Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 6, Chapter 11005 - Muenster Water District
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 11005.001 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the board of directors of the district. (2) "City" means the city of Muenster. (3) "City council" means the...
- Texas Section 11005.002 - Nature Of District
The district is a conservation and reclamation district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 855...
SUBCHAPTER B DISTRICT TERRITORY; ANNEXATION
- Texas Section 11005.003 - Findings Of Benefit And Public Purpose
(a) All territory and taxable property in the city will benefit from the works and improvements of the district. (b) The accomplishment of the purposes...
- Texas Section 11005.051 - District Territory
(a) The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of the city as those boundaries existed on January 1, 1973, and as the...
- Texas Section 11005.052 - Annexation Of City Territory
(a) Territory annexed to the city after January 1, 1973, may be annexed to the district as provided by this section. (b) At any time...
- Texas Section 11005.053 - Annexation Of Other Territory
(a) Territory other than territory subject to Section 11005.052 may be annexed to the district as provided by this section. (b) The board may annex...
SUBCHAPTER C BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Texas Section 11005.054 - Detachment Of District Territory After Issuance Of Bonds
Territory may not be detached from the district after the issuance of bonds payable from revenue or taxes, or both revenue and taxes. Added by...
- Texas Section 11005.101 - Composition Of Board; Terms
(a) The district is governed by a board of five directors appointed by the city council. The directors occupy numbered places on the board. (b)...
- Texas Section 11005.102 - Compensation Of Directors
(a) A director may not receive any remuneration or emolument of office, but the director is entitled to reimbursement for the actual expenses incurred in...
- Texas Section 11005.103 - Qualifications For Office
(a) To be eligible to be appointed or to serve as a director, a person: (1) must be a resident, qualified voter of the district;...
- Texas Section 11005.104 - Vacancies
Any vacancy occurring on the board shall be filled for the unexpired term by appointment in the manner in which the vacating director was appointed....
- Texas Section 11005.105 - Removal From Office
(a) After reasonable notice and a public hearing, the board may remove a director from office for misfeasance, malfeasance, or wilful neglect of duty. (b)...
- Texas Section 11005.106 - Board Resolutions; Quorum; Voting Requirements
(a) The district shall act through resolutions adopted by the board. (b) Three directors constitute a quorum. (c) Each director has a vote. (d) The...
- Texas Section 11005.107 - Officers And Assistants
(a) The board shall elect a president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer at the first meeting of the board in March of each year or...
- Texas Section 11005.108 - Duties Of Officers And Assistants
(a) The board president shall preside at board meetings and perform other duties prescribed by the board. (b) The board secretary is the official custodian...
- Texas Section 11005.109 - Meetings
The board shall have regular meetings at times specified by board resolution and shall have special meetings when called by the board president or by...
SUBCHAPTER D POWERS AND DUTIES
- Texas Section 11005.110 - Personal Liability Of Directors
A director is not personally liable for any bond issued or contract executed by the district. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 855...
- Texas Section 11005.151 - District Powers
The district may exercise any power necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of this chapter, including the power to: (1) sue and be sued,...
- Texas Section 11005.152 - Permits
(a) The district may obtain through appropriate proceedings an appropriation permit or a diversion permit from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. (b) The district...
- Texas Section 11005.153 - General Authority Of Public Agencies And Political Subdivisions To Contract With District
A public agency or political subdivision of this state, including the city, may enter into a contract or agreement with the district, on terms agreed...
- Texas Section 11005.154 - District Authority To Contract To Supply Water
(a) The district may contract with municipalities and others, including the city, to supply water to them. The district may sell water inside or outside...
- Texas Section 11005.155 - Sources For Water; Acquisition Of Land; Storage Capacity
(a) The district may acquire or construct, inside or outside the district, a reservoir or any work, plant, transmission line, or other facility necessary or...
- Texas Section 11005.156 - Construction Contracts
(a) The district may award a construction contract that requires an expenditure of more than $5,000 only after publication of notice to bidders once each...
