Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 6, Chapter 8501 - Angelina And Neches River Authority

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 8501.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Authority" means the Angelina and Neches River Authority. (2) "Board" means the board of directors of the authority. Acts 2003, 78th...
• Texas Section 8501.0015 - Application Of Sunset Act
  (a) The authority is subject to review under Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act), but may not be abolished under that chapter. The review...
• Texas Section 8501.002 - Water Rights Not Affected
  This chapter does not affect any existing rights, or existing priorities in the rights, to water from the source of supply. The formation of the...
• Texas Section 8501.003 - Regular Office Of Authority
  A regular office shall be established and maintained for conducting authority business within the authority's territory. Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff....
• Texas Section 8501.004 - Records
  (a) The secretary-treasurer of the board shall keep a record of all proceedings and all orders of the board. (b) The records of the authority...

SUBCHAPTER B NATURE AND TERRITORY

• Texas Section 8501.005 - Liberal Construction
  This chapter shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes. Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2005.
• Texas Section 8501.051 - Creation And Nature Of Authority
  The Angelina and Neches River Authority is created as a conservation and reclamation district. Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April 1,

SUBCHAPTER C BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES

• Texas Section 8501.052 - Territory
  (a) The authority is composed of the territory described by Section 3, Chapter 97, General Laws, Acts of the 44th Legislature, Regular Session, 1935, as...
• Texas Section 8501.101 - Membership Of Board
  (a) The board consists of nine directors appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. (b) Each director must be a...
• Texas Section 8501.102 - Terms
  Directors are appointed for staggered terms of six years with one-third of the directors' terms expiring every two years. Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277,...
• Texas Section 8501.103 - Vacancy
  (a) A vacancy on the board shall be filled by appointment by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. (b) A person...
• Texas Section 8501.104 - Oath And Bond Requirement For Director
  (a) A director shall, within 15 days after the date of appointment, qualify by taking the constitutional oath of office and by filing a good...
• Texas Section 8501.105 - Compensation Of Directors
  Unless the board by resolution increases the fee of office to an amount authorized by Section 49.060, Water Code, a director shall receive as a...
• Texas Section 8501.106 - Quorum Relating To Construction Matters
  The concurrence of five directors is required for entering into a construction contract or for authorizing the issuance of a warrant to pay for a...
• Texas Section 8501.107 - Officers
  (a) The board shall elect one of the directors as president of the board, one as vice president, and one as secretary-treasurer. (b) The president...
• Texas Section 8501.108 - Meetings
  (a) The president shall preside at all meetings of the board. (b) The board shall set, by order entered in the minutes of its proceedings,...
• Texas Section 8501.109 - Employment Preference
  (a) The authority and each contractor who employs labor for the construction of an improvement for the authority shall give a preference to the employment...
• Texas Section 8501.110 - Removal Of Employee
  An employee of the authority may be removed by the board. Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2005.
• Texas Section 8501.111 - Compensation Of Employees
  The board shall set the reasonable compensation to be paid to the general manager and other employees of the authority. Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch....
• Texas Section 8501.112 - Director's, Officer's, Or Employee's Surety Bond
  A bond required to be given by a director, officer, or employee of the authority must be executed by a surety company authorized to do...

SUBCHAPTER D POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 8501.113 - Conflict Of Interest; Criminal Penalty
  (a) A director or an engineer or employee of the authority may not be directly or indirectly interested, personally or as an agent for another...
• Texas Section 8501.151 - Powers Under Constitution And Other Law
  The authority has the powers of a conservation and reclamation district under the constitution and other laws of this state, including the powers: (1) expressly...
• Texas Section 8501.152 - Applicability Of Water Code
  The rights, powers, privileges, and functions granted to the authority, and the authority itself, are expressly subject to Chapters 11, 12, 26, and 49, Water...
• Texas Section 8501.153 - State Supervision And Approval
  (a) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall consider the adequacy of, and decide whether to approve, any flood control or conservation improvement plan that:...
• Texas Section 8501.154 - General Powers Relating To Water
  (a) The authority has the rights and powers of an independent conservation and reclamation district to construct, maintain, and operate in the valleys of the...
• Texas Section 8501.155 - Powers Relating To Particular Purposes
  For the conservation and beneficial use of the water of the Neches River and its tributaries, including storm water and floodwater, the authority may control...
• Texas Section 8501.156 - Powers Relating To Flooding
  In acting under Section 8501.155, the authority may: (1) prevent the devastation of land from recurrent overflows; (2) protect life and property in the authority...
• Texas Section 8501.157 - Powers Relating To Use Of Water In General
  In acting under Section 8501.155, the authority may: (1) through practical means, provide for the control and coordination of the regulation of the water of...
• Texas Section 8501.158 - Powers Relating To Domestic, Commercial, Or Industrial Use Of Water
  In acting under Section 8501.155, the authority may: (1) conserve the water of the Neches River and its tributaries essential for the domestic uses of...
• Texas Section 8501.159 - Powers Relating To Use Of Water For Irrigation
  In acting under Section 8501.155, the authority may provide for the irrigation of all land in the authority or land outside the authority but inside...
• Texas Section 8501.160 - Powers Relating To Drainage Of Water
  In acting under Section 8501.155, the authority may: (1) provide for the better encouragement and development of drainage systems for, and provide for the drainage...
• Texas Section 8501.161 - Powers Relating To Acquisition Or Operation Of Works, Land, Or Other Property
  (a) In acting under Section 8501.155, the authority may: (1) purchase or construct any work necessary or convenient for the exercise of the authority's powers...
• Texas Section 8501.162 - Additional Powers Relating To Acquisition Or Operation Of Property
  (a) In this section, "property" includes a right, including a water right, and includes land and a tenement, easement, improvement, reservoir, dam, canal, lateral, plant,...
• Texas Section 8501.163 - Powers Relating To Contract, Lease, Agreement, Or Conveyance
  (a) The authority may enter into a contract, lease, or other agreement necessary or convenient to carry out a power given to the authority by...
• Texas Section 8501.164 - Right Of Eminent Domain
  (a) The authority may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire fee simple title to, or an easement over or through, any land, water,...
• Texas Section 8501.165 - Coordination And Joint Undertakings Among Districts
  (a) A drainage, conservation, reclamation, or other district created by this state with powers provided in Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, may: (1) coordinate...

