SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 60.001 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "District" means a navigation district organized under Article III, Section 52, or Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution. (2)...
- Texas Section 60.002 - Audit
Subchapter G, Chapter 49, related to audit of districts, shall apply to districts governed by this chapter. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715,...
- Texas Section 60.003 - Authority To Contract For The Operation Or Development Of A District
A district may contract with any person, foreign or domestic, necessary or convenient to the operation or development of the district's ports and waterways. Added...
SUBCHAPTER B RETIREMENT, DISABILITY, AND DEATH COMPENSATION FUND
- Texas Section 60.004 - Act Or Proceeding Of District Presumed Valid
(a) An act or proceeding of a district, its governing body, or any local government corporation, development corporation, or nonprofit corporation of the district is...
- Texas Section 60.011 - Creation Of Retirement, Disability, And Death Compensation Fund
(a) The commission of any district created under this code or by special law may provide for and administer a retirement, disability, and death compensation...
- Texas Section 60.013 - Eligibility For Other Pension Funds
The recipients or beneficiaries of a fund created under Section 60.011 of this code shall not be eligible for any other pension retirement funds or...
SUBCHAPTER B-1 EMPLOYEE CATASTROPHIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
- Texas Section 60.014 - Hospitalization And Medical Benefits
(a) The commission may include hospitalization and medical benefits for officers and employees as part of the compensation paid to the officers and employees. (b)...
- Texas Section 60.021 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Administrator" means the person designated by the commission or executive director of a district to administer the district's employee catastrophic assistance...
- Texas Section 60.022 - Establishment Of Employee Catastrophic Assistance Program
(a) The commission or executive director of a district may establish a program in the district to allow an employee to voluntarily transfer time earned...
- Texas Section 60.023 - Employee Contribution To District Assistance Fund
(a) To contribute to the district assistance fund, an employee must submit an application to the administrator in the prescribed form. (b) On approval by...
SUBCHAPTER C ADDITIONAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF CERTAIN DISTRICTS
- Texas Section 60.024 - Transfers From District Assistance Fund To Employees
(a) An employee may be eligible for a transfer of money from the district assistance fund if, because of a catastrophic event, the employee has...
- Texas Section 60.031 - Application Of Subchapter
(a) The provisions of this subchapter shall apply to: (1) any district not participating with the United States in a navigation project; or (2) a...
- Texas Section 60.032 - Authority To Construct Improvements
The district may construct out of any of its funds, except interest and sinking funds, turning, storage, or yacht basins, harbors, or any facilities which...
- Texas Section 60.033 - Use Of Equipment
(a) This subchapter does not authorize a district to borrow or receive money or to levy taxes for the purpose of building tugs, barges, scows,...
- Texas Section 60.034 - Oil, Gas, And Mineral Leases
The commission may lease for oil, gas, and minerals rights-of-way, spoil grounds, spoil basins, or any other land owned by a navigation district if it...
- Texas Section 60.035 - Notice Of Oil, Gas, And Mineral Lease
(a) Before a lease may be executed by the commission under Section 60.034 of this code, the commission shall have a notice requesting bids on...
- Texas Section 60.036 - Security For Bid On Oil, Gas, Or Mineral Leases
Each bid submitted shall be accompanied by a certified check, cashier's check, or bidder's bond with a responsible corporate surety authorized to do business in...
- Texas Section 60.037 - Award And Execution Of Oil, Gas, And Mineral Leases
(a) The commission may lease all or any part of land advertised for lease under Section 60.035 of this code. (b) The lease shall be...
- Texas Section 60.038 - Sale Or Lease Of Land
(a) A district may sell or lease all or any part of land owned by it, whether the land is acquired by gift or purchase,...
- Texas Section 60.039 - Surface Lease
(a) The commission may lease the surface of land for not more than 50 years by the entry of an order on the minutes of...
- Texas Section 60.040 - Publication Of Notice For Sales And Leases In Excess Of 50 Years
Before making a sale or lease of land for more than 50 years, the commission shall publish a notice in the manner provided in Section...
- Texas Section 60.041 - Security For Bids On Land To Be Sold Or Leased For More Than 50 Years
Each bid submitted on land to be sold or leased for more than 50 years shall be accompanied by a certified check, cashier's check, or...
