Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 4, Chapter 3938 - Grand Lake Estates Management District
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 3938.001 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the district's board of directors. (2) "County" means Montgomery County. (3) "Director" means a board member. (4) "District" means...
- Texas Section 3938.002 - Creation And Nature Of District
The district is a special district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 982 (H.B. 4154),...
- Texas Section 3938.003 - 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 3938.004 - 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 3938.005 - 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 3938.006 - 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 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 982...
SUBCHAPTER B BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Texas Section 3938.007 - Construction Of Chapter
This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and purposes stated in this chapter. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch....
- Texas Section 3938.051 - 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 3938.052 - Qualifications Of Directors Appointed By County
To be qualified to serve as a director appointed by the governing body of the county, a person must be: (1) a resident of the...
- Texas Section 3938.053 - Appointment Of Directors
The governing body of the county shall appoint directors from persons recommended by the board. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 982 (H.B....
- Texas Section 3938.054 - 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 2015,...
- Texas Section 3938.055 - 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 3938.056 - Quorum
A vacant director position is not counted for purposes of establishing a quorum. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 982 (H.B. 4154), Sec....
- Texas Section 3938.057 - 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 3938.058 - Compensation; Expenses
(a) The district may compensate each director in an amount not to exceed $50 for each board meeting. The total amount of compensation a director...
- Texas Section 3938.059 - 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 3938.060 - No Executive Committee
The board may not create an executive committee to exercise the powers of the board. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 982 (H.B....
- Texas Section 3938.061 - Board Meetings
The board shall hold meetings at a place accessible to the public. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 982 (H.B. 4154), Sec. 1,...
SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES
- Texas Section 3938.062 - Initial Directors
(a) The initial board consists of: Pos. No.Name of Director1Collin Nguyen2Laura Dodson3Roger Stacey4Amanda James5Joe Teagarden(b) The terms of the initial directors expire June 1, 2017....
- Texas Section 3938.101 - 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 2015, 84th Leg., R.S.,...
- Texas Section 3938.102 - 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 3938.103 - Location Of Improvement Project
An improvement project described by Section 3938.102 may be located: (1) in the district; or (2) in an area outside but adjacent to the district...
- Texas Section 3938.104 - 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 3938.105 - 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 3938.106 - 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 3938.107 - Law Enforcement Services
To protect the public interest, the district may contract with a qualified party, including the county, to provide law enforcement services in the district for...
- Texas Section 3938.108 - 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 3938.109 - 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 3938.110 - Real Property Restrictions
(a) The district may adopt restrictions on the use of real property in the district. (b) The district may enforce restrictions on the use of...
- Texas Section 3938.111 - Designation Of Special Zones
(a) The district may designate all or any part of the area of the district, as if the district were a municipality, as: (1) a...
- Texas Section 3938.112 - Concurrence On Additional Powers
If the territory of the district is located in the corporate boundaries or the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the district may not exercise a...
SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS; ASSESSMENTS
- Texas Section 3938.113 - No Eminent Domain Power
The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 982 (H.B. 4154), Sec. 1, eff. June...
- Texas Section 3938.151 - Disbursements And Transfers Of Money
The board by resolution shall establish the number of signatures and the procedure required for a disbursement or transfer of the district's money. Added by...
- Texas Section 3938.152 - 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 3938.153 - General Powers Regarding Payment Of District Bonds, Obligations, Or Other Costs
The district may provide or secure the payment or repayment of any bond, note, or other temporary or permanent obligation or reimbursement or other contract...
- Texas Section 3938.154 - 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 3938.155 - 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...
- Texas Section 3938.156 - Storm Water User Charges
The district may establish user charges related to the operation of storm water facilities, including the regulation of storm water for the protection of water...
- Texas Section 3938.157 - Nonpotable Water User Charges
The district may establish user charges for the use of nonpotable water for irrigation purposes, subject to approval of the governing body of the county....
- Texas Section 3938.158 - Costs For Improvement Projects
The district may undertake separately or jointly with other persons, including the county, all or part of the cost of an improvement project, including an...
SUBCHAPTER E TAXES AND BONDS
- Texas Section 3938.159 - 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 2015, 84th...
- Texas Section 3938.201 - Tax Abatement
The district may enter into a tax abatement agreement in accordance with the general laws of this state authorizing and applicable to a tax abatement...
- Texas Section 3938.202 - Property Tax Authorized
(a) The district may impose an ad valorem tax on all taxable property in the district to: (1) pay for an improvement project of the...
- Texas Section 3938.203 - Sales And Use Tax
(a) The district may impose a sales and use tax if authorized by a majority of the voters of the district voting at an election...
- Texas Section 3938.204 - 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, sales and...
- Texas Section 3938.205 - Bond Maturity
Bonds may mature not more than 40 years from their date of issue. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 982 (H.B. 4154), Sec....
SUBCHAPTER F DISSOLUTION
- Texas Section 3938.206 - 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 3938.251 - Dissolution By Ordinance
(a) A municipality that includes territory of the district, in the corporate boundaries or extraterritorial jurisdiction of the municipality, by ordinance may dissolve the district....
- Texas Section 3938.252 - 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 3938.253 - Assumption Of Assets And Liabilities
(a) If a municipality dissolves the district, the municipality assumes, subject to the appropriation and availability of funds, the obligations of the district, including any...
Last modified: September 28, 2016