Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 6, Chapter 6904 - Aquilla Water Supply District
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 6904.001 - 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 6904.002 - Nature Of District
The district is a conservation and reclamation district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920...
SUBCHAPTER B DISTRICT TERRITORY AND ANNEXATIONS TO DISTRICT TERRITORY
- Texas Section 6904.003 - Findings Of Benefit And Public Purpose
(a) All land and taxable property in the city of Hillsboro will benefit from the works and improvements of the district. (b) The accomplishment of...
- Texas Section 6904.051 - District Territory
(a) The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of the city of Hillsboro as those boundaries existed on January 1, 1977, and...
- Texas Section 6904.052 - Annexation Of Territory
(a) Territory may be annexed to the district as provided by this section or by Section 6904.053. (b) The board may annex territory or a...
SUBCHAPTER C BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Texas Section 6904.053 - Annexation Of Territory Annexed To Municipality In District
(a) At any time after final passage of an ordinance or resolution annexing territory to a municipality in the district, the board may give notice...
- Texas Section 6904.101 - Composition Of Board
(a) The district is governed by a board of at least five directors. The directors occupy numbered places on the board. (b) For each municipality...
- Texas Section 6904.102 - Qualifications For Office
(a) To be eligible to serve as a director, a person must be: (1) a qualified district voter; and (2) a district resident. (b) A...
- Texas Section 6904.103 - Directors' Election
Directors shall be elected at an election called for that purpose by the board. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166),...
- Texas Section 6904.104 - Removal From Office
After reasonable notice and a public hearing, the board may remove a director from office for misfeasance, malfeasance, or wilful neglect of duty. Reasonable notice...
- Texas Section 6904.105 - Board Resolutions; Voting Requirements
(a) The district shall act through resolutions adopted by the board. (b) All directors are entitled to vote. (c) The affirmative vote of a majority...
- Texas Section 6904.106 - Officers And Assistants
(a) The board shall elect a president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer at the first meeting of the newly constituted board after each directors' election...
- Texas Section 6904.107 - Officer Duties
(a) The board president shall preside at board meetings and perform other duties prescribed by the board. (b) The board secretary is the official custodian...
- Texas Section 6904.108 - Meetings
The board shall have regular meetings at times specified by board resolution and shall have special meetings when called by the board president or by...
SUBCHAPTER D POWERS AND DUTIES
- Texas Section 6904.109 - Personal Liability Of Directors
A director is not personally liable for any bond issued or contract executed by the district. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920...
- Texas Section 6904.151 - District Powers
The district may exercise any power necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of this chapter, including the power to: (1) sue and be sued,...
- Texas Section 6904.152 - Permits
(a) The district may obtain through appropriate proceedings permits from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. (b) The district may acquire water appropriation permits from...
- Texas Section 6904.153 - General Authority Of Public Agencies And Political Subdivisions To Contract With District
A public agency or political subdivision of this state may enter into a contract or agreement with the district, on terms agreed to by the...
- Texas Section 6904.154 - Contracts To Supply Water
(a) The district may contract with public agencies, political subdivisions, and others to supply water. The district may sell water inside and outside the boundaries...
- Texas Section 6904.155 - Sources For Water; Acquisition Of Land; Storage Capacity
(a) The district may acquire, construct, or develop inside or outside the district sources for water, including reservoirs or wells, and any work, plant, transmission...
- Texas Section 6904.156 - Construction Contracts
(a) The district may award a construction contract that requires an expenditure of more than $5,000 only after publication of notice to bidders once each...
- Texas Section 6904.157 - Conveyance Of Land To District
A public agency or political subdivision of this state may lease, sell, or otherwise convey its land or an interest in its land to the...
- Texas Section 6904.158 - Disposal Of Property
Subject to the terms of a resolution or deed of trust authorizing or securing bonds issued by the district, the district may sell, lease, rent,...
- Texas Section 6904.159 - Eminent Domain
(a) To carry out a power provided by this chapter, the district may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire the fee simple title...
- Texas Section 6904.160 - Cost Of Relocating Or Altering Property
(a) In this section, "sole expense" means the actual cost of the lowering, rerouting, or change in grade or alteration of construction required under Subsection...
- Texas Section 6904.161 - Rights-of-way; Easements
The district has all necessary or useful rights-of-way and easements along, over, under, and across all public, state, municipal, and county roads, highways, and places...
SUBCHAPTER E GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 6904.162 - Elections
(a) The board shall call an election required to be held under this chapter by adopting a resolution stating: (1) the date of the election;...
- Texas Section 6904.201 - Imposition Of Tax
(a) The district may impose a tax, not to exceed 25 cents on each $100 valuation of taxable property in the district, for: (1) maintenance...
- Texas Section 6904.202 - Depository
(a) The board shall designate one or more banks inside or outside the district to serve as the depository for the district's money. (b) District...
- Texas Section 6904.203 - Investment Of District Money
The board may invest district money in obligations and make time deposits of district money in a manner determined by the board or in the...
SUBCHAPTER F BONDS
- Texas Section 6904.204 - District Facilities Exempt From Taxation And Assessment
The district is not required to pay a tax or assessment on its facilities or any part of its facilities. Added by Acts 2007, 80th...
- Texas Section 6904.251 - Authority To Issue Bonds
(a) The district may issue bonds to carry out any power conferred by this chapter. The bonds must be authorized by a board resolution. (b)...
- Texas Section 6904.252 - 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 6904.253 - 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 6904.254 - 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 majority of the...
- Texas Section 6904.255 - Bonds Secured By Revenue; Additional Bonds
(a) Bonds issued under this subchapter may be secured by a pledge of all or part of the district's revenue, or by all or part...
- Texas Section 6904.256 - Bonds Payable From Ad Valorem Taxes
(a) If bonds are issued payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall annually impose a tax on the taxable property in...
- Texas Section 6904.257 - Additional Security
(a) Bonds, including refunding bonds, authorized by this subchapter that are not payable wholly from ad valorem taxes may be additionally secured, at the discretion...
- Texas Section 6904.258 - Trust Indenture
(a) A bond issued under this subchapter, including a refunding bond, that is not payable wholly from ad valorem taxes may be additionally secured by...
- Texas Section 6904.259 - Charges For District Services
(a) If district bonds payable wholly from revenue are issued, the board shall set and revise the rates of compensation for water sold and services...
- Texas Section 6904.260 - Use Of Bond Proceeds
(a) The district may set aside an amount of proceeds from the sale of bonds issued under this subchapter for: (1) the payment of interest...
- Texas Section 6904.261 - Appointment Of Receiver
(a) On default or a threatened default in the payment of principal of or interest on bonds issued under this subchapter that are payable wholly...
- Texas Section 6904.262 - 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 6904.263 - Limitation On Rights Of Holders
The resolution authorizing the bonds or the trust indenture securing the bonds may limit or qualify the rights of the holders of less than all...
- Texas Section 6904.264 - 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,...
- Texas Section 6904.265 - Detachment Of District Territory After Issuance Of Bonds
Territory may not be detached from the district after the issuance of bonds payable from revenue or taxes. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S.,...
Last modified: September 28, 2016