Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 4, Chapter 3848 - Harris County Improvement District No. 8

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 3848.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the board of directors of the district. (2) "District" means the Harris County Improvement District No. 8. Added by...
• Texas Section 3848.002 - Harris County Improvement District No
  The Harris County Improvement District No. 8 is a special district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg.,...
• Texas Section 3848.003 - 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 3848.004 - 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 3848.005 - District Territory
  The district is composed of the territory described by Section 3 of the Act enacting this chapter, as that territory may have been modified under:...
• Texas Section 3848.006 - Applicability Of Municipal Management Districts Law
  Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, applies to the district. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1315...

SUBCHAPTER B BOARD OF DIRECTORS

• Texas Section 3848.007 - 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 3848.051 - Composition; Terms
  (a) The district is governed by a board of nine voting directors who serve staggered terms of four years, with four or five directors' terms...
• Texas Section 3848.052 - Appointment Of Directors
  The mayor and members of the governing body of the City of Houston shall appoint voting directors from persons recommended by the board. A person...
• Texas Section 3848.053 - Nonvoting Directors
  (a) The following persons serve as nonvoting directors: (1) the directors of the following departments of the City of Houston or a person designated by...
• Texas Section 3848.054 - Quorum
  (a) A majority of the board is a quorum. (b) Nonvoting directors and vacant director positions are not counted for the purposes of establishing a...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 3848.055 - Compensation Of Voting Directors
  Voting directors may receive fees of office and reimbursement of expenses as provided by Section 49.060, Water Code. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S.,...
• Texas Section 3848.101 - Development Corporation And Housing Corporation Powers Of District
  The district may exercise the powers given to: (1) a corporation under Chapter 505, Local Government Code, including the power to own, operate, acquire, construct,...
• Texas Section 3848.102 - 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 3848.103 - 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 3848.104 - Contract For Law Enforcement Services
  To protect the public interest, the district may contract with Harris County or the City of Houston for the county or the city to provide...
• Texas Section 3848.105 - Approval By City Of Houston
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the district must obtain the approval of the City of Houston's governing body for: (1) the issuance of...
• Texas Section 3848.106 - Membership In Charitable Organizations
  The district may join and pay dues to an organization that: (1) enjoys tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3), (4), or (6), Internal Revenue Code of...
• Texas Section 3848.107 - Road Powers
  The district may exercise the powers given to: (1) a road district created under Chapter 257, Transportation Code; and (2) a road utility district created...
• Texas Section 3848.108 - Air Rights; Construction
  The district may acquire air rights and may construct improvements on property on which it only owns air rights. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg.,...
• Texas Section 3848.109 - Additional Property Rights; Leaseholds
  The district may construct improvements on property on which it only has a leasehold interest and may own undivided interests in buildings and other improvements....

SUBCHAPTER D PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM AND PARKING FACILITIES

• Texas Section 3848.110 - No Eminent Domain Power
  The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1315 (S.B. 1123), Sec. 2, eff. June...
• Texas Section 3848.151 - Public Transit System
  The district may acquire, lease as lessor or lessee, construct, develop, own, operate, and maintain a public transit system to serve the area within the...
• Texas Section 3848.152 - Parking Facilities Authorized; Operation By Private Entity; Tax Exemption
  (a) The district may acquire, lease as lessor or lessee, construct, develop, own, operate, and maintain parking facilities, including: (1) lots, garages, parking terminals, or...
• Texas Section 3848.153 - Rules
  The district may adopt rules covering its public transit system or its public parking facilities except that a rule relating to or affecting the use...

SUBCHAPTER E FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 3848.154 - Financing Of Public Transit System Or Parking Facilities
  (a) The district may use any of its resources, including revenue, assessments, taxes, and grant or contract proceeds, to pay the cost of acquiring and...
• Texas Section 3848.201 - 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 3848.202 - Maintenance Tax
  (a) If authorized at an election held in accordance with Section 3848.207, the district may impose an annual ad valorem tax on taxable property in...
• Texas Section 3848.203 - Assessments; Liens For Assessments
  (a) The board by resolution may impose and collect an assessment for any purpose authorized by this chapter. (b) An assessment, a reassessment, or an...
• Texas Section 3848.204 - Utility Property Exempt From Impact Fees And 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 3848.205 - Bonds And Other Obligations
  (a) The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from assessments, impact fees, revenue, grants, or other money of the district,...
• Texas Section 3848.206 - Limit On Parks And Recreation Bonds
  Bonds issued to finance parks and recreational facilities may not exceed one percent of the assessed value of the real property in the district according...
• Texas Section 3848.207 - 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...

SUBCHAPTER F DISSOLUTION

• Texas Section 3848.208 - 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 3848.251 - 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