Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 4, Chapter 3901 - Bridgeland Management District

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 3901.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the district's board of directors. (2) "City" means the City of Houston, Texas. (3) "Commission" means the Texas Commission...
• Texas Section 3901.002 - Creation And Nature Of District; Immunity
  (a) The district is a special district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution. (b) The district is a governmental unit, as provided by...
• Texas Section 3901.003 - Confirmation And Directors' Election Required
  The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102,...
• Texas Section 3901.004 - Consent Of Municipality Required
  The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 3901.003 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located...
• Texas Section 3901.005 - 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 3901.006 - 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 3901.007 - District Territory
  (a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter, as that territory may have been...
• Texas Section 3901.008 - Eligibility For Inclusion In Special Zones
  All or any part of the area of the district is eligible to be included in one or more of the following: (1) a tax...
• Texas Section 3901.009 - 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 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 861...
• Texas Section 3901.010 - Liberal Construction Of Chapter
  This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and purposes stated in this chapter. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch....

SUBCHAPTER B BOARD OF DIRECTORS

• Texas Section 3901.011 - Conflicts Of Law
  This chapter prevails over any provision of general law, including a provision of Chapter 375, Local Government Code, or Chapter 49, Water Code, that is...
• Texas Section 3901.051 - Governing Body; Terms
  (a) The district is governed by a board of five directors elected or appointed as provided by this chapter and Subchapter D, Chapter 49, Water...
• Texas Section 3901.052 - Compensation
  A director is entitled to receive fees of office and reimbursement for actual expenses as provided by Section 49.060, Water Code. Sections 375.069 and 375.070,...
• Texas Section 3901.053 - Temporary Directors
  (a) On or after the effective date of the Act creating this chapter, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 3901.054 - Disqualification Of Directors
  Section 49.052, Water Code, applies to the members of the board of the district. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 897 (S.B. 1362),...
• Texas Section 3901.101 - General Powers And Duties
  The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S.,...
• Texas Section 3901.102 - Improvement Projects And Services
  (a) The district may provide, design, construct, acquire, improve, relocate, operate, maintain, or finance an improvement project or service using money available to the district,...
• Texas Section 3901.103 - Recreational Facilities
  The district may develop or finance recreational facilities as authorized by Chapter 375, Local Government Code, Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution, Section...
• Texas Section 3901.104 - Authority For Road Projects
  Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may own, operate, maintain, design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds, notes, or other obligations for, improve,...
• Texas Section 3901.105 - Conveyance And Approval Of Road Project
  (a) The district may convey a road project authorized by Section 3901.104 to: (1) a municipality or county that will operate and maintain the road...
• Texas Section 3901.106 - Development Corporation Powers
  The district, using money available to the district, may exercise the powers given to a development corporation under Chapter 505, Local Government Code, including the...
• Texas Section 3901.107 - 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 3901.108 - Agreements; Grants
  (a) As provided by Chapter 375, Local Government Code, the district may make an agreement with or accept a gift, grant, or loan from any...
• Texas Section 3901.109 - Law Enforcement Services
  Section 49.216, Water Code, applies to the district. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 861 (H.B. 3842), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011....
• Texas Section 3901.110 - 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 3901.111 - Economic Development
  (a) The district may engage in activities that accomplish the economic development purposes of the district. (b) The district may establish and provide for the...
• Texas Section 3901.112 - Strategic Partnership Agreement
  The district may negotiate and enter into a written strategic partnership agreement with the city under Section 43.0751, Local Government Code. Added by Acts 2011,...
• Texas Section 3901.113 - Regional Participation Agreement
  The district may negotiate and enter into a written regional participation agreement with the city under Section 43.0754, Local Government Code. Added by Acts 2011,...
• Texas Section 3901.114 - Annexation Or Exclusion Of Land
  (a) The district may annex land as provided by Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code. (b) The district may exclude land as provided by Subchapter...
• Texas Section 3901.115 - Applicability Of Other Law To Certain Contracts
  (a) Subchapter I, Chapter 49, Water Code, applies to a district contract for construction work, equipment, materials, or machinery. The district may use a project...
• Texas Section 3901.116 - Terms Of Employment; Compensation
  The board may employ and establish the terms of employment and compensation of an executive director or general manager and any other district employees the...