- Texas Section 60.042 - Award And Execution Of Deed Or Lease In Excess Of 50 Years
(a) After notice is published under Section 60.040 of this code, the commission may sell or lease all or any part of the land to...
- Texas Section 60.043 - Power Over Waterways
(a) The commission shall have absolute control over channels, or other waterways within the corporate limits of the district and turning basins, yacht basins, and...
SUBCHAPTER D REGULATORY POWERS
- Texas Section 60.044 - Law Governing Commission
The commission of any district operating under this subchapter shall be governed by the provisions of Sections 63.087-63.088 and 63.090-63.094 of this code. Acts 1971,...
- Texas Section 60.071 - General Rule-making Authority
The commission of a district which owns, operates, and maintains wharves, docks, piers, sheds, warehouses, and other similar terminal facilities which are not located inside...
- Texas Section 60.072 - Specific Powers Of Districts
To accomplish the purposes stated in Section 60.071 of this code, the commission may exercise the following powers: (1) control the operation of all types...
- Texas Section 60.0725 - Nuisances; Pollution
The commission may suppress and prevent nuisances, pollution, and improper disposal of materials on any district property to: (1) accomplish the purposes stated in Section...
- Texas Section 60.073 - Enforcement
The commission may provide by ordinance for the enforcement of the provisions of this subchapter and of any ordinance, rule, or regulation made under this...
- Texas Section 60.074 - Style Of Ordinances
The style of an ordinance enacted by the commission shall be: "Be it ordained by the navigation and canal commissioners of the __________" (inserting the...
- Texas Section 60.075 - Publication Of Ordinance, Rule, Or Regulation; Proof Of Publication
(a) Each ordinance, rule, or regulation enacted by the commission under this subchapter which imposes a fine or other penalty shall be published in every...
- Texas Section 60.076 - Conflict With Law
No ordinance, rule or regulation adopted by a district under this subchapter may conflict with any law, statute, rule, or regulation of this state. Acts...
- Texas Section 60.077 - Authority Of Peace Officers
(a) In prosecutions involving the enforcement of the provisions of this subchapter or the enforcement of any ordinance, rule, or regulation of the district, any...
- Texas Section 60.0775 - Police Reserve Force
(a) The commission of a district that has established a police force may establish a volunteer police reserve force. (b) The commission shall establish qualifications...
- Texas Section 60.078 - Penalties
A violation of this subchapter or of an ordinance, rule, or regulation adopted by a district under this subchapter is a misdemeanor, and the commission...
SUBCHAPTER E POWERS OF DISTRICTS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF PORT FACILITIES
- Texas Section 60.079 - Jurisdiction Of Violations
Any justice court in the justice precinct in which an offense under this subchapter is alleged to have been committed or in any county court...
- Texas Section 60.101 - Acquisition And Maintenance Of Port Facilities
(a) Any district may acquire land or interests in land by purchase, lease, or otherwise, may convey the land or interest in the land by...
- Texas Section 60.102 - Utility Relocation
(a) If a district in the exercise of the powers conferred by this subchapter or in the exercise of the power of eminent domain or...
- Texas Section 60.103 - Prescribing Fees And Charges
The commission shall prescribe fees and charges to be collected for the use of the land, improvements, and facilities of the district and for the...
- Texas Section 60.104 - Power To Borrow Money
(a) The commission, for the purposes stated in Subsection (b) of this section, may borrow money from the United States or from any other source...
- Texas Section 60.105 - Expenses To Be Paid From Current Revenues
(a) The commission shall pay from revenue raised under Section 60.103 of this code: (1) all expenses necessary to the operation and maintenance of the...
- Texas Section 60.106 - Pledge Of Revenue For Payment Of Obligations
(a) In proceedings to authorize the issuance of obligations under this subchapter, the district may make the obligations payable from and secured by the pledge...
- Texas Section 60.107 - Mortgage As Additional Security
(a) As additional security for the payment of any obligations issued under this subchapter, the commission may execute in favor of the holders of the...
- Texas Section 60.108 - Issuance Of Obligations
(a) The commission may provide that obligations issued under this subchapter are payable annually or semiannually and may issue the obligations in any denominations and...
- Texas Section 60.109 - Sinking Fund
(a) A resolution or an order authorizing the issuance of obligations under this subchapter shall provide for the creation of a sinking fund which shall...
