Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 4, Chapter 3873 - Kaufman County Parks Improvement District
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 3873.001 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the district's board of directors. (2) "City" means the City of Forney. (3) "Commissioners court" means the Commissioners Court...
- Texas Section 3873.002 - Nature Of District
The Kaufman County Parks Improvement District is a special district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S.,...
- Texas Section 3873.003 - 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 3873.004 - 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 3873.005 - Initial District Territory
The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S.,...
- Texas Section 3873.006 - 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 under Chapter...
SUBCHAPTER B CONFIRMATION OF CREATION OF DISTRICT
- Texas Section 3873.007 - Liberal Construction Of Chapter
This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and purposes stated in this chapter. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch....
- Texas Section 3873.051 - Confirmation Election
(a) The commissioners court may order an election on the issue of confirming the creation of a district: (1) on the commissioners court's own motion;...
- Texas Section 3873.052 - Notice Of Hearing
(a) If a petition is filed under Section 3873.051(a)(2), the commissioners court shall set a date for a hearing on the petition that is after...
- Texas Section 3873.053 - Hearing
(a) At the hearing, evidence shall be taken as in civil cases in the county court. The commissioners court shall hear all arguments for and...
- Texas Section 3873.054 - Confirmation Election
(a) The election shall be held in the area of the proposed district on the date of the first regularly scheduled countywide election that follows...
SUBCHAPTER C BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Texas Section 3873.055 - Costs Of Creation, Confirmation, And Organization
The costs necessarily incurred in the creation, confirmation, and organization of the district may be paid from the district's tax revenue or from revenue from...
- Texas Section 3873.101 - Governing Body; Terms
The district is governed by a board of five directors who serve staggered terms of four years, with two or three directors' terms expiring June...
- Texas Section 3873.102 - Election Date
The board shall hold elections for directors on the uniform election date in May in odd-numbered years. The elections of the first directors under this...
- Texas Section 3873.103 - Eligibility
(a) A director must be a citizen of the United States and must reside in the district. (b) A director may not be an officer...
- Texas Section 3873.104 - Vacancy
If a vacancy occurs on the board, the board shall appoint a person to fill the vacancy for the remainder of the unexpired term. Added...
- Texas Section 3873.105 - Quorum
Three directors constitute a quorum of the board. The board may act on the majority of the vote of the assembled quorum. Added by Acts...
- Texas Section 3873.106 - Compensation And Reimbursement
A director is not entitled to compensation but is entitled to reimbursement for necessary expenses, including travel expenses, incurred in performing the duties of a...
SUBCHAPTER D POWERS AND DUTIES
- Texas Section 3873.107 - Initial Voting Directors
(a) The initial board consists of five voting directors who meet the eligibility requirements described by Section 3873.103 and are appointed by the commissioners court....
- Texas Section 3873.151 - Depositories And Disbursements
(a) Money and other funds belonging to or under control of the board are public funds. (b) The board shall select depositories for the money....
- Texas Section 3873.152 - Personnel
(a) The board may employ managers, secretaries, stenographers, bookkeepers, accountants, technical experts, and any other support personnel or agents the board considers necessary. (b) The...
- Texas Section 3873.153 - Seal
The board shall adopt a seal to place on each lease, deed, or other instrument usually executed under seal and on other instruments as the...
- Texas Section 3873.154 - Contracts
(a) The board may enter into any contract that the board considers necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes and powers granted by this...
- Texas Section 3873.155 - Suits
The board may sue and be sued in its own name. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1202 (H.B. 4789), Sec. 1, eff....
- Texas Section 3873.156 - District Rules And Orders; Criminal Penalty; Civil Enforcement
(a) The board may adopt reasonable rules and orders applicable to: (1) the administration, enforcement, and collection of district taxes; (2) littering and litter abatement...
- Texas Section 3873.157 - Bond Not Required
If the board brings an action to enforce this subchapter or enjoin a violation of a rule or order adopted by the board under this...
- Texas Section 3873.158 - Power To Acquire Property
(a) For the conservation of the district's natural resources, the board may acquire land in the county, inside or outside the district, including streams, lakes,...
- Texas Section 3873.159 - Sale Or Lease Of Lands
(a) If the board determines that land owned by the district is not necessary for the purposes for which the land was acquired, the board...
- Texas Section 3873.160 - Acceptance Of Grants And Gratuities
To promote, establish, or accomplish a purpose of this chapter, the board may: (1) accept grants and gratuities in any form from any source, including...
- Texas Section 3873.161 - Cooperation With Other Public Authorities
Under an agreement with a public authority, including the city, in control of parkland in the county, the district may assume control of all or...
- Texas Section 3873.162 - Requirements For Rental Of Water-oriented Recreational Equipment
(a) This section applies only to the rental of water-oriented recreational equipment in the district. (b) A person may not rent water-oriented recreational equipment to...
SUBCHAPTER E GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 3873.163 - Plan For Development Of Parks; Annual Budget; Filing
(a) The board shall develop and approve a three-year master plan for capital development and the development of parks and district facilities. (b) The board...
- Texas Section 3873.201 - 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 3873.202 - General Obligation And Revenue Bonds
For the payment of all or part of the costs of a park improvement project or park services, the board may issue bonds in one...
- Texas Section 3873.203 - Terms And Conditions Of Bonds
(a) Bonds may be issued to mature serially or otherwise not more than 40 years from their date of issue. (b) If provided by the...
- Texas Section 3873.204 - Pledges
(a) The board may pledge all or part of the income from park improvement projects financed under this chapter or from any other source to...
- Texas Section 3873.205 - Municipal Approval
(a) A district must obtain the approval of the governing body of the city before issuing bonds for a park improvement project and for the...
SUBCHAPTER F DISSOLUTION
- Texas Section 3873.206 - Ad Valorem Tax; Election
(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 3873.251 - Dissolution
(a) The commissioners court by order may dissolve the district. The order may be adopted: (1) on the commissioners court's own motion; or (2) after...
Last modified: September 28, 2016