Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 6, Chapter 8154 - Blue Ridge West Municipal Utility District

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 8154.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the board of directors of the district. (2) "District" means the Blue Ridge West Municipal Utility District. Added by...
• Texas Section 8154.002 - Nature Of District
  The district is a municipal utility district and a conservation and reclamation district in Fort Bend County created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution....
• Texas Section 8154.003 - Findings Of Benefit And Public Purpose
  (a) The district is created to serve a public use and benefit. (b) All land and other property included in the boundaries of the district...

SUBCHAPTER B BOARD OF DIRECTORS

• Texas Section 8154.004 - District Territory
  (a) The district is composed of the territory described by Section 2, Chapter 633, Acts of the 60th Legislature, Regular Session, 1967 (Article 8280-379, Vernon's...
• Texas Section 8154.051 - Composition Of Board
  The board consists of five directors. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.10, eff. April 1, 2009.
• Texas Section 8154.052 - Qualifications For Office
  (a) A person must reside in this state to be elected or appointed as a director of the board. (b) A director is not required...
• Texas Section 8154.053 - Director's Bond
  (a) Each director shall execute a bond in the amount of $5,000 for the faithful performance of the director's duties. (b) The bond must be:...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 8154.054 - Absence Of President Or Secretary From Board Meeting; Duty Of Secretary
  (a) If the board president is absent from a board meeting at which an order is adopted or other action is taken: (1) the board...
• Texas Section 8154.101 - Municipal Utility District Powers And Duties
  The district has all of the rights, powers, privileges, and duties provided by general law applicable to a municipal utility district created under Section 59,...
• Texas Section 8154.102 - Additional Powers
  (a) The district may: (1) purchase, construct, or otherwise acquire a waterworks system, sanitary sewer system, or storm sewer system and drainage facility, or any...
• Texas Section 8154.103 - Hearings For Exclusion Of Territory
  (a) The board is not required to call or hold a hearing on the exclusion of land or other property from the district. (b) The...
• Texas Section 8154.104 - Eminent Domain
  The district may exercise the power of eminent domain only in a county in which the district is located. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg.,...
• Texas Section 8154.105 - Cost Of Relocating Or Altering Property
  (a) In this section, "sole expense" means the actual cost of relocating, raising, lowering, rerouting, or changing the grade of, or altering the construction of...

SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 8154.106 - Notice Of Election
  The board president or secretary may give notice of an election. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.10, eff....
• Texas Section 8154.151 - Tax Method
  (a) The district shall use the ad valorem plan of taxation. (b) The board is not required to hold a hearing on the adoption of...
• Texas Section 8154.152 - Depository
  (a) The board shall select one or more banks or trust companies in this state to act as a depository of bond proceeds or of...
• Texas Section 8154.153 - Procedure For Payment
  An officer or employee of the district, as designated by a standing order entered in the board's minutes, may draw and sign a warrant to...

SUBCHAPTER E BONDS

• Texas Section 8154.154 - Projects And Purchases Exempt From Assessment Or Taxation
  The district is not required to pay a tax or assessment on: (1) a district project or any part of the project; or (2) a...
• Texas Section 8154.201 - Authority To Issue Bonds
  The district may vote and issue bonds of any kind, including refunding bonds, for contiguous or noncontiguous areas for any district purpose. Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 8154.202 - Exchanging Bonds For Property Or Work
  The district may exchange bonds, including refunding bonds: (1) for property acquired by purchase; or (2) in payment of the contract price of work done...
• Texas Section 8154.203 - Bond Election
  (a) On the failure of a bond election: (1) a general law that provides for calling a hearing on the dissolution of the district after...
• Texas Section 8154.204 - 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