- Texas Section 11005.157 - Conveyance Of Land To District
A public agency or political subdivision of this state, including the city, may lease, sell, or otherwise convey its land or an interest in its...
- Texas Section 11005.158 - Surplus Property
Subject to the terms of a resolution or deed of trust authorizing or securing bonds issued by the district, the district may sell, lease, rent,...
- Texas Section 11005.159 - Eminent Domain
(a) To carry out a power conferred by this chapter, the district may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire the fee simple title...
- Texas Section 11005.160 - Cost Of Relocating Or Altering Property; Rights-of-way And Easements
(a) If the district's exercise of its eminent domain, police, or other power requires relocating, raising, lowering, rerouting, or changing the grade of or altering...
SUBCHAPTER E GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 11005.161 - Other District Powers
The district has the same power as is conferred by general law on municipal utility districts or on water control and improvement districts, with reference...
- Texas Section 11005.201 - Depository
(a) The board shall designate one or more banks inside or outside the district to serve as the depository for the district's money. (b) District...
- Texas Section 11005.202 - Investment Of District Money
The board may invest district money in obligations and make time deposits of district money in the manner determined by the board or in the...
SUBCHAPTER F BONDS
- Texas Section 11005.203 - District Facilities Exempt From Taxation And Assessment
The district is not required to pay a tax or assessment on its facilities or any part of its facilities. Added by Acts 2015, 84th...
- Texas Section 11005.251 - Authority To Issue Bonds
(a) The district may issue bonds payable from and secured by revenue or ad valorem taxes, or both revenue and ad valorem taxes, of the...
- Texas Section 11005.252 - Form Of Bonds
District bonds must be: (1) issued in the district's name; (2) signed by the president or vice president; and (3) attested by the secretary. Added...
- Texas Section 11005.253 - Maturity
District bonds must mature not later than 40 years after the date of their issuance. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 855 (S.B....
- Texas Section 11005.254 - Election For Bonds Payable From Ad Valorem Taxes
(a) Bonds, other than refunding bonds, payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes may not be issued unless authorized by a majority of the...
- Texas Section 11005.255 - Bonds Secured By Revenue; Additional Bonds
(a) District bonds issued may be secured by a pledge of all or part of the district's revenue, or by all or part of the...
- Texas Section 11005.256 - Bonds Payable From Ad Valorem Taxes
(a) If bonds are issued payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall annually impose a tax on the taxable property in...
- Texas Section 11005.257 - Additional Security
(a) District bonds, including refunding bonds, that are not payable wholly from ad valorem taxes may be additionally secured, at the discretion of the board,...
- Texas Section 11005.258 - Trust Indenture
(a) District bonds, including refunding bonds, that are not payable wholly from ad valorem taxes may be additionally secured by a trust indenture. The trustee...
- Texas Section 11005.259 - Rates For Services; Payment Of Revenue Bonds
(a) If district bonds payable wholly from revenue are issued, the board shall set the rates of compensation for water sold and services provided by...
- Texas Section 11005.260 - Use Of Bond Proceeds
(a) The district may set aside an amount of proceeds from the sale of district bonds for: (1) the payment of interest expected to accrue...
- Texas Section 11005.261 - Appointment Of Receiver
(a) On default or threatened default in the payment of the principal of or interest on district bonds that are payable wholly or partly from...
- Texas Section 11005.262 - Refunding Bonds
(a) The district may issue refunding bonds to refund outstanding district bonds and interest on those bonds. (b) Refunding bonds may: (1) be issued to...
- Texas Section 11005.263 - Limitation On Rights Of Bondholders
The resolution authorizing the bonds or the trust indenture securing the bonds may limit or qualify the rights of the holders of less than all...
- Texas Section 11005.264 - Bonds Exempt From Taxation
A district bond, the transfer of the bond, and the income from the bond, including profits made on the sale of the bond, are exempt...
Last modified: September 28, 2016