Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 6, Chapter 6903 - Eastland County Water Supply District
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 6903.001 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the board of directors of the district. (2) "Commissioners court" means the Commissioners Court of Eastland County. (3) "Director"...
- Texas Section 6903.002 - Nature Of District
The district is created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.06, eff....
SUBCHAPTER B DISTRICT TERRITORY AND ANNEXATIONS TO DISTRICT TERRITORY
- Texas Section 6903.003 - Findings Of Benefit And Public Purpose
(a) All land in the district will benefit from the improvement to be acquired and constructed by the district. (b) The accomplishment of the purposes...
- Texas Section 6903.051 - District Territory
The district is composed of the territory in the city of Ranger on May 26, 1949, and the territory in the city of Eastland that...
- Texas Section 6903.052 - Authority To Annex Territory
Territory, whether contiguous to the district or not, and inside or outside Eastland County, may be annexed to the district in the manner provided by...
- Texas Section 6903.053 - Petition For Annexation; Board Findings And Resolution
(a) The board may annex territory under this subchapter if a petition requesting annexation is signed by 50 registered voters of the territory to be...
- Texas Section 6903.054 - Commissioners Court Resolution; Hearing
The commissioners court shall: (1) adopt a resolution declaring its intention to call an election in the territory to submit the proposition of whether the...
- Texas Section 6903.055 - Annexation Hearing
(a) At least 10 days before the date of the annexation hearing, notice of the adoption of the resolution stating the time and place of...
- Texas Section 6903.056 - Commissioners Court Findings And Resolution; Election
If, at the conclusion of the annexation hearing, the commissioners court finds that all land in the territory to be annexed will benefit from the...
- Texas Section 6903.057 - Notice Of Annexation Election
In addition to complying with Section 4.004, Election Code, notice of the annexation election must: (1) state the conditions under which the territory may be...
- Texas Section 6903.058 - Election Results
(a) The commissioners court shall issue an order declaring the results of the annexation election. (b) If the order shows that a majority of the...
- Texas Section 6903.059 - Assumption Of Debt; Taxes
(a) In calling the election on the proposition for annexation of territory, the commissioners court may include, as a part of the same proposition, a...
SUBCHAPTER C BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Texas Section 6903.060 - Restriction On Annexation Of Railroad Right-of-way
(a) A railroad right-of-way may not be annexed to the district unless the right-of-way is contained in the limits of a municipality annexed at the...
- Texas Section 6903.101 - Composition Of Board; Terms
(a) The board consists of eight directors. (b) Voters of the city of Ranger who reside in the district elect four directors. Voters of the...
- Texas Section 6903.102 - Qualifications For Office
(a) A director must reside in the municipality from which elected and own taxable property in the district. (b) A member of a municipality's governing...
- Texas Section 6903.103 - Location And Notice For Directors Election; Results
(a) For a regular directors election, there shall be at least one voting place in each municipality in the district. (b) Notice of a directors...
- Texas Section 6903.104 - Ballot Procedure For Candidates
(a) A person who wants to have the person's name printed on the ballot as a candidate for director must present a petition requesting that...
- Texas Section 6903.105 - Appointment Of Secretary And Treasurer
The board shall appoint a secretary and a treasurer, who are not required to be directors. The board may combine the offices of secretary and...
- Texas Section 6903.106 - Vote By Board President
The president has the same right to vote as any other director. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.06,...
- Texas Section 6903.107 - Director's And Treasurer's Bond
(a) Each director shall give bond in the amount of $5,000 conditioned on the faithful performance of the director's duties. (b) The treasurer shall give...
SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES
- Texas Section 6903.108 - Compensation
Unless the board by resolution increases the fee to an amount authorized by Section 49.060, Water Code, each director: (1) shall receive a fee of...
- Texas Section 6903.151 - Construction Of Dam
(a) The district may impound storm and flood waters and the unappropriated flow waters at one or more places and in an amount approved by...
- Texas Section 6903.152 - Underground Sources Of Water
The district may develop or otherwise acquire underground sources of water. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.06, eff....
- Texas Section 6903.153 - Construction Or Acquisition Of Property
The district may construct or otherwise acquire all works, plants, and other facilities necessary or useful for the purpose of processing water impounded, developed, or...
- Texas Section 6903.154 - Water Appropriation Permits
The district may acquire water appropriation permits directly from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality or from owners of permits. Added by Acts 2007, 80th...
- Texas Section 6903.155 - Purchase Of Water
The district may purchase water or a water supply from any person, including a public agency. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920...
