activity consistent with the furtherance...
• Texas Section 3840.106 - Economic Development Programs
  (a) The district may establish and provide for the administration of one or more programs to promote state or local economic development and to stimulate...
• Texas Section 3840.107 - Property
  The district may construct, purchase, sell, or lease property, including facilities, to accomplish a district purpose. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1344...

SUBCHAPTER D FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 3840.108 - No Eminent Domain
  The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1344 (S.B. 1984), Sec. 1, eff. June...
• Texas Section 3840.151 - 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 3840.152 - Money Used For Improvements Or Services
  The district may acquire, construct, finance, operate, or maintain any improvement or service authorized under this chapter or Chapter 375, Local Government Code, using any...
• Texas Section 3840.153 - Petition Required For Financing Services And Improvements With Assessments
  (a) The board may not finance a service or improvement project with assessments under this chapter unless a written petition requesting that service or improvement...
• Texas Section 3840.154 - Method Of Notice For Hearing
  The district may mail the notice required by Section 375.115(c), Local Government Code, by certified or first class United States mail. The board shall determine...
• Texas Section 3840.155 - Assessments; Liens For Assessments
  (a) The board by resolution may impose and collect an assessment for any purpose authorized by this chapter in all or any part of the...
• Texas Section 3840.156 - Ad Valorem Tax
  (a) If authorized at an election held in accordance with Section 3840.160, the district may impose an annual ad valorem tax on taxable property in...
• Texas Section 3840.157 - Utility Property Exempt From Impact Fees Or Assessments
  The district may not impose an impact fee or assessment on the property, including the equipment, rights-of-way, facilities, or improvements, of: (1) an electric utility...
• Texas Section 3840.158 - Bonds And Other Obligations
  (a) The district may issue by competitive bid or negotiated sale bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from taxes, assessments, impact fees, revenue,...
• Texas Section 3840.159 - Taxes For Bonds And Other Obligations
  At the time bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes are issued: (1) the board shall impose a continuing direct...
• Texas Section 3840.160 - Tax And Bond Elections
  (a) The district shall hold an election in the manner provided by Subchapter L, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, to obtain voter approval before the...
• Texas Section 3840.161 - Municipality Not Required To Pay District Obligations
  Except as provided by Section 375.263, Local Government Code, a municipality is not required to pay a bond, note, or other obligation of the district....
• Texas Section 3840.162 - Bidding Requirements
  Section 375.221, Local Government Code, and Sections 49.273(d), (e), (f), and (g), Water Code, do not apply to the district. Added by Acts 2007, 80th...

SUBCHAPTER E SALES AND USE TAX

• Texas Section 3840.163 - Tax And Assessment Abatements
  The district may grant in the manner authorized by Chapter 312, Tax Code, an abatement for a tax or assessment owed to the district. Added...
• Texas Section 3840.201 - Meanings Of Words And Phrases
  Words and phrases used in this subchapter that are defined by Chapters 151 and 321, Tax Code, have the meanings assigned by Chapters 151 and...
• Texas Section 3840.202 - Applicability Of Certain Tax Code Provisions
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, Subtitles A and B, Title 2, Tax Code, and Chapter 151, Tax Code, apply to taxes imposed...
• Texas Section 3840.203 - Authorization; Election
  (a) The district may adopt a sales and use tax to serve the purposes of the district after an election in which a majority of...
• Texas Section 3840.204 - Abolishing Sales And Use Tax
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the board, with the consent of the governing body of the City of Pearland, may abolish the sales...

SUBCHAPTER F DISSOLUTION

• Texas Section 3840.205 - Sales And Use Tax Rate
  (a) On adoption of the tax authorized by this subchapter, there is imposed a tax on the receipts from the sale at retail of taxable...
• Texas Section 3840.251 - Dissolution Of District With Outstanding Debt
  (a) The board may dissolve the district regardless of whether the district has debt. Section 375.264, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district....

Last modified: September 28, 2016