Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 6, Chapter 6601 - Angleton Drainage District

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 6601.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the board of directors of the district. (2) "Director" means a member of the board. (3) "District" means the...
• Texas Section 6601.002 - Nature Of District
  (a) The Angleton Drainage District is a conservation and reclamation district re-created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, for the reclamation and drainage of...
• Texas Section 6601.003 - Legislative Findings
  The legislature finds that: (1) all land and other property included in the district is, and will be, benefited by the district and by the...

SUBCHAPTER B DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS

• Texas Section 6601.004 - District Territory
  The district is composed of the territory described by Section 1, Chapter 9, Special Laws, Acts of the 41st Legislature, 4th Called Session, 1930, as...
• Texas Section 6601.051 - Board Of Directors
  The board consists of three directors. Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2005.
• Texas Section 6601.052 - Ballot Application Deadline
  An application for a place on the ballot for a directors election must be filed with the secretary of the district not later than the...
• Texas Section 6601.053 - Qualifications
  A candidate for director must: (1) be more than 21 years of age; and (2) own land subject to taxation in the district. Acts 2003,...
• Texas Section 6601.054 - Meetings
  The board shall meet at: (1) the Angleton City Hall at 7:30 p.m. on the first Tuesday in February, May, August, and November of each...
• Texas Section 6601.055 - Additional Directors
  (a) If territory is added to the district and the board considers it advisable, the size of the board may be increased to not more...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 6601.056 - Special Election
  (a) If the number of directors is reduced to one, the remaining director shall call a special election to fill the vacancies. If the remaining...
• Texas Section 6601.101 - Powers And Duties
  (a) To accomplish the purposes of Section 6601.002(a), the district has all the rights, powers, privileges, and duties conferred and imposed by general law on...
• Texas Section 6601.102 - District Powers
  (a) The district may construct, acquire, improve, enlarge, extend, repair, maintain, or replace all walls, dams, dikes, levees, embankments, canals, drains, tanks, laterals, and pumps...
• Texas Section 6601.103 - Eminent Domain
  (a) Not by way of limitation, the district may exercise the right of eminent domain to acquire the right-of-way over and through private land, except...
• Texas Section 6601.104 - Cost Of Relocating Property
  (a) In this section, " sole expense" means the actual cost of relocating, raising, lowering, rerouting, changing the grade of, or altering the construction of...
• Texas Section 6601.105 - Addition Of Territory To District
  (a) In addition to adding territory as provided by Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code, the district may add territory as provided by this section....
• Texas Section 6601.106 - Mosquito Hazard
  (a) The legislature finds that to properly drain and reclaim overflowed lands and other lands needing drainage within the district and to restore and preserve...

SUBCHAPTER D BONDS AND TAXES

• Texas Section 6601.107 - Award Of Contracts
  A contract for the making or construction of a district improvement and all necessary work related to the improvement shall be awarded to the lowest...
• Texas Section 6601.151 - Limitation On Debt
  The total principal amount of bonds that the district may have outstanding at any time may not exceed 10 percent of the assessed value of...
• Texas Section 6601.152 - Approval By Texas Commission On Environmental Quality
  Before the district spends any money received from the sale of its bonds, the district must submit the plans and specifications of the proposed improvements...
• Texas Section 6601.153 - Continuation Of Previous Maintenance Tax
  The district may continue to levy a maintenance tax authorized by Chapter 9, Special Laws, Acts of the 41st Legislature, 4th Called Session, 1930. Acts...
• Texas Section 6601.154 - District Tax Assessor And Collector
  The assessor and collector of taxes for Brazoria County is the assessor and collector of taxes for the district. Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277,...

Last modified: September 28, 2016