- Texas Section 60.110 - Revenue Set Aside For Sinking Fund
(a) A resolution or an order authorizing the issuance of obligations under this subchapter shall provide that the revenue from which the obligations are to...
- Texas Section 60.111 - Deposit Of Proceeds Of Obligations; Payment
(a) The proceeds of the sale of any obligations issued under this subchapter may be deposited in a bank or banks and paid out on...
- Texas Section 60.112 - Insuring Improvements To Protect Holders Of Obligations
(a) The commission may enter into agreements with purchasers of any obligations issued under this subchapter to insure improvements and facilities, the revenue of which...
- Texas Section 60.113 - Compelling Performance Of Duties
A holder of obligations issued under this subchapter or coupons originally attached to the obligations may by any legal proceeding enforce and compel performance of...
- Texas Section 60.114 - Obligations Exempt From Taxation
Any obligations issued under this subchapter shall be exempt from taxation by the State of Texas, any municipal corporation, any county, and or any other...
- Texas Section 60.115 - Refunding Obligations
(a) A district issuing obligations under the provisions of this subchapter may authorize issuance of its refunding obligations on terms its commission considers advisable for...
- Texas Section 60.116 - Approval And Registration Of Bonds
(a) Bonds issued under this subchapter shall be submitted to the Attorney General of Texas for his approval in the same manner and with the...
- Texas Section 60.117 - Bonds As Investments
Bonds authorized and issued under this subchapter are legal and authorized investments for life insurance companies authorized to do business in Texas. Acts 1971, 62nd...
- Texas Section 60.118 - Board Of Trustees Of Facility
(a) A district which constructs, purchases, or otherwise acquires or plans to construct, purchase, or otherwise acquire any facility authorized in Section 60.101 of this...
- Texas Section 60.119 - Covenants For Management And Operation Of Improvements
(a) A resolution or order authorizing the issuance of obligations under this subchapter may include covenants with the holders of the obligations relating to: (1)...
- Texas Section 60.120 - Contracts, Leases, And Agreements Authorized
(a) A district acting under this subchapter may enter into any contract, lease, or agreement necessary or convenient to carry out any of the powers...
- Texas Section 60.121 - Conversion Of District
(a) If the commission of any district organized under Article III, Section 52, of the Texas Constitution, finds it expedient to convert the district into...
- Texas Section 60.122 - Improvements Not Payable From Taxes
(a) No district, in the operation, maintenance, or repair of any improvements or facilities acquired, purchased, or constructed under the provisions of this subchapter, shall...
- Texas Section 60.123 - Pilot And Pilotage Laws Unaffected
No provision of this subchapter may be construed to amend, repeal, or affect the laws relating to pilots and pilotage or their appointment and remuneration....
SUBCHAPTER F CONTRACTS WITH THE UNITED STATES
- Texas Section 60.124 - Gifts, Grants, And Donations
A district may accept a gift, grant, donation, or bequest of money or property from any source for any district purpose. Added by Acts 2011,...
- Texas Section 60.151 - Purpose
It is the purpose and intent of this subchapter to confer on districts individually, jointly, or mutually interested in a navigation project, including a project...
- Texas Section 60.152 - Authority To Enter Into Contract
(a) One or more districts, which are interested in or may, in the judgment of the commission, be benefited by a navigation or other project,...
SUBCHAPTER G POWERS OF DISTRICT TO PROVIDE IMPROVEMENTS WITHOUT TAXATION
- Texas Section 60.153 - Execution Of Contracts
A contract entered into by a district under this subchapter shall be approved by resolution of the commission and executed by the presiding officer of...
- Texas Section 60.171 - Authority To Borrow Money And Encumber Property And Franchise
(a) A district organized under the provisions of the constitution or laws of this state and created for the development of deep water navigation may...
- Texas Section 60.172 - Notice Of Hearing On Indebtedness
(a) When, for the purposes authorized by Section 60.171 of this code, a commission proposes to borrow money and mortgage and encumber any part or...
- Texas Section 60.173 - Hearing On Indebtedness
(a) At the time and place set for the hearing or on a subsequent date, the commission shall hear and determine all matters concerning the...
- Texas Section 60.174 - Issuance Of Obligations
(a) The district may issue evidences of indebtedness secured by encumbrance which mature not more than 20 years after the date of issuance. (b) The...