SUBCHAPTER C-1 PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM AND PARKING FACILITIES

• Texas Section 3901.117 - No Eminent Domain Power
  The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 861 (H.B. 3842), Sec. 1, eff. June...
• Texas Section 3901.151 - 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 in...
• Texas Section 3901.152 - Parking Facilities
  (a) The district may acquire, lease as lessor or lessee, construct, develop, own, operate, and maintain parking facilities or a system of parking facilities, including...
• Texas Section 3901.153 - Rules
  In addition to rules and regulations adopted under the district's general rulemaking authority in Section 375.096(c), Local Government Code, the district may adopt and enforce...
• Texas Section 3901.154 - Fees
  The district may impose a fee for the use of the public transit system and associated parking facilities. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S.,...
• Texas Section 3901.155 - 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...

SUBCHAPTER C-2 CONDUIT FACILITIES

• Texas Section 3901.156 - Mass Transit Systems
  This subchapter does not limit the authority of the district to provide mass transit systems under Chapter 375, Local Government Code. Added by Acts 2015,...

SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS; ASSESSMENTS

• Texas Section 3901.171 - Conduit Facilities
  (a) The district may finance, acquire, construct, improve, operate, maintain, or charge a fee for the use of conduits for: (1) fiber-optic cable and supporting...
• Texas Section 3901.201 - Money Used For Improvements Or Services
  The district may acquire, construct, finance, operate, maintain, or provide any improvement or service authorized under this chapter or Chapter 375, Local Government Code, using...
• Texas Section 3901.202 - 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 3901.203 - 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 3901.204 - 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 3901.205 - Tax And Assessment Abatements
  The district may designate reinvestment zones and may grant abatements of a tax or assessment on property in the zones. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd...
• Texas Section 3901.206 - Utility Property Exempt From Assessments
  The district may not impose an assessment on the property, including the equipment, rights-of-way, facilities, or improvements, of: (1) an electric utility or a power...
• Texas Section 3901.207 - Authority To Issue Bonds And Other Obligations
  (a) The district may issue by competitive bid or negotiated sale bonds, notes, or other obligations payable wholly or partly from taxes, assessments, fees, revenue,...
• Texas Section 3901.208 - 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....

SUBCHAPTER E SALES AND USE TAX

• Texas Section 3901.209 - Audit Exemption
  (a) The district may elect to complete an annual financial report in lieu of an annual audit under Section 375.096(a)(6), Local Government Code, if: (1)...
• Texas Section 3901.251 - Applicability Of Certain Tax Code Provisions
  (a) Chapter 321, Tax Code, governs the imposition, computation, administration, enforcement, and collection of the sales and use tax authorized by this subchapter except to...
• Texas Section 3901.252 - Election; Adoption Of Tax
  (a) The district may adopt a sales and use tax if authorized by a majority of the voters of the district voting at an election...
• Texas Section 3901.253 - Sales And Use Tax Rate
  (a) On or after the date the results are declared of an election held under Section 3901.252, at which the voters approved imposition of the...
• Texas Section 3901.254 - Tax After Annexation
  (a) This section applies to the district after a municipality annexes part of the territory in the district and imposes the municipality's sales and use...
• Texas Section 3901.255 - Notification Of Rate Change
  The board shall notify the comptroller of any changes made to the tax rate under this subchapter in the same manner the municipal secretary provides...
• Texas Section 3901.256 - Use Of Revenue
  Revenue from the sales and use tax imposed under this subchapter is for the use and benefit of the district and may be used for...

SUBCHAPTER F HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX

• Texas Section 3901.257 - Abolition Of Tax
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the board may abolish the tax imposed under this subchapter without an election. (b) The board may not...
• Texas Section 3901.301 - Definition
  In this subchapter, "hotel" has the meaning assigned by Section 156.001, Tax Code. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 861 (H.B. 3842), Sec....
• Texas Section 3901.302 - Applicability Of Certain Tax Code Provisions
  (a) In this subchapter: (1) a reference in Subchapter A, Chapter 352, Tax Code, to a county is a reference to the district; and (2)...
• Texas Section 3901.303 - Tax Authorized; Use Of Revenue
  The district may impose a hotel occupancy tax for any purpose described by Section 351.101 or 352.101, Tax Code. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg.,...
• Texas Section 3901.304 - Tax Rate
  (a) The amount of the hotel occupancy tax may not exceed the lesser of: (1) the maximum rate prescribed by Section 352.003(a), Tax Code; or...
• Texas Section 3901.305 - Information
  The district may examine and receive information related to the imposition of hotel occupancy taxes to the same extent as if the district were a...
• Texas Section 3901.306 - Use Of Revenue
  The district may use revenue from the hotel occupancy tax for a district purpose. The district may pledge any part of the revenue to the...

SUBCHAPTER G DISSOLUTION

• Texas Section 3901.307 - Abolition Of Tax
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the board may abolish the tax imposed under this subchapter. (b) The board may not abolish the tax...
• Texas Section 3901.351 - 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