Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 6, Chapter 8863 - Neches And Trinity Valleys Groundwater Conservation District

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 8863.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the district's board of directors. (2) "Director" means a board member. (3) "District" means the Neches and Trinity Valleys...
• Texas Section 8863.002 - Nature Of District
  The district is a groundwater conservation district in Anderson, Cherokee, and Henderson Counties created under and essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article...
• Texas Section 8863.003 - 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...
• Texas Section 8863.004 - District Territory
  The district is composed of the territory described by Section 3, Chapter 1387, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, as that territory may...

SUBCHAPTER B BOARD OF DIRECTORS

• Texas Section 8863.005 - Addition Of Underground Water Conservation District Or Adjacent County To District
  (a) An adjacent county or an underground water conservation district the boundaries of which lie wholly within the boundaries of the district may petition to...
• Texas Section 8863.051 - Composition Of Board
  The district is governed by a board of directors appointed as provided by Section 8863.052. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B....
• Texas Section 8863.052 - Appointment Of Directors
  (a) The commissioners court of each county in the district shall appoint: (1) one director to represent the rural water and utilities and small municipal...
• Texas Section 8863.053 - Terms
  (a) Directors appointed under Section 8863.052(a) serve staggered four-year terms, with the term of one director appointed by the commissioners court of each county expiring...
• Texas Section 8863.054 - Board Vacancy
  If there is a vacancy on the board, the governing body of the entity that appointed the director who vacated the office shall appoint a...
• Texas Section 8863.055 - 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 8863.056 - 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 8863.101 - Groundwater Conservation District Powers And Duties
  Except as provided by this subchapter and Subchapter D, the district has the rights, powers, privileges, functions, and duties provided by the general law of...
• Texas Section 8863.102 - Wells Exempt From Regulation
  A well meeting the criteria established under Section 36.117, Water Code, including a well used for dewatering and monitoring in the production of coal and...
• Texas Section 8863.103 - Transfer Of Groundwater Out Of District
  (a) In this section, "retail public utility" has the meaning assigned by Section 13.002, Water Code. (b) The district by rule may require a person...
• Texas Section 8863.104 - No Eminent Domain Power
  The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B. 1026), Sec. 1.05, eff. April...

SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 8863.105 - Limit On Purchase Of Groundwater Rights
  The district may not purchase groundwater rights unless the purchased rights are acquired for conservation purposes and are permanently held in trust not to be...
• Texas Section 8863.151 - Authority To Set Fees; Limits
  (a) The board may set fees for administrative acts of the district, such as filing applications. A fee may not unreasonably exceed the cost to...
• Texas Section 8863.152 - Taxes Prohibited
  The district may not impose taxes in the district. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B. 1026), Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1,
• Texas Section 8863.153 - Limit On Issuance Of Bonds And Notes
  The district may not issue and sell bonds or notes in the name of the district. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112...

Last modified: September 28, 2016