Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 6, Chapter 7807 - Valwood Improvement Authority Of Dallas County, Texas
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 7807.001 - 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 Valwood Improvement...
- Texas Section 7807.002 - Nature Of District
The district is a conservation and reclamation district established under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70...
- Texas Section 7807.003 - Dissolution And Abolition Of District
The Cities of Carrollton and Farmers Branch, and any other municipality in which the district is located, may dissolve and abolish the district at the...
SUBCHAPTER B DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION
- Texas Section 7807.004 - Liberal Construction Of Chapter
Sec. 7807.004. LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER.This chapter shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes, powers, rights, and functions stated in this chapter. Added by...
- Texas Section 7807.051 - Composition Of Board; Terms
(a) The board consists of seven directors. (b) Directors serve staggered two-year terms and are appointed as follows: (1) the Commissioners Court of Dallas County...
- Texas Section 7807.052 - Qualifications For Office
(a) A director must own land in the district subject to taxation at the time the person qualifies for office. (b) Each director must be...
- Texas Section 7807.053 - Director's Bond
(a) Each director shall qualify by giving bond in the amount of $5,000 for the faithful performance of the director's duties. (b) The bond must...
- Texas Section 7807.054 - Board Vacancy
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or (c), a vacancy on the board shall be filled by appointment to the unexpired term by the...
- Texas Section 7807.055 - Officers And Assistants
(a) The board shall annually elect a president, one or more vice presidents, a secretary, and a treasurer. (b) The board may appoint one or...
- Texas Section 7807.056 - Secretary's Duties
The board secretary or an assistant secretary shall keep the minutes of the board meetings and all official records of the board and may certify...
- Texas Section 7807.057 - Compensation
Unless the board by resolution increases the fee to an amount authorized by Section 49.060, Water Code, each director shall receive a per diem payment...
- Texas Section 7807.058 - Board Procedures
The board shall designate the proper execution of all contracts, signing of checks, or handling of any other matters entered into by the board as...
SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES
- Texas Section 7807.059 - Meeting Place
(a) The board shall designate a meeting place or places. (b) Any meeting place of the district is a public place for matters pertaining to...
- Texas Section 7807.101 - Levee Improvement District Powers
(a) The district has all of the rights, powers, privileges, and functions provided by the general law of this state applicable to a levee improvement...
- Texas Section 7807.102 - Exclusion Or Annexation Of Land
(a) The board may exclude land from the district or add land to the district in accordance with Subchapter J, Chapter 49, or Subchapter H,...
- Texas Section 7807.103 - Eminent Domain
(a) The district may exercise the power of eminent domain provided by Chapter 49, Water Code. (b) The district may not exercise the power of...
- Texas Section 7807.104 - Cost Of Relocating Or Altering 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 a...
- Texas Section 7807.105 - Contracts For Facilities And Improvements; Election Not Required
(a) The district may enter into a contract with the United States, the City of Carrollton, the City of Farmers Branch, another public body, or...
- Texas Section 7807.106 - Construction Contracts: Municipal Approval Required
Plans and specifications for a construction contract must be approved, before the contract is awarded, by any municipality in which the improvements or facilities are...
- Texas Section 7807.107 - Construction Contracts: Award
(a) The board shall award all construction contracts. (b) The board may award contracts to construct improvements included in the approved plan of reclamation for...
- Texas Section 7807.108 - Construction Contracts: Execution And Availability
(a) A contract under Section 7807.107 must be in writing and be signed by: (1) the contractor; and (2) the president and secretary of the...
- Texas Section 7807.109 - Construction Contracts: Payment
(a) A contract under Section 7807.107 may be paid for in partial payments as the work progresses, based on estimates approved by the district's engineer....
- Texas Section 7807.110 - Flood Hazard Areas
(a) The board shall designate flood hazard areas in the district if the board finds that the public health and safety and the purposes of...
- Texas Section 7807.111 - Setback Lines
(a) The board shall establish building setback lines along any waterway in the boundaries of the district if the board finds the setback lines are...
SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 7807.112 - District Elections
(a) The board shall order each election the district is required to hold. (b) Notice of a district election must be published once a week...
- Texas Section 7807.151 - Tax Method
(a) The district shall use the ad valorem plan of taxation. (b) Subchapter G, Chapter 54, Water Code, applies to all matters relating to the...
- Texas Section 7807.152 - Tax Assessor And Collector
(a) The board shall appoint a tax assessor and collector and may appoint deputies that the board considers necessary. (b) The tax assessor and collector...
- Texas Section 7807.153 - Depository
(a) The district's treasurer shall see that all district money is deposited in the depository bank or banks designated by the board as the official...
SUBCHAPTER E BONDS
- Texas Section 7807.154 - Investment Of District Money
District money may be invested by the board, the treasurer, or another qualified representative of the district in direct or indirect obligations of the United...
- Texas Section 7807.201 - Authority To Issue Bonds
The board may issue district tax bonds to acquire money to carry out any power or accomplish any purpose conferred by this chapter. The bonds...
- Texas Section 7807.202 - Form Of Bonds
District bonds shall be signed and executed as provided by the board in the order authorizing the issuance of the bonds. Added by Acts 2011,...
- Texas Section 7807.203 - Maturity
District bonds must mature not later than 40 years after their date of issuance. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B. 1147),...
- Texas Section 7807.204 - Election Required
(a) Bonds, other than refunding bonds, may not be issued unless authorized by a majority of the votes cast in an election held to determine...
- Texas Section 7807.205 - Use Of Bond Proceeds
(a) The board may set aside part of the bond proceeds to: (1) pay interest on the bonds and administrative and operational expenses expected to...
- Texas Section 7807.206 - Taxes For Bonds
The board of directors may impose continuing direct annual ad valorem taxes on all taxable property in the district sufficient to: (1) provide for the...
- Texas Section 7807.207 - Bond Anticipation Notes And Preliminary Bonds
(a) The district may issue either bond anticipation notes or preliminary bonds, which need not be designated as such, to provide a fund to pay:...
- Texas Section 7807.208 - Refunding Bonds
(a) The board may issue refunding bonds to refund or refinance all or part of the district's outstanding bonds and matured but unpaid interest coupons....
Last modified: September 28, 2016