Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 6, Chapter 9029 - Clear Lake City Water Authority

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 9029.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Authority" means the Clear Lake City Water Authority. (2) "Board" means the authority's board of directors. (3) "Director" means a board...
• Texas Section 9029.002 - Nature Of Authority
  The authority is a conservation and reclamation district in Harris County created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg.,...
• Texas Section 9029.003 - Legislative Declaration And Findings
  (a) The legislature declares that: (1) the creation of the authority is essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and...
• Texas Section 9029.004 - Authority Territory
  (a) The authority is composed of the territory described by Section 2, Chapter 101, Acts of the 58th Legislature, Regular Session, 1963, as that territory...
• Texas Section 9029.005 - Correction Of Invalid Procedures
  If a court holds that any procedure under this chapter violates the constitution of this state or of the United States, the authority by resolution...

SUBCHAPTER B BOARD OF DIRECTORS

• Texas Section 9029.006 - Liberal Construction Of Chapter
  This chapter shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes, powers, and rights stated in this chapter. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch....
• Texas Section 9029.051 - Composition Of Board
  The board consists of five elected directors. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B. 1026), Sec. 1.06, eff. April 1, 2015.
• Texas Section 9029.052 - Eligibility
  A person may not be appointed or elected a director unless the person: (1) owns taxable property in the authority; and (2) resides in the...
• Texas Section 9029.053 - Officers
  (a) The board shall elect from among its members a president, secretary, and any other officers the board determines are necessary. (b) The board may...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 9029.054 - Director's And Treasurer's Bonds
  (a) Each director shall give bond in the amount of $5,000 for the faithful performance of the director's duties. (b) The treasurer shall give bond...
• Texas Section 9029.101 - Water Control And Improvement District Powers
  The authority has the rights, powers, privileges, and functions provided by general law applicable to a water control and improvement district created under Section 59,...
• Texas Section 9029.102 - Additional Powers
  (a) The authority may: (1) purchase, construct, or otherwise acquire and accomplish by any practical means a waterworks system, sanitary sewer system, storm sewer system,...
• Texas Section 9029.103 - Contract For Development Of Land And Property
  The authority may enter into a contract with a political subdivision or with an owner, developer, or lessee of land and property as necessary or...
• Texas Section 9029.104 - Election Not Required For Certain Contracts
  A municipality may enter into a water, sewer, or drainage contract, or any combination of those contracts, with the authority without the necessity of an...
• Texas Section 9029.105 - Cost Of Relocating Or Altering Property
  (a) In this section, "sole expense" means the actual cost of relocating, raising, lowering, rerouting, changing the grade of, or altering the construction of a...

SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 9029.106 - Bid On Proposed Construction Work
  (a) A person who submits a written sealed bid on proposed construction work for the authority must submit with the bid an amount equal to...
• Texas Section 9029.151 - Tax Method
  (a) The authority shall use the ad valorem plan of taxation. (b) The board is not required to call a hearing on the adoption of...
• Texas Section 9029.152 - Authority Accounts
  The authority shall keep a complete system of the authority's accounts. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B. 1026), Sec. 1.06, eff....
• Texas Section 9029.153 - Fiscal Year
  The fiscal year of the authority is from October 1 to September 30 of the following year, unless changed by the board. Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 9029.154 - Copy Of Audit Report
  A copy of the audit report prepared under Subchapter G, Chapter 49, Water Code, shall be delivered: (1) to each director; and (2) to a...
• Texas Section 9029.155 - Payment Of Tax Or Assessment Not Required
  The authority is not required to pay a tax or assessment on authority property or any part of authority property. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd...
• Texas Section 9029.156 - Power To Borrow Money And Accept Grants Or Other Support
  (a) The authority may borrow money for the authority's corporate purposes, including taking a loan or accepting a grant, gratuity, or other support from the...

SUBCHAPTER E BONDS

• Texas Section 9029.157 - Depository
  (a) The board shall designate one or more banks inside or outside the authority to serve as a depository for authority money. (b) All authority...
• Texas Section 9029.201 - Authority To Issue Bonds
  The authority may issue bonds for an authority purpose. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B. 1026), Sec. 1.06, eff. April 1,
• Texas Section 9029.202 - Issuance Of Revenue Bonds
  The board may issue, by resolution and without a hearing or an election, bonds payable solely from net revenue of the authority's operation or from...
• Texas Section 9029.203 - Bonds Exempt From Taxation
  An authority bond, the transfer of the bond, and income from the bond, including profits made on the sale of the bond, are exempt from...

Last modified: September 28, 2016