Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 6, Chapter 6905 - Beeville Water Supply District

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 6905.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the district's board of directors. (2) "Director" means a member of the board. (3) "District" means the Beeville Water...
• Texas Section 6905.002 - 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; ANNEXATION

• Texas Section 6905.003 - Findings Of Benefit And Public Purpose
  (a) The district is created to serve a public use and benefit. (b) All land and other property in the district will benefit from the...
• Texas Section 6905.051 - District Territory
  The district boundaries are coterminous with the boundaries of the City of Beeville as those boundaries existed on June 6, 1979, and as the district...
• Texas Section 6905.052 - City Of Beeville Annexations
  If the City of Beeville annexes territory, the board may consider whether the new territory should also be added to the district and may: (1)...

SUBCHAPTER C BOARD OF DIRECTORS

• Texas Section 6905.053 - Annexation By Petition
  (a) The district may annex territory in the manner provided by this section. (b) The board may annex territory or a municipality under this section...
• Texas Section 6905.101 - Composition Of Board; Terms
  (a) The district is governed by a board of five elected directors. Directors occupy numbered places on the board. (b) A director is eligible for...
• Texas Section 6905.102 - 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 6905.103 - Board Resolutions; Voting Requirements
  (a) The district shall act through resolutions adopted by the board. (b) Each director has a vote. (c) The affirmative vote of at least three...
• Texas Section 6905.104 - Officers And Assistants
  (a) The board president shall: (1) serve a one-year term; and (2) perform duties prescribed by the board. (b) The board secretary shall: (1) be...
• Texas Section 6905.105 - 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 6905.106 - 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 6905.151 - General Powers
  The district may exercise any power necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of this chapter. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920...
• Texas Section 6905.152 - Bylaws And Rules
  The district may adopt and enforce bylaws and rules for the conduct of its affairs. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B....
• Texas Section 6905.153 - Regional Waste Disposal
  (a) The district may exercise any power granted by Chapter 30, Water Code, to a water district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution,...
• Texas Section 6905.154 - Permits
  (a) The district may obtain through appropriate proceedings an appropriation permit or a diversion permit from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. (b) The district...
• Texas Section 6905.155 - Property Acquisition, Use, And Disposition
  (a) The district may acquire, own, rent, lease, accept, hold, or dispose of any property, or any interest in property, including a right or easement,...
• Texas Section 6905.156 - Requests For And Acceptance Of Aid
  The district may request and accept an appropriation, grant, allocation, subsidy, guarantee, aid, service, material, or gift from any source, including the federal government, the...
• Texas Section 6905.157 - District Office
  The district may operate and maintain an office. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.06, eff. April 1, 2009.
• Texas Section 6905.158 - Personnel
  The district may appoint and determine the duties, tenure, qualifications, and compensation of district officers and employees, as well as any agent, professional advisor, or...
• Texas Section 6905.159 - General Manager
  (a) The district may employ a general manager who may be the city manager of the City of Beeville. (b) The general manager may: (1)...
• Texas Section 6905.160 - General Authority Of Public Agencies And Political Subdivisions To Contract With District
  A public agency or political subdivision of this state, including the City of Beeville, may enter into a contract or agreement with the district, on...
• Texas Section 6905.161 - Contracts To Supply Water
  (a) The district may contract with municipalities and others, including the City of Beeville, to supply water. The district may sell water inside or outside...
• Texas Section 6905.162 - Sources For Water; Acquisition Of Land; Storage Capacity
  (a) The district may acquire or construct, inside or outside the district, a reservoir, well, or any work, plant, transmission line, or other facility necessary...
• Texas Section 6905.163 - 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 6905.164 - Conveyance Of Land To District
  A public agency or a political subdivision of this state, including the City of Beeville, may lease, sell, or otherwise convey its land or an...
• Texas Section 6905.165 - Surplus 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 6905.166 - Eminent Domain
  (a) To carry out an authority provided by this chapter, the district may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire the fee simple title,...
• Texas Section 6905.167 - 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 6905.168 - 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 6905.169 - District Seal
  Sec. 6905.169. DISTRICT SEAL.The district may adopt an official seal. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.06, eff. April...
• Texas Section 6905.201 - District Money
  The district may acquire, hold, use, and dispose of its receipts and money from every source. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920...
• Texas Section 6905.202 - 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 6905.203 - 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 6905.204 - 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 6905.251 - Authority To Issue Bonds
  (a) The district may issue bonds, provide for and secure the payment of the bonds, and provide for the rights of the holders of the...
• Texas Section 6905.252 - Form Of Bonds
  A district bond must be: (1) issued in the district's name; (2) signed by the president or vice president; and (3) attested by the secretary....
• Texas Section 6905.253 - Maturity
  District bonds must mature not later than 50 years after the date of their issuance. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B....
• Texas Section 6905.254 - 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 6905.255 - 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 6905.256 - 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 6905.257 - 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 6905.258 - 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 6905.259 - Deannexation Of District Territory After Issuance Of Bonds
  Territory may not be deannexed from the district after the issuance of bonds payable from revenue or taxes. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S.,...
• Texas Section 6905.260 - Charges For District Services
  (a) If bonds payable wholly from revenue are issued, the board shall set and revise the rates of compensation for water sold and services provided...
• Texas Section 6905.261 - 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 6905.262 - 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 6905.263 - 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 6905.264 - 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 6905.265 - 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