Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 6, Chapter 9050 - Inverness Forest Improvement District
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 9050.001 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the district's board of directors. (2) "Director" means a board member. (3) "District" means the Inverness Forest Improvement District....
- Texas Section 9050.002 - Nature Of District
The district is a conservation and reclamation district in Harris County created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg.,...
- Texas Section 9050.003 - Findings Of Benefit And Public Purpose
(a) The district is created to serve a public use and benefit. (b) All land and other property included in the boundaries of the district...
- Texas Section 9050.004 - District Territory
(a) The district is composed of the territory described by Section 2, Chapter 605, Acts of the 59th Legislature, Regular Session, 1965, as that territory...
- Texas Section 9050.005 - Expansion Of District
(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, the district may annex territory as provided by Section 49.302, Water Code. (b) Territory may not be...
SUBCHAPTER B DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION
- Texas Section 9050.006 - Hearings For Exclusion Of Land
(a) The board is not required to call or hold a hearing on the exclusion of land or other property from the district; provided, however,...
- Texas Section 9050.051 - Board Of Directors
(a) The board consists of five elected directors. (b) To be appointed as a director, a person must: (1) be at least 18 years of...
- Texas Section 9050.052 - Director's Bond
Each director shall give a bond in the amount of $5,000 for the faithful performance of the director's duties. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg.,...
- Texas Section 9050.053 - Duty Of Secretary; Absence Of Secretary From Board Meeting
(a) The board secretary shall sign the minutes of each board meeting. (b) If the board secretary is absent from a board meeting, the board...
- Texas Section 9050.054 - Vote By Board President
The board president has the same right to vote as any other director. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 855 (S.B. 1162), Sec....
SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES
- Texas Section 9050.055 - Absence Or Inaction Of Board President
When the board president is absent or fails or declines to act, the board vice president shall perform all duties and exercise all power this...
- Texas Section 9050.101 - Water Control And Improvement District Powers
The district has the rights, powers, privileges, and duties provided by general law applicable to a water control and improvement district created under Section 59,...
- Texas Section 9050.102 - Additional Powers
(a) The district may: (1) purchase, construct, or otherwise acquire a waterworks system, sanitary sewer system, storm sewer system, or drainage facility or any part...
- Texas Section 9050.103 - Limit On Eminent Domain Power
The district may exercise the power of eminent domain only in Harris County. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 855 (S.B. 1162), Sec....
- Texas Section 9050.104 - 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...
- Texas Section 9050.105 - Notice Of Election
Notice of an election may be given under the hand of the board president or secretary. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 855...
SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 9050.106 - Effect Of Annexation By Municipality
(a) Notwithstanding Section 43.075(d)(3), Local Government Code, if a municipality annexes all of the territory in the district, the municipality is not required to assume...
- Texas Section 9050.151 - Tax Method
(a) The district shall use the ad valorem plan of taxation. (b) The board is not required to call or hold a hearing on the...
- Texas Section 9050.152 - Depository
(a) The board shall select one or more banks or trust companies in this state to act as a depository of bond proceeds or of...
SUBCHAPTER E BONDS
- Texas Section 9050.153 - Payment Of Tax Or Assessment Not Required
The district is not required to pay a tax or assessment on: (1) a district project or any part of the project; or (2) a...
- Texas Section 9050.201 - Authority To Issue Bonds
The district may: (1) issue bonds of any kind to carry out any purpose authorized by this chapter; and (2) provide for and make payment...
- Texas Section 9050.202 - Failed Bond Election
(a) A general law, including Sections 51.781-51.791, Water Code, that provides for calling a hearing on the dissolution of a district after a failed district...
- Texas Section 9050.203 - Bonds Exempt From Taxation
A bond issued under this chapter, the transfer of the bond, and income from the bond, including profits made on the sale of the bond,...
Last modified: September 28, 2016