SUBCHAPTER E GENERAL FINANCIAL MATTERS

• Texas Section 8501.166 - No Authority For Tax Or Special Assessment
  This chapter does not authorize the authority to impose a tax or special assessment or to create any debt payable from taxes. Acts 2003, 78th...
• Texas Section 8501.201 - Procedure For Payment
  A warrant for the payment of money by the authority may be drawn and signed by the president and the secretary-treasurer if the account under...
• Texas Section 8501.202 - Records Relating To Money
  The secretary-treasurer shall: (1) receive and give a receipt for all money received by the authority; and (2) keep records of all money received and...
• Texas Section 8501.203 - Filing Of Audit
  In addition to copies of the annual audit of the authority that are filed as required by Section 49.194, Water Code, a copy shall be...
• Texas Section 8501.204 - Fees
  (a) The board shall prescribe fees to be collected for: (1) the use of water; (2) a water connection; or (3) another service. (b) The...

SUBCHAPTER F OBLIGATIONS RELATING TO BORROWED MONEY

• Texas Section 8501.205 - Limitation On Use Of Revenue
  (a) A charge on the revenue derived from the improvements and facilities of the authority may not be made if the principal or interest of...
• Texas Section 8501.251 - Power To Borrow Money; Evidence Of Obligation
  The authority may: (1) borrow money from any source, including an agency of the United States; and (2) issue a note, warrant, certificate of indebtedness,...
• Texas Section 8501.252 - Obligation Payable From Revenue
  (a) An obligation issued under this chapter by the authority may be made payable from and secured by a pledge of: (1) all the revenue...
• Texas Section 8501.253 - No Creation Of Debt; No Payment From Taxes
  (a) An obligation issued under this chapter is not a debt or a pledge of credit of the authority. (b) The obligation: (1) may not...
• Texas Section 8501.254 - Time Of Sale
  An obligation issued under this chapter shall be sold at the time determined by the board to be expedient and necessary to the interest of...
• Texas Section 8501.255 - Maturity
  An obligation issued under this chapter must mature not more than 50 years after its date in the manner provided by the board. Acts 2003,...
• Texas Section 8501.256 - Signatures
  (a) An obligation issued under this chapter must be signed by the president and secretary-treasurer of the board. An interest coupon attached to an obligation...
• Texas Section 8501.257 - Lien On Revenue
  (a) If more than one series of obligations is issued under this chapter payable from and secured by identical revenue, the priority of a lien...
• Texas Section 8501.258 - Sinking Fund: In General
  (a) A resolution or order authorizing the issuance of obligations under this chapter must provide for the creation of a sinking fund. Amounts sufficient to...
• Texas Section 8501.259 - Sinking Fund: Excess Money
  (a) At the time obligations are authorized under this chapter, the board may provide that all money in the sinking fund in excess of the...
• Texas Section 8501.260 - Covenants For Marketability
  (a) A resolution or order authorizing the issuance of obligations under this chapter may contain covenants with the holders of the obligations on the following...
• Texas Section 8501.261 - Holder Of Obligation May Compel Performance
  (a) A holder of obligations issued under this chapter or of coupons originally attached to the obligations may enforce and compel the performance by the...
• Texas Section 8501.262 - Holder Of Obligation Entitled To Administrator Or Receiver
  (a) If there is a default in the payment of the principal of or interest on an obligation issued under this chapter, any holder of...
• Texas Section 8501.263 - Additional Security For Obligation: Mortgage And Encumbrance
  (a) As additional security for the payment of an obligation issued under this chapter, the board may have executed in favor of the holders of...
• Texas Section 8501.264 - Sale Under Mortgage Or Encumbrance
  (a) Under a sale ordered under a mortgage or encumbrance described by Section 8501.263, a purchaser of the improvements, facilities, and other property at the...
• Texas Section 8501.265 - State Franchise Law Not Applicable
  A statute of this state relating to the granting of franchises is not applicable to: (1) the authorization or execution of a mortgage or encumbrance...
• Texas Section 8501.266 - Deposit Of Proceeds
  (a) The proceeds of the sale of an obligation issued under this chapter may be: (1) deposited in one or more banks on which the...
• Texas Section 8501.267 - Use Of Unspent Proceeds After Project Completion
  Any part of the proceeds of the sale of an obligation issued under this chapter that are unspent after the project for which the obligations...
• Texas Section 8501.268 - Insuring Improvements And Facilities
  (a) The board may enter into, under terms to which the board agrees, an agreement with the purchaser of an obligation issued under this chapter...
• Texas Section 8501.269 - Refunding Obligation
  (a) The authority may authorize and issue, on terms the board considers advisable, a refunding obligation to provide for the retirement of an outstanding obligation...

SUBCHAPTER Z MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 8501.270 - Tax Exemption
  An obligation issued under this chapter is exempt from taxation by this state or by any municipal corporation, county, or other political subdivision or taxing...
• Texas Section 8501.901 - Chapter As Full Authority; Other Statutes Not Applicable
  (a) This chapter, without reference to other statutes of this state, is full authority for the authorization and issuance of an obligation under this chapter...

Last modified: September 28, 2016