- Texas Section 60.175 - Execution And Sale Of Obligations
(a) Each note, warrant, or other security evidencing any indebtedness created under the provisions of this subchapter shall be signed by the chairman of the...
- Texas Section 60.176 - Obligations As Charge On Encumbered Property And Facilities
(a) No obligation issued under Section 60.174 of this code shall be a debt of the district issuing the obligation but shall be solely a...
- Texas Section 60.177 - Lien On Revenue; Foreclosure Of Encumbrance
(a) If the revenue and income from the properties and facilities of the district are encumbered under the provisions of this subchapter, the expense of...
- Texas Section 60.178 - Trustee To Enforce Foreclosure; Franchise Under Foreclosure
(a) The encumbrance may provide for a trustee to enforce foreclosure. (b) In the event of foreclosure of an encumbrance created under this subchapter, the...
- Texas Section 60.179 - Borrowing For Current Expenses
The district may borrow funds and issue warrants to pay current expenses. The warrants issued shall be payable not later than the close of any...
- Texas Section 60.180 - Management And Control By Commission
The management and control of any property and facilities encumbered under the provisions of this subchapter shall, during the time of the encumbrance, be exercised...
SUBCHAPTER H PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT FUND IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS
- Texas Section 60.181 - Proceedings To Borrow Money
(a) The commission shall supervise all proceedings to be taken and acts to be performed under this subchapter concerning the borrowing of money, the mortgaging...
- Texas Section 60.201 - Purpose
Districts in this state which operate ports or waterways and harbor and terminal facilities are in keen competition with other ports, waterways, harbors, and terminals...
- Texas Section 60.202 - Creation Of Fund
A district organized under general or special law may set aside out of current income from its operations a promotion and development fund of not...
- Texas Section 60.203 - Expenditure Of Fund
Money in the promotion and development fund shall be spent by the commission or as the commission may direct to pay any expenses connected with:...
- Texas Section 60.204 - Management And Control Of Promotion And Development Fund
(a) The money in the promotion and development fund shall be kept separate from all other funds and accounts of the district, and no money...
SUBCHAPTER I REVENUE BONDS
- Texas Section 60.205 - Other Expenses Not Affected
Since this subchapter authorizes disbursements from the promotion and development fund for unusual purposes and occasions not covered by other law, the setting aside of...
SUBCHAPTER J CONVERSION OF DISTRICTS
- Texas Section 60.221 - Modification Of Revenue Bond Resolution
If a district adopts a resolution for the issuance of revenue bonds, provision may be made in the resolution for its modification after the issuance...
- Texas Section 60.241 - Authority To Convert
Any district created under the provisions of Article III, Section 52, of the Texas Constitution may be converted into a district operating under Article XVI,...
- Texas Section 60.242 - Resolution
(a) The navigation board shall adopt a resolution declaring that in its judgment conversion to a district operating under Article XVI, Section 59, of the...
- Texas Section 60.243 - Notice Of Resolution
(a) Notice of the resolution shall be given by publishing notice once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper with general circulation in...
- Texas Section 60.244 - Findings
(a) After the hearing, if the navigation board finds that conversion to a district operating under Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution, would...
- Texas Section 60.245 - Status Of Converted District
A district which is converted under the provisions of this subchapter shall be constituted a district operating under Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas...
- Texas Section 60.246 - Powers Of Converted District
(a) Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to deprive a converted district of any powers conferred on it by the law under which it...
- Texas Section 60.247 - Optional Election
(a) If the navigation board finds in favor of the conversion of the district but pursuant to Subsection (b) of Section 60.244 of this code...
- Texas Section 60.248 - Effect Of Election
If the commissioners court finds that a majority of those voting at the election voted in favor of the proposition, the court shall declare the...
SUBCHAPTER K DEPOSITORY
- Texas Section 60.249 - Effect Of Optional Conversion
(a) If the conversion is approved by the voters, as provided in Sections 60.247 through 60.248 of this code, the district shall have the same...
- Texas Section 60.271 - Selection Of Depository
(a) Except as provided by this section, the commission shall select a depository for the district in the same manner that a municipality selects a...
- Texas Section 60.272 - Depository Bond
The depository shall have all the powers and duties in the execution of a depository bond and in pledging of collateral in lieu of or...
