Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 6, Chapter 8183 - Delta County Municipal Utility District
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 8183.001 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the board of directors of the district. (2) Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87, Sec. 21.072,...
- Texas Section 8183.002 - Nature Of District
The district is a municipal utility district and a conservation and reclamation district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution. Added by Acts 2007,...
SUBCHAPTER B DISTRICT TERRITORY AND ANNEXATIONS
- Texas Section 8183.003 - Findings Of Benefit And Public Purpose
(a) All territory in the district will benefit from the works and improvements of the district. (b) The accomplishment of the purposes stated in this...
- Texas Section 8183.051 - District Territory
The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Delta County unless the district territory has been modified under this subchapter or other...
- Texas Section 8183.052 - Annexation Of Territory
(a) The board may annex territory if a petition requesting annexation is signed by a majority of the registered voters of the territory who own...
SUBCHAPTER C BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Texas Section 8183.053 - Restriction On Annexation Of Railroad Right-of-way
(a) A railroad right-of-way may not be annexed to the district unless the right-of-way is contained in the limits of a municipality annexed at the...
- Texas Section 8183.101 - Qualifications For Office
(a) A person may not be appointed a director unless the person resides in Delta County or in a county all or a portion of...
- Texas Section 8183.102 - Appointment Of Secretary And Treasurer
The board shall appoint a secretary and a treasurer, who are not required to be directors. The board may combine the offices of secretary and...
- Texas Section 8183.103 - Vote By Board President
The president has the same right to vote as any other director. The vice president may not exercise the president's right to vote. Added by...
- Texas Section 8183.104 - Director's And Treasurer's Bond
(a) Each director shall give bond in the amount of $5,000 conditioned on the faithful performance of the director's duties. (b) The treasurer shall give...
SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES
- Texas Section 8183.105 - Compensation
Unless the board by resolution increases the fee to an amount authorized by Section 49.060, Water Code, each director: (1) shall receive a fee for...
- Texas Section 8183.151 - Contracts To Supply Water Or Sewage Services
(a) The district may contract with a municipality or other entity to supply to the entity water or sewage transportation, treatment, or disposal services. (b)...
- Texas Section 8183.152 - Acquisition Of Land And Other Property
The district may acquire the fee simple title to land and other property or easements inside or outside the district and may construct, lease, or...
- Texas Section 8183.153 - 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 8183.154 - Surplus Property
Subject to the terms of a deed of trust issued by the district, the district may sell, trade, or otherwise dispose of property the board...
- Texas Section 8183.155 - 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...
SUBCHAPTER E GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 8183.156 - Cost Of Relocating Property
If the district's exercise of any power granted under this chapter makes necessary relocating, raising, rerouting or changing the grade of, or altering the construction...
- Texas Section 8183.201 - Depository
(a) The board shall designate one or more banks inside or outside the district to serve as depository for district money. (b) All district money...
- Texas Section 8183.202 - Tax Assessor And Collector
Before the sale and delivery of district bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board may appoint a tax assessor and collector....
SUBCHAPTER F BONDS
- Texas Section 8183.203 - Projects Exempt From Assessment Or Taxation
The district is not required to pay a tax or assessment on a project or any part of a project. Added by Acts 2007, 80th...
- Texas Section 8183.251 - Authority To Issue Bonds
The district may issue bonds to carry out any power conferred by this chapter. The bonds must be authorized by a board resolution. Added by...
- Texas Section 8183.252 - 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 8183.253 - Maturity
District bonds must mature not later than 40 years after their date of issuance. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166),...
- Texas Section 8183.254 - Election For Bonds Payable From Ad Valorem Tax
(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 8183.255 - Bonds Payable From Revenue
(a) Bonds issued under this subchapter may be secured under board resolution by a pledge of: (1) all or part of the net revenue of...
- Texas Section 8183.256 - Bonds Payable From Ad Valorem Taxes
The district may issue bonds payable, as pledged by board resolution, from: (1) ad valorem taxes imposed on taxable property in the district; or (2)...
- Texas Section 8183.257 - Tax And Rate Requirements
(a) If the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall impose a tax sufficient to pay the bonds...
- Texas Section 8183.258 - Additional Security
(a) Bonds not payable wholly from ad valorem taxes may be additionally secured, at the discretion of the board, by a deed of trust or...
- Texas Section 8183.259 - 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 8183.260 - 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) payment of interest expected...
- Texas Section 8183.261 - Appointment Of Receiver
(a) On default or threatened default in the payment of principal of or interest on bonds issued under this subchapter that are payable wholly or...
- Texas Section 8183.262 - 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 8183.263 - 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 8183.264 - 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 8183.265 - Detachment Of 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