Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 6, Chapter 8434 - Cotton Center Municipal Utility District No. 2 Of Caldwell County

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 8434.001 - 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 8434.002 - Nature Of District
  The district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 623 (S.B....
• Texas Section 8434.003 - 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 8434.004 - Consent Of Municipality Required
  The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 8434.003 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located...
• Texas Section 8434.005 - Findings Of Public Purpose And Benefit
  (a) The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit. (b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of: (1) a municipal...
• Texas Section 8434.006 - Initial District Territory
  (a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter. (b) The boundaries and field notes...

SUBCHAPTER B BOARD OF DIRECTORS

• Texas Section 8434.007 - Eligibility For Inclusion In Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone
  (a) The district is eligible to be included in a tax increment reinvestment zone created under Chapter 311, Tax Code. (b) If the City of...
• Texas Section 8434.051 - Governing Body; Terms
  (a) The district is governed by a board of five elected directors. (b) Except as provided by Section 8434.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms. Added...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 8434.052 - Temporary Directors
  (a) The temporary board consists of: (1) Brandon D. Rabe; (2) Garrod E. Huebner; (3) Brendan K. Puthoff; (4) Jeremy P. Poloskey; and (5) Brian...
• Texas Section 8434.101 - General Powers And Duties
  The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S.,...
• Texas Section 8434.102 - 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 8434.103 - 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 8434.104 - 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...
• Texas Section 8434.105 - Costs Of Road Project
  The district may bear the cost of designing, maintaining, improving, and operating a road in the district authorized under Section 8434.103 in accordance with all...
• Texas Section 8434.106 - Compliance With Municipal Consent Ordinance Or Resolution
  (a) The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and...
• Texas Section 8434.107 - Municipal Consent
  Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section 8434.004 acts as municipal consent...

SUBCHAPTER D DIVISION OF DISTRICT INTO MULTIPLE DISTRICTS

• Texas Section 8434.108 - Effect Of Annexation By City Of Martindale
  Notwithstanding Section 54.016(f)(2), Water Code, an allocation agreement between the City of Martindale and the district that provides for the allocation of the taxes or...
• Texas Section 8434.151 - Division Of District; Prerequisites
  The district may be divided into two or more new districts only if the district: (1) has never issued any bonds; and (2) is not...
• Texas Section 8434.152 - 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 8434.153 - 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 8434.154 - 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 8434.155 - 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 8434.003. (b) If...

SUBCHAPTER E GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 8434.156 - 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 8434.201 - Elections Regarding Taxes Or Bonds
  (a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other obligations secured by: (1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or (2) contract payments...
• Texas Section 8434.202 - Operation And Maintenance Tax
  (a) If authorized at an election held under Section 8434.201, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district...

SUBCHAPTER F BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS

• Texas Section 8434.203 - Contract Taxes
  (a) In accordance with Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue...
• Texas Section 8434.251 - Authority To Issue Bonds And Other Obligations
  The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district...
• Texas Section 8434.252 - Taxes For Bonds
  At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a...
• Texas Section 8434.253 - Bonds For Road Projects
  At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad...

Last modified: September 28, 2016