Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 4, Chapter 3893 - Harris County Improvement District No. 20

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 3893.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the board of directors of the district. (2) "Director" means a board member. (3) "District" means the Harris County...
• Texas Section 3893.002 - Harris County Improvement District No
  The Harris County Improvement District No. 20 is a special district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg.,...
• Texas Section 3893.003 - 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 3893.004 - 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 3893.005 - District Territory
  (a) The district is composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter, as that territory may have been modified...

SUBCHAPTER B BOARD OF DIRECTORS

• Texas Section 3893.006 - 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 3893.051 - Board Of Directors; Terms
  (a) The district is governed by a board of five voting directors appointed by a majority of the members of the governing body, including the...
• Texas Section 3893.052 - Appointment Of Directors On Increase In Board Size
  If the board increases the number of directors under Section 3893.051, the board shall appoint eligible persons to fill the new director positions and shall...
• Texas Section 3893.053 - Nonvoting Directors
  (a) The following persons shall serve as nonvoting directors: (1) the directors of the following departments of the City of Houston or a person designated...
• Texas Section 3893.054 - Quorum
  (a) A majority of the voting directors constitutes a quorum of the board. (b) Nonvoting directors and vacant director positions are not counted for the...
• Texas Section 3893.055 - Conflicts Of Interest; One-time Affidavit
  (a) Except as provided by this section: (1) a voting director may participate in all board votes and decisions; and (2) Chapter 171, Local Government...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 3893.056 - 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 2009, 81st Leg., R.S.,...
• Texas Section 3893.101 - District Powers
  The district may exercise the powers given to: (1) a district created under Chapter 375, Local Government Code; (2) a district by Subchapters H and...
• Texas Section 3893.102 - 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 3893.103 - 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 3893.104 - Elections
  (a) District elections must be held in the manner provided by Subchapter L, Chapter 375, Local Government Code. (b) The board may submit multiple purposes...
• Texas Section 3893.105 - Contract For Law Enforcement And Security Services
  The district may contract with: (1) Harris County or the City of Houston for the county or city to provide law enforcement and security services...
• Texas Section 3893.106 - Annexation Or Exclusion Of Territory
  The district may annex or exclude land from the district in the manner provided by Subchapter C, Chapter 375, Local Government Code. Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 3893.107 - 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 3893.108 - 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 3893.109 - Road Powers
  The district may exercise powers given to: (1) a road district created under Chapter 257, Transportation Code; and (2) a road utility district created under...
• Texas Section 3893.110 - Air Rights; Construction
  The district may acquire air rights and may construct improvements on property on which it owns only air rights. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg.,...
• Texas Section 3893.111 - 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 3893.112 - No Eminent Domain Power
  The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1100 (H.B. 4827), Sec. 1, eff. June...
• Texas Section 3893.151 - Public Transit System; Petition Required
  (a) The district may acquire, lease as lessor or lessee, construct, develop, own, operate, and maintain a public transit system to serve the area within...
• Texas Section 3893.152 - Parking Facilities Authorized; Operation By Private Entity
  (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 3893.153 - 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...
• Texas Section 3893.154 - 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 3893.155 - Payment In Lieu Of Taxes To Other Taxing Unit
  If the district's acquisition of property for a parking facility that is leased to or operated by a private entity results in the removal from...

SUBCHAPTER E FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 3893.156 - Agreement With Rapid Transit Authority
  (a) In this section, "authority" means a rapid transit authority created under Chapter 451, Transportation Code. (b) The district and an authority may agree to...
• Texas Section 3893.201 - Authority To Impose Assessments, Ad Valorem Taxes, And Impact Fees
  The district may impose, assess, charge, or collect an assessment, an ad valorem tax, an impact fee, or another fee in accordance with Chapter 49,...
• Texas Section 3893.202 - 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 3893.203 - Assessment In Part Of District
  An assessment may be imposed on only a part of the district if only that part will benefit from the service or improvement. Added by...
• Texas Section 3893.204 - Petition Required For Assessment And For Financing Services And Improvements
  (a) The board may not impose an assessment or finance a service or improvement project under this chapter unless a written petition requesting the improvement...
• Texas Section 3893.205 - Maintenance Tax
  (a) If authorized at an election held in accordance with Section 3893.104, the district may impose an annual ad valorem tax on taxable property in...
• Texas Section 3893.206 - 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 3893.207 - Property Of Certain Utilities Exempt From Assessment And Impact Fees
  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 3893.208 - Use Of Electrical Or Optical Lines
  (a) The district may impose an assessment to pay the cost of: (1) burying or removing electrical power lines, telephone lines, cable or fiber-optic lines,...
• Texas Section 3893.209 - Bonds And Other Obligations
  (a) The district may issue bonds, notes, or other obligations in accordance with Subchapter J, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, payable wholly or partly from...
• Texas Section 3893.210 - Limits 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 3893.211 - 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 3893.212 - Powers Of Municipal Utility District To Establish Defined Areas And Designated Property; Taxes; Bonds
  (a) The district has the powers of a municipal utility district under Subchapter J, Chapter 54, Water Code, including the power to: (1) implement a...
• Texas Section 3893.213 - 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....

SUBCHAPTER F CONSOLIDATION

• Texas Section 3893.214 - Competitive Bidding
  Section 375.221, Local Government Code, applies to the district only for a contract that has a value greater than $50,000. Added by Acts 2009, 81st...
• Texas Section 3893.251 - Consolidation With Municipal Management District
  (a) The district may consolidate with one other municipal management district that adjoins or has a boundary that is within a two-mile radius of any...
• Texas Section 3893.252 - Terms And Conditions For Consolidation
  Not later than the 30th day after districts are consolidated under Section 3893.251, the districts shall enter into an agreement specifying the terms and conditions...
• Texas Section 3893.253 - Notice And Hearing On Consolidation
  (a) Each district's board shall publish notice and hold a public hearing in its district regarding the terms and conditions for consolidation of the districts....
• Texas Section 3893.254 - Governing Consolidated Districts
  (a) After two districts are consolidated, they become one district and are governed as one district. (b) During the period before the terms and conditions...
• Texas Section 3893.255 - Debts Of Original Districts
  After two districts are consolidated, the consolidated district shall protect the debts and obligations of the original districts and shall ensure that the debts and...
• Texas Section 3893.256 - Assessment And Collection Of Taxes
  If the consolidated district has taxing authority, the district shall impose and collect taxes on all property in the district uniformly, for maintenance and operation...

SUBCHAPTER G DISSOLUTION

• Texas Section 3893.257 - Filing Of Order With County Clerk And Executive Director
  The board shall keep in the records of the consolidated district, recorded in the office of the county clerk in each of the counties in...
• Texas Section 3893.301 - Dissolution Of District With Outstanding Debt
  (a) The district may be dissolved as provided by Subchapter M, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, except that Section 375.264, Local Government Code, does not...

Last modified: September 28, 2016