Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 6, Chapter 8870 - Trinity Glen Rose Groundwater Conservation District

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 8870.001 - 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 8870.002 - Nature Of District
  The district is a groundwater conservation district in the part of Bexar County overlying the Trinity Aquifer and is created under and essential to accomplish...
• Texas Section 8870.003 - Purpose
  The purpose of the district is to develop and implement regulatory, conservation, and recharge programs that preserve and protect the underground water resources located within...
• Texas Section 8870.004 - 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 8870.005 - District Territory
  (a) The district is composed of the territory described by Section 3, Chapter 1312, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, as that territory...
• Texas Section 8870.006 - Municipality's Choice Of District
  (a) If any part of a municipality, a part of which is included within the boundaries of the district, is included within the boundaries of...

SUBCHAPTER B BOARD OF DIRECTORS

• Texas Section 8870.007 - Effect Of Annexation Of Land By Certain Municipalities
  (a) In this section: (1) "Inhabited land" means land on which at least one fixed, permanent, and occupied dwelling is situated, as of the date...
• Texas Section 8870.051 - 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 8870.052 - 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 8870.053 - 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 8870.054 - Qualifications For Office
  (a) 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...
• Texas Section 8870.055 - Board Vacancy
  (a) The board shall appoint a replacement to fill a vacancy in the office of director. (b) The appointed replacement serves until the next directors'...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 8870.056 - 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...
• Texas Section 8870.101 - 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 8870.102 - Regulation Of Wells
  (a) The board may require all or certain types of wells in the district to be registered with the district. (b) Notwithstanding Section 36.117, Water...
• Texas Section 8870.103 - Public Water Supply Wells; Certain Wells Exempt From Regulation
  (a) A public water supply well is exempt from regulation by the district if: (1) the well existed on September 1, 2001, and was drilled...
• Texas Section 8870.104 - Management Practices; Construction And Maintenance
  The district may: (1) construct, implement, and maintain best management practices in the district; (2) engage in and promote the acceptance of best management practices...

SUBCHAPTER D FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 8870.105 - Limitations On District Powers
  The district may not: (1) sell, donate, lease, or otherwise grant rights in or to underground water located in the district unless the action has...
• Texas Section 8870.151 - Maintenance And Operation Tax
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the board may impose a maintenance and operation tax if the tax is approved by a majority of...
• Texas Section 8870.152 - Limitation On Taxes; Prohibited Taxes And Fees
  (a) The district may not assess an ad valorem tax for administrative, operation, and maintenance expenses in excess of three cents for each $100 valuation....
• Texas Section 8870.153 - Fees
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (g), the board may impose fees on each nonexempt well in the district. (b) A fee may be assessed...
• Texas Section 8870.154 - Recharge Credits
  The board shall adopt rules regarding the issuance of appropriate recharge credits to persons in the district who: (1) pay taxes or fees to the...
• Texas Section 8870.155 - Use Of District Funds
  (a) The district may use a tax collected under Section 8870.151 or a fee collected under Section 8870.153 to pay for the district's management and...

Last modified: September 28, 2016