Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 6, Chapter 11006 - South Texas Water Authority

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 11006.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Authority" means the South Texas Water Authority. (2) "Board" means the board of directors of the authority. (3) "Cities" means the...
• Texas Section 11006.002 - Nature Of Authority
  The authority 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 AUTHORITY TERRITORY; ANNEXATION

• Texas Section 11006.003 - Findings Of Benefit And Public Purpose
  (a) The authority is created to serve a public use and benefit. (b) All land and other property in the authority will benefit from the...
• Texas Section 11006.051 - Authority Territory
  (a) The authority is composed of the territory described by Section 2, Chapter 436, Acts of the 66th Legislature, Regular Session, 1979, as that territory...

SUBCHAPTER C BOARD OF DIRECTORS

• Texas Section 11006.052 - Annexation Of Territory
  (a) Territory may be annexed to the authority as provided by this section. (b) The board may annex territory or a municipality under this section...
• Texas Section 11006.101 - Composition Of Board; Terms
  (a) The authority is governed by a board of nine directors. The directors occupy numbered places on the board. The Commissioners Court of Kleberg County...
• Texas Section 11006.102 - 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: (A) the...
• Texas Section 11006.103 - 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 11006.104 - Removal From Office
  After reasonable notice and a public hearing, the board may remove a director from office for misfeasance, malfeasance, or wilful neglect of duty. Reasonable notice...
• Texas Section 11006.105 - Bond
  Each director shall execute a good and sufficient bond for $5,000 that is: (1) payable to the authority; and (2) conditioned on the faithful performance...
• Texas Section 11006.106 - Board Resolutions; Voting
  (a) The authority shall act by resolutions adopted by the board. (b) All directors are entitled to vote. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S.,...
• Texas Section 11006.107 - Officers And Assistants
  (a) The board shall elect a president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer at the first meeting of the board in April of each year or...
• Texas Section 11006.108 - 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 vice president shall perform the...
• Texas Section 11006.109 - 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 11006.110 - Personal Liability Of Directors
  A director is not personally liable for a bond issued or contract executed by the authority. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 855...
• Texas Section 11006.151 - General Powers
  The authority 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 11006.152 - Permits
  (a) The authority may obtain, through appropriate proceedings, an appropriation permit or a diversion permit from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. (b) The authority...
• Texas Section 11006.153 - General Power Of Public Agencies And Political Subdivisions To Contract With Authority
  A public agency or political subdivision of this state, including the cities, may enter into a contract or agreement with the authority, on terms agreed...
• Texas Section 11006.154 - Contracts To Supply Water
  (a) The authority may contract with public agencies or political subdivisions, including the cities, to supply water to them. The authority may sell water inside...
• Texas Section 11006.155 - Sources For Water; Acquisition Of Land; Storage Capacity
  (a) The authority may acquire or construct, inside or outside the authority, any work, well, plant, transmission line, or other facility necessary or useful to...
• Texas Section 11006.156 - Conveyance Of Land To Authority
  A public agency or political subdivision of this state, including the cities, may lease, sell, or otherwise convey its land or an interest in its...
• Texas Section 11006.157 - Surplus Property
  Subject to the terms of a resolution or deed of trust authorizing or securing bonds issued by the authority, the authority may sell, lease, rent,...
• Texas Section 11006.158 - Eminent Domain
  (a) To carry out a power conferred by this chapter, the authority may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire the fee simple title...
• Texas Section 11006.159 - Cost Of Relocating Or Altering Property; Rights-of-way And Easements
  (a) If the authority'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 11006.160 - Other Authority Powers
  The authority has the same power as is conferred by general law on municipal utility districts and on water control and improvement districts with reference...
• Texas Section 11006.201 - Depository
  (a) The board shall designate one or more banks inside or outside the authority to serve as the depository for the authority's money. (b) Authority...
• Texas Section 11006.202 - Investment Of Authority Money
  The board may invest authority money in obligations and make time deposits of authority money in the manner determined by the board or in the...
• Texas Section 11006.203 - Authority Accounts
  The authority shall maintain a complete system of the authority's accounts. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 855 (S.B. 1162), Sec. 1.07, eff....

SUBCHAPTER F BONDS

• Texas Section 11006.204 - Authority Facilities Exempt From Taxation And Assessment
  The authority 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 11006.251 - Authority To Issue Bonds
  (a) The authority may issue bonds payable from and secured by revenue or ad valorem taxes, or both revenue and ad valorem taxes, of the...
• Texas Section 11006.252 - Form Of Bonds
  Authority bonds must be: (1) issued in the authority's name; (2) signed by the president or vice president; and (3) attested by the secretary. Added...
• Texas Section 11006.253 - Maturity
  Authority bonds must mature not later than 50 years after the date of their issuance. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 855 (S.B....
• Texas Section 11006.254 - 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 11006.255 - Bonds Secured By Revenue; Additional Bonds
  (a) Authority bonds issued may be secured by a pledge of all or part of the authority's revenue or by all or part of the...
• Texas Section 11006.256 - 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 11006.257 - Additional Security
  (a) Authority 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 11006.258 - Trust Indenture
  (a) Authority 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 11006.259 - Charges For Authority Services
  (a) If authority bonds payable wholly from revenue are issued, the board shall set and from time to time revise the rates of compensation for...
• Texas Section 11006.260 - Use Of Bond Proceeds
  (a) The authority may set aside an amount of proceeds of the sale of authority bonds for: (1) the payment of interest expected to accrue...
• Texas Section 11006.261 - Appointment Of Receiver
  (a) On default or threatened default in the payment of the principal of or interest on authority bonds that are payable wholly or partly from...
• Texas Section 11006.262 - Refunding Bonds
  (a) The authority may issue refunding bonds to refund outstanding authority bonds and interest on those bonds. (b) Refunding bonds may: (1) be issued to...
• Texas Section 11006.263 - 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 11006.264 - Bonds Exempt From Taxation
  An authority bond, the transfer of the bond, and the income from the bond, including profits made on the sale of the bond, are exempt...
• Texas Section 11006.265 - Detachment Of Authority Territory After Issuance Of Bonds
  Territory may not be detached from the authority after the issuance of bonds payable from revenue or taxes, or both revenue and taxes. Added by...

Last modified: September 28, 2016