- Texas Section 6903.156 - Surplus Property
The district may sell any property that, in the opinion of the board, will not be needed for the conduct of the affairs or business...
- Texas Section 6903.157 - Eminent Domain
(a) To carry out a power provided by this chapter, the district may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire land and easements inside...
- Texas Section 6903.158 - Parks And Recreation Facilities
(a) The district may establish or otherwise provide for public parks and recreation facilities and may acquire land adjacent to any of its reservoirs for...
- Texas Section 6903.159 - Construction Contracts
(a) This section applies only to a construction contract or a contract for the purchase of material, equipment, or supplies requiring an expenditure of more...
- Texas Section 6903.160 - Contracts To Supply Water
(a) The district may contract with municipalities and others to supply water to those entities. (b) The district may contract with a municipality for the...
SUBCHAPTER E REGULATORY POWERS
- Texas Section 6903.161 - Contracts For Toll Bridges Or Ferry Service
(a) The board may contract with a responsible person for: (1) the construction and operation of a toll bridge over the district's water; or (2)...
- Texas Section 6903.201 - Adoption Of Rules
The board may adopt reasonable rules to: (1) secure, maintain, and preserve the sanitary condition of water in and water that flows into any reservoir...
- Texas Section 6903.202 - Enforcement Of Rules; Penalty
(a) The district by rule may prescribe reasonable penalties for the violation of a district rule. (b) A penalty may consist of: (1) a fine...
- Texas Section 6903.203 - Notice Of Rule Providing Penalty
(a) If the district adopts a rule that provides a penalty, the district must publish a substantive statement of the rule and the penalty once...
- Texas Section 6903.204 - Judicial Notice Of Rules
A court shall take judicial notice of a rule adopted under this subchapter and published as required by Section 6903.203, and the court shall consider...
SUBCHAPTER F GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 6903.205 - Enforcement By Peace Officers
(a) A peace officer employed by the district or a county peace officer may make an arrest when necessary to prevent or abate the commission...
- Texas Section 6903.251 - Depository
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (i), the board shall designate one or more banks in the district to serve as depository for the district's...
- Texas Section 6903.252 - Tax Assessor And Collector
The board shall appoint a tax assessor and collector. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.06, eff. April 1,
SUBCHAPTER G BONDS
- Texas Section 6903.253 - Projects Exempt From Assessment Or Taxation
The district is not required to pay a tax or assessment on a project or any part of a project. Added by Acts 2007, 80th...
- Texas Section 6903.301 - Authority To Issue Bonds
(a) The district may issue bonds to: (1) provide a source of water supply for municipalities and other users for municipal, domestic, and industrial purposes;...
- Texas Section 6903.302 - Form Of Bonds
District bonds must be: (1) issued in the district's name; (2) signed by the president or vice president; and (3) attested by the secretary. Added...
- Texas Section 6903.303 - Maturity
District bonds must mature not later than 40 years after the date of their issuance. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B....
- Texas Section 6903.304 - Election For Bonds Payable From Ad Valorem Taxes
(a) Bonds, other than refunding bonds, payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes may not be issued unless authorized by a district election at...
- Texas Section 6903.305 - Bonds Payable From Revenue
(a) In this section, "net revenue" means the gross revenue of the district less the amount necessary to pay the cost of maintaining and operating...
- Texas Section 6903.306 - Bonds Payable From Ad Valorem Taxes
The district may issue bonds payable from: (1) ad valorem taxes imposed on taxable property in the district; or (2) ad valorem taxes and revenue...
- Texas Section 6903.307 - Tax And Rate Requirements
(a) If the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall impose a tax sufficient to pay the bonds...
- Texas Section 6903.308 - Additional Security
(a) Bonds, including refunding bonds, authorized by this subchapter that are not payable wholly from ad valorem taxes may be additionally secured by a deed...
- Texas Section 6903.309 - Use Of Bond Proceeds
(a) The district may set aside an amount of proceeds from the sale of bonds issued under this subchapter for the payment of interest expected...
- Texas Section 6903.310 - Appointment Of Receiver
(a) On default or threatened default in the payment of principal of or interest on bonds issued under this subchapter that are payable wholly or...
- Texas Section 6903.311 - Refunding Bonds
(a) The district may issue refunding bonds to refund outstanding bonds issued under this subchapter and interest on those bonds. (b) Refunding bonds may: (1)...
- Texas Section 6903.312 - Bonds Exempt From Taxation
A bond issued under this subchapter, the transfer of the bond, and income from the bond, including profits made on the sale of the bond,...
Last modified: September 28, 2016