Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 6, Chapter 8825 - Bluebonnet Groundwater Conservation District

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 8825.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the district's board of directors. (2) "Director" means a board member. (3) "District" means the Bluebonnet Groundwater Conservation District....
• Texas Section 8825.002 - Nature Of District
  (a) The district is a groundwater conservation district created under and essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution. (b) The...
• Texas Section 8825.003 - Findings Of Public Use And Benefit
  (a) The district is created to serve a public use and benefit. (b) All land and other property included in the district will benefit from...

SUBCHAPTER B BOARD OF DIRECTORS

• Texas Section 8825.004 - District Territory
  The district's boundaries are coextensive with the boundaries of Austin, Grimes, Walker, and Waller Counties, unless the district's territory has been modified under: (1) Subchapter...
• Texas Section 8825.051 - Composition Of Board
  The district is governed by a board of not fewer than 8 or more than 20 directors appointed as provided by Section 8825.053. Added by...
• Texas Section 8825.052 - Terms
  (a) Directors serve staggered four-year terms. (b) A director may serve consecutive terms. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619), Sec....
• Texas Section 8825.053 - Appointment Of Directors
  (a) The commissioners courts of the counties in the district, if the district has two to five counties, shall each appoint four directors, of whom:...
• Texas Section 8825.054 - Board Vacancy
  (a) If there is a vacancy on the board, the commissioners court that appointed the director who vacated the office shall appoint a director to...
• Texas Section 8825.055 - Compensation; Expenses
  (a) A director is not entitled to receive compensation for serving as a director. (b) A director may be reimbursed for actual reasonable expenses incurred...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 8825.056 - Vote Required For Board Action
  A majority vote of a quorum of the board is required for board action. If there is a tie vote, the proposed action fails. Added...
• Texas Section 8825.101 - Groundwater Conservation District Powers And Duties
  Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the district has the rights, powers, privileges, functions, and duties provided by the general law of this state,...
• Texas Section 8825.102 - Limitations On District Powers
  The district does not have the authority granted by: (1) Section 36.105, Water Code, relating to eminent domain; and (2) Sections 36.020 and 36.201-36.204, Water...
• Texas Section 8825.103 - Registration, Equipment, And Maintenance Of Exempted Wells; Applicability Of Fees
  (a) A well exempted under Section 36.117(a) or (b), Water Code, may be: (1) registered in accordance with rules adopted by the district; and (2)...
• Texas Section 8825.104 - Certain Permit Denials Prohibited
  The district may not deny the owner of a tract of land, or the owner's lessee, who does not have a well equipped to produce...
• Texas Section 8825.105 - Permit Fees
  (a) The board by rule may impose a reasonable fee on each well that is not exempt from regulation by the district and for which...
• Texas Section 8825.106 - Additional Fee; Surcharge
  In addition to a fee imposed under Section 8825.105, the district may impose a reasonable fee or surcharge for an export fee using one of...
• Texas Section 8825.107 - Annual Assessment And Use Of Fees
  A fee imposed under Section 8825.105 or 8825.106 may be: (1) assessed annually; and (2) used to fund the costs of district operations. Added by...
• Texas Section 8825.108 - Mitigation Assistance
  In addition to the authority granted by Chapter 36, Water Code, the district may assist in the mediation between landowners regarding the mitigation of a...
• Texas Section 8825.109 - Coordination With Other Entities
  The district may: (1) coordinate activities with the Central Carrizo-Wilcox Coordinating Council and appoint a nonvoting representative to the Central Carrizo-Wilcox Coordinating Council; and (2)...

Last modified: September 28, 2016