Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 6, Chapter 8858 - Kimble County Groundwater Conservation District

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 8858.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the district's board of directors. (2) "Director" means a board member. (3) "District" means the Kimble County Groundwater Conservation...
• Texas Section 8858.002 - Nature Of District
  The district is a groundwater conservation district in Kimble County created under and essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution....
• Texas Section 8858.003 - 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 8858.004 - District Territory
  The district's boundaries are coextensive with the boundaries of Kimble County, excluding that part of Kimble County that lies within the boundaries of Hickory Underground...
• Texas Section 8858.051 - Composition Of Board; Terms
  (a) The district is governed by a board of five directors. (b) Directors serve staggered four-year terms. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch....
• Texas Section 8858.052 - Election Of Directors
  (a) The district is divided into five numbered single-member districts for electing directors. (b) One director is elected from each single-member district. A director elected...
• Texas Section 8858.053 - Election Date
  Each even-numbered year, on the uniform election date in May or another date authorized by law, the appropriate number of directors shall be elected. Added...
• Texas Section 8858.054 - Qualifications For Office
  To be qualified to be a candidate for or to serve as director, a person must be a registered voter in the single-member district that...
• Texas Section 8858.055 - Revision Of Single-member Districts
  (a) The board may revise the single-member districts as necessary or appropriate. (b) The board shall revise each single-member district after each federal decennial census...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 8858.056 - Compensation; Expenses
  A director is not entitled to fees of office but is entitled to reimbursement of actual expenses reasonably and necessarily incurred while engaging in activities...

SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 8858.101 - Groundwater Conservation District Powers And Duties
  The district has the rights, powers, privileges, functions, and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapter 36, Water Code, applicable to...
• Texas Section 8858.151 - Limitation On Taxes For Bonds Or Notes
  The district, to pay any part of bonds or notes issued by the district, may not impose a tax that exceeds 20 cents on each...

Last modified: September 28, 2016