Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 4, Chapter 3903 - Fulshear Town Center Management District

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 3903.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the district's board of directors. (2) "City" means the City of Fulshear. (3) "County" means Fort Bend County. (4)...
• Texas Section 3903.002 - Creation And Nature Of District
  The Fulshear Town Center Management District is a special district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S.,...
• Texas Section 3903.003 - Purpose; Legislative Findings
  (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 3903.004 - 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 3903.005 - District Territory
  (a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter. (b) The boundaries and field notes...
• Texas Section 3903.006 - Eligibility For Inclusion In Special Zones
  (a) All or any part of the area of the district is eligible to be included in: (1) a tax increment reinvestment zone created under...
• Texas Section 3903.007 - 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. 1191...

SUBCHAPTER B BOARD OF DIRECTORS

• Texas Section 3903.008 - Liberal Construction Of Chapter
  This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and purposes stated in this chapter. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch....
• Texas Section 3903.051 - Governing Body; Terms
  The district is governed by a board of five voting directors who serve staggered terms of four years, with two or three directors' terms expiring...
• Texas Section 3903.052 - Qualifications Of Directors Appointed By City
  (a) To be qualified to serve as a director appointed by the governing body of the city, a person must be: (1) a resident of...
• Texas Section 3903.053 - Appointment Of Directors
  The governing body of the city shall appoint directors from persons recommended by the board. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1191 (H.B....
• Texas Section 3903.054 - Vacancy
  If a vacancy occurs on the board, the remaining directors shall appoint a director for the remainder of the unexpired term. Added by Acts 2011,...
• Texas Section 3903.055 - Director's Oath Or Affirmation
  (a) A director shall file the director's oath or affirmation of office with the district, and the district shall retain the oath or affirmation in...
• Texas Section 3903.056 - Officers
  The board shall elect from among the directors a chair, a vice chair, and a secretary. The offices of chair and secretary may not be...
• Texas Section 3903.057 - Compensation; Expenses
  A director is not entitled to compensation but is entitled to reimbursement for necessary and reasonable expenses incurred in carrying out the duties and responsibilities...
• Texas Section 3903.058 - Liability Insurance
  The district may obtain and pay for comprehensive general liability insurance coverage from a commercial insurance company or other source that protects and insures a...
• Texas Section 3903.059 - No Executive Committee
  The board may not create an executive committee to exercise the powers of the board. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1191 (H.B....

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 3903.060 - Board Meetings
  The board shall hold meetings at a place accessible to the public. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1191 (H.B. 3827), Sec. 1,...
• Texas Section 3903.101 - 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 3903.102 - 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 3903.103 - 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 3903.104 - 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 3903.105 - Law Enforcement Services
  To protect the public interest, the district may contract with a qualified party, including the county or the city, to provide law enforcement services in...
• Texas Section 3903.106 - 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 3903.107 - 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 3903.108 - 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...

SUBCHAPTER C-1 IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS

• Texas Section 3903.109 - No Eminent Domain Power
  The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1191 (H.B. 3827), Sec. 1, eff. June...
• Texas Section 3903.131 - Improvement Projects And Services
  The district may provide, design, construct, acquire, improve, relocate, operate, maintain, or finance an improvement project or service using money available to the district, or...
• Texas Section 3903.132 - Location Of Improvement Project
  An improvement project described by Section 3903.131 may be located: (1) in the district; or (2) in an area outside but adjacent to the district...
• Texas Section 3903.133 - Prerequisites For Improvement Projects
  The district may not construct an improvement project unless: (1) the owner of the land on which the improvement project will be constructed records a...
• Texas Section 3903.134 - Additional District Duties Regarding Improvement Projects
  The district shall: (1) submit written notice to the city administrator or the administrator's designee of the anticipated date construction of an improvement project will...

SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS; ASSESSMENTS

• Texas Section 3903.135 - License And Certification Requirements
  The district may not contract with or employ a person to plan or construct an improvement project unless the person is licensed or certified in...
• Texas Section 3903.151 - 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 3903.152 - Money Used For Improvements Or Services
  The district may acquire, construct, finance, operate, or maintain an improvement project or service authorized under this chapter or Chapter 375, Local Government Code, using...
• Texas Section 3903.153 - 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 3903.154 - 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 3903.155 - 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...

SUBCHAPTER E TAXES AND BONDS

• Texas Section 3903.156 - 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 3903.201 - Bonds And Other Obligations
  (a) The district may issue, by public or private sale, bonds, notes, or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes or assessments...
• Texas Section 3903.202 - Bond Maturity
  Bonds may mature not more than 30 years from their date of issue. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1191 (H.B. 3827), Sec....
• Texas Section 3903.203 - 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 3903.204 - Election Required For Taxes Or Bonds
  The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Subchapter L, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, to obtain voter approval before the district...
• Texas Section 3903.205 - Hotel Occupancy Tax
  (a) The district may impose a hotel occupancy tax in the manner that Chapter 351, Tax Code, provides for a municipality. (b) The district may...
• Texas Section 3903.206 - Certain Single-family Residential Property Exempt
  (a) The district may not impose an assessment or tax on a single-family residential property that: (1) is in the territory described by Section 2...

SUBCHAPTER F DISSOLUTION

• Texas Section 3903.207 - Development Agreement
  The district may enter into a development agreement that requires the district to reimburse a developer for the costs associated with constructing and maintaining an...
• Texas Section 3903.251 - Dissolution By City Ordinance
  (a) The city by ordinance may dissolve the district. (b) The city may not dissolve the district until the district's outstanding debt or contractual obligations...
• Texas Section 3903.252 - Collection Of Assessments And Other Revenue
  (a) If the dissolved district has bonds or other obligations outstanding secured by and payable from assessments or other revenue, other than ad valorem taxes,...
• Texas Section 3903.253 - Assumption Of Assets And Liabilities
  (a) After the city dissolves the district, the city assumes, subject to the appropriation and availability of funds, the obligations of the district, including any...

Last modified: September 28, 2016