Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 6, Chapter 8101 - Athens Municipal Water Authority

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 8101.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Authority" means the Athens Municipal Water Authority. (2) "Board" means the authority's board of directors. Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277,...
• Texas Section 8101.002 - Nature Of Authority
  The authority is a conservation and reclamation district in Henderson County. Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2005.
• Texas Section 8101.003 - Finding Of Benefit And Public Purpose
  (a) The legislature finds that the authority is created to serve a public use and benefit. (b) The authority is created under and is essential...

SUBCHAPTER B DISTRICT TERRITORY AND ANNEXATIONS TO DISTRICT TERRITORY

• Texas Section 8101.004 - Liberal Construction Of Chapter
  This chapter shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes. Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2005.
• Texas Section 8101.051 - Boundaries
  The authority is in Henderson County and, unless modified as provided by Section 8101.052, by Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code, or by Subchapter O,...
• Texas Section 8101.052 - Annexations Of Territory
  (a) The board, as provided by this section, may annex territory the City of Athens annexes. The authority may not annex territory under this section...

SUBCHAPTER C BOARD OF DIRECTORS

• Texas Section 8101.053 - Limitation On Assumption Of Tax Obligations
  (a) The authority may not impose on territory the authority annexes under Section 8101.052 a tax obligation the authority incurred before annexation unless: (1) the...
• Texas Section 8101.101 - General Powers
  The board consists of five directors. Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2005.
• Texas Section 8101.102 - Eligibility To Serve
  (a) A director must reside in and own taxable property in the authority. (b) A person may not serve as a director if the person...
• Texas Section 8101.103 - Directors Election
  (a) The board shall issue an order for each directors election stating the time, place, and purpose of the election. (b) Notice of a directors...
• Texas Section 8101.104 - 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 submit a petition to the...
• Texas Section 8101.105 - Appointment Of Secretary And Treasurer
  The board shall appoint a secretary and a treasurer. The board may combine those offices. The secretary or treasurer is not required to be a...
• Texas Section 8101.106 - Vote By Board President
  The president has the same right to vote as any other director. Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2005.
• Texas Section 8101.107 - Director's And Treasurer's Bond
  (a) A director shall give bond in the amount of $5,000 for the faithful performance of the director's duties. (b) The treasurer shall give bond...

SUBCHAPTER D POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 8101.108 - Compensation
  Unless the board by resolution increases the fee to an amount authorized by Section 49.060, Water Code, each director shall receive a fee not to...
• Texas Section 8101.151 - Powers And Duties
  The authority has: (1) all the powers of a governmental agency; and (2) the rights, powers, privileges, and functions that: (A) may be contemplated and...
• Texas Section 8101.152 - Water Supply And Distribution
  (a) The authority may develop, construct, or purchase dams, reservoirs, and underground or other sources of water. (b) The authority may construct or purchase all...
• Texas Section 8101.153 - Waste Services
  To preserve and protect the purity of the waters of the authority and this state and to conserve and reclaim those waters for beneficial use...
• Texas Section 8101.154 - Eminent Domain
  (a) The authority may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire land and easements to carry out any power conferred by this chapter. (b)...
• Texas Section 8101.155 - Cost Of Relocating Property
  If the authority, in the exercise of the power of eminent domain, the power of relocation, or any other power granted under this chapter, makes...
• Texas Section 8101.156 - Construction Or Purchase Contracts
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (e), the authority shall award a construction contract or contract for the purchase of materials, equipment, or supplies requiring...

SUBCHAPTER E GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 8101.157 - Contracts With Municipalities And Others
  (a) The authority may contract with municipalities and others for supplying services to them. (b) The authority may contract with any municipality for the rental,...
• Texas Section 8101.201 - Tax Method
  The authority shall use the ad valorem plan of taxation. Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2005.
• Texas Section 8101.202 - Tax Assessor And Collector
  Before issuing bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes or imposing ad valorem taxes for any other purpose, the board shall: (1) appoint...

SUBCHAPTER F BONDS

• Texas Section 8101.203 - Depository
  (a) The board shall designate one or more banks to serve as depository for the authority's money. (b) All of the authority's money shall be...
• Texas Section 8101.251 - Authority To Issue Bonds
  (a) The authority may issue bonds to: (1) purchase or otherwise provide works, plants, facilities, or appliances necessary to accomplish the purposes authorized by this...
• Texas Section 8101.252 - Refunding Bonds
  (a) The authority may issue refunding bonds to refund outstanding bonds issued under this subchapter and interest on those bonds. (b) Refunding bonds may: (1)...
• Texas Section 8101.253 - Form Of Bonds
  (a) An authority bond must: (1) be issued in the name of the authority; (2) be signed by the president; (3) be attested to by...
• Texas Section 8101.254 - Maturity
  Bonds issued under this subchapter must mature within 40 years. Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2005.
• Texas Section 8101.255 - Trust Indenture
  The trust indenture may contain provisions prescribed by the board that: (1) provide for the security of the bonds and the operation and preservation of...
• Texas Section 8101.256 - Election For Bonds Payable From Ad Valorem Taxes
  The authority may not issue bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes unless the voters of the authority authorize that issuance at an...
• Texas Section 8101.257 - Bond Security; Revenue; Taxes; Additional Bonds
  (a) In this section, "net revenue" means the gross revenue of the authority after deducting the amount necessary to pay the cost of maintaining and...
• Texas Section 8101.258 - Additional Security
  (a) Bonds, including refunding bonds, payable partly or wholly from a pledge of revenue authorized by this subchapter may be additionally secured by a mortgage...
• Texas Section 8101.259 - Charges For Authority Services
  The board shall set the rates of compensation for services rendered by the authority so that the authority has enough money to pay the expenses...
• Texas Section 8101.260 - Use Of Bond Proceeds
  (a) The authority may set aside and use proceeds from bond sales for: (1) the payment of interest expected to accrue during construction and the...
• Texas Section 8101.261 - Appointment Of Receiver
  (a) On default or threatened default in the payment of the principal of or interest on bonds issued under this subchapter that are payable wholly...
• Texas Section 8101.262 - Bonds Secured By Contract Proceeds; Approval
  (a) If bonds issued under this subchapter state that they are secured by a pledge of the proceeds of a contract previously made between the...
• Texas Section 8101.263 - 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 8101.264 - Property Exempt From Taxation And Assessment
  Property of the authority is exempt from taxation and assessment. Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2005.

Last modified: September 28, 2016