Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 6, Chapter 8343 - Ranch At Clear Fork Creek Municipal Utility District No. 1

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 8343.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the district's board of directors. (2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. (3) "Director" means a board...
• Texas Section 8343.002 - Nature Of District
  The district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1258 (S.B....
• Texas Section 8343.003 - Confirmation And Directors' Election Required
  The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102,...
• Texas Section 8343.004 - Consent Of Municipality Required
  The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 8343.003 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the territory added by...

SUBCHAPTER B BOARD OF DIRECTORS

• Texas Section 8343.005 - Territory Added
  (a) The territory described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter is added to the district's territory as of the effective date of...
• Texas Section 8343.051 - Governing Body; Terms
  (a) The district is governed by a board of five elected directors. (b) Except as provided by Section 8343.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms. Added...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 8343.052 - Temporary Directors
  (a) The temporary board consists of: (1) Julie Lane; (2) Heidi Parker; (3) Jerry Valdez; (4) Craig Grona; and (5) Bruce Aupperle. (b) Temporary directors...
• Texas Section 8343.101 - Municipal Utility District Powers And Duties
  The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal...
• Texas Section 8343.102 - Authority For Road Projects
  Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this state,...
• Texas Section 8343.103 - Road Standards And Requirements
  (a) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial...

SUBCHAPTER D DIVISION OF DISTRICT INTO MULTIPLE DISTRICTS

• Texas Section 8343.104 - Limitation On Use Of Eminent Domain
  The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain outside the district to acquire a site or easement for: (1) a road project authorized...
• Texas Section 8343.151 - 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 8343.152 - 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 8343.153 - 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 8343.154 - 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 8343.155 - 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 8343.003. (b) The...
• Texas Section 8343.156 - Municipal Consent
  Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section 8343.004 acts as municipal consent...

SUBCHAPTER E GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 8343.157 - 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...

SUBCHAPTER F BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS

• Texas Section 8343.201 - Tax To Repay Bonds
  The district may impose a tax to pay the principal of or interest on bonds issued under Section 8343.251. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg.,...
• Texas Section 8343.251 - Bonds For Road Projects
  (a) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a vote...

Last modified: September 28, 2016