Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 6, Chapter 8239 - Gunter Municipal Utility District No. 2

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 8239.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the board of directors of the district. (2) "Director" means a member of the board. (3) "District" means the...
• Texas Section 8239.002 - Nature Of District
  The district is a municipal utility district in Grayson County created under and essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution....
• Texas Section 8239.003 - Confirmation Election Required
  The board shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code. Added by Acts 2007, 80th...
• Texas Section 8239.004 - Findings Of Benefit And Public Purpose
  (a) All land and other property included in the district will benefit from the improvements and services to be provided by the district. (b) The...
• Texas Section 8239.005 - Initial District Territory
  (a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter. (b) The boundaries and field notes...

SUBCHAPTER B BOARD OF DIRECTORS

• Texas Section 8239.006 - Annexation By City Of Gunter
  Notwithstanding any other law, if all of the territory of the district is annexed by the City of Gunter into the corporate limits of that...
• Texas Section 8239.051 - Directors; Terms
  (a) The district is governed by a board of five directors. (b) Except as provided by Section 8239.053, directors serve staggered four-year terms. Added by...
• Texas Section 8239.052 - Election Of Directors
  On the uniform election date in May of each even-numbered year, the appropriate number of directors shall be elected. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg.,...
• Texas Section 8239.053 - Initial Directors
  (a) The initial board consists of: (1) Jennifer Milstead; (2) Collette Sallas; (3) Eddie Collins; (4) Herschel Pierce; and (5) Todd Cook. (b) Unless the...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 8239.054 - Consent Of Municipality Required
  The initial directors may not hold an election under Section 8239.003 until: (1) all of the territory of the district is included in the corporate...
• Texas Section 8239.101 - Municipal Utility District Powers And Duties
  (a) The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to...
• Texas Section 8239.102 - Road Projects
  (a) To the extent authorized by Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may construct, acquire, improve, maintain, or operate macadamized, graveled, or paved...
• Texas Section 8239.103 - Compliance With Municipal Consent Ordinances Or Resolutions
  Subject to the limitations of Section 54.016, Water Code, the district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution adopted by the...

SUBCHAPTER C-1 DIVISION OF DISTRICT INTO MULTIPLE DISTRICTS

• Texas Section 8239.104 - No Allocation Agreement
  Section 54.016(f), Water Code, does not apply to the district. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 706 (H.B. 534), Sec. 1.03, eff. September...
• Texas Section 8239.131 - Division Of District; Prerequisites
  The district may be divided into two or more new districts only if the district: (1) has no outstanding bonded debt; and (2) is not...
• Texas Section 8239.132 - Law Applicable To New District
  This chapter applies to any new district created by division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and duties of the...
• Texas Section 8239.133 - Limitation On Area Of New District
  A new district created by the division of the district may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land outside the...
• Texas Section 8239.134 - Division Procedures
  (a) The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed...
• Texas Section 8239.135 - Confirmation Election For New District
  (a) A new district created by the division of the district shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by Section 8239.003. (b) If...
• Texas Section 8239.136 - Municipal Consent
  Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section 8239.054 acts as municipal consent...

SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 8239.137 - Tax Or Bond Election
  Before a new district created by the division of the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue bonds payable wholly or partly from ad...
• Texas Section 8239.151 - Elections Regarding Taxes Or Bonds
  (a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other obligations secured by revenue or contract payments from any source other than ad valorem...

SUBCHAPTER E BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS

• Texas Section 8239.152 - Operation And Maintenance Tax
  (a) If authorized at an election held under Section 8239.151, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district...
• Texas Section 8239.201 - Authority To Issue Bonds And Other Obligations
  (a) The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, grants, or other district money,...
• Texas Section 8239.202 - Taxes For Bonds
  At the time bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes are issued: (1) the board shall impose a continuing direct annual ad valorem...

Last modified: September 28, 2016