SUBCHAPTER L REFUNDING BONDS
- Texas Section 60.273 - Treasurer's Bond
After the depository executes the bond and it is approved by the commission, the county treasurer shall be required to execute only such a bond...
SUBCHAPTER M TAX BONDS, REVENUE BONDS, AND COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE BONDS
- Texas Section 60.301 - Authority To Issue Refunding Bonds
The governing body of any district may refund the bonded indebtedness of the district without a vote of the electors of the district in the...
- Texas Section 60.331 - Classes Of Bonds Authorized
For the purpose of carrying out any one or more powers of a district, the governing body of any district may issue negotiable bonds of...
- Texas Section 60.332 - Issuance Of Bonds
(a) Any district may issue bonds provided in Subdivision (2), Section 60.331 of this code, by action of its governing body and without the necessity...
- Texas Section 60.333 - Form Of Bonds
(a) Bonds of the district shall be authorized by resolution adopted by the governing board and shall be signed by the presiding officer or assistant...
- Texas Section 60.334 - Maturity Of Bonds
Bonds shall mature serially or otherwise within the period and at the times which may be prescribed in the resolution, but not to exceed a...
- Texas Section 60.335 - Registered And Bearer Bonds
The bonds may be registered as to principal or as to both principal and interest, and appropriate provisions may be inserted in the resolution authorizing...
- Texas Section 60.336 - Lost And Destroyed Bonds
Provisions may be made in the bond resolution or trust indenture for the substitution of new bonds for those lost or mutilated. Added by Acts...
- Texas Section 60.337 - Approval Of Converted Or Substituted Bonds
When bonds are approved by the attorney general and registered by the comptroller as prescribed in Section 60.345 of this code, it shall not be...
- Texas Section 60.338 - Bonds Secured By Revenues
(a) Bonds secured wholly or in part by a pledge of the revenues of the district may be secured by all or that part of...
- Texas Section 60.339 - Bonds Payable From Taxes
Where bonds are issued payable wholly from taxes, it is the duty of the governing body at the time of the bonds authorization to levy...
- Texas Section 60.340 - Bonds Payable From Both Taxes And Revenues
(a) Where the bonds are payable both from taxes and from revenues of the district a tax shall be levied at the time of the...
- Texas Section 60.341 - Rates, Tolls, And Charges
(a) Where bonds are payable wholly from revenues, the governing body shall fix and from time to time revise the rates, tolls, and charges from...
- Texas Section 60.342 - Use Of Bond Proceeds
(a) From the proceeds of the sale of any issue of bonds the district may set aside an amount for the payment of interest anticipated...
- Texas Section 60.343 - Interim Bonds
Pending the issuance of definitive bonds the governing body may authorize the delivery of negotiable interim bonds or notes eligible for exchange or substitution by...
- Texas Section 60.344 - Refunding Bonds
(a) The district is authorized to issue refunding bonds for the purpose of refunding any outstanding bonds and interest on them, authorized by this subchapter...
- Texas Section 60.345 - Approval And Incontestability Of Bonds
(a) No bonds shall be issued by the district until they shall have been approved by the attorney general. (b) After the bonds have been...
- Texas Section 60.346 - Additional Security
(a) Any bonds, including refunding bonds, authorized by this subchapter, and not payable wholly from ad valorem taxes, may be additionally secured by a trust...
- Texas Section 60.347 - Investment Of Bond Proceeds
(a) The proceeds from the sale of any issue of bonds may, within the discretion of the board, be invested prior to their use for...
- Texas Section 60.348 - Bonds As Investments
(a) All bonds issued pursuant to this subchapter shall be and are hereby declared to be legal and authorized investments for banks, savings banks, trust...
SUBCHAPTER N COMPETITIVE BIDDING REQUIREMENTS
- Texas Section 60.349 - Effect Of Subchapter
This subchapter shall be wholly sufficient authority within itself for the issuance of the bonds and the performance of the other acts and procedures authorized...
- Texas Section 60.401 - Application Of Subchapter
(a) This subchapter applies to a port authority district only if the port commission of that district or port authority by resolution adopts this subchapter....
- Texas Section 60.402 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Port authority" means a port authority created or operating under Article III, Section 52, or Article XVI, Section 59, of the...
- Texas Section 60.403 - Contracts: Purchases
(a) A port commission, an authorized designated officer of the port commission, the executive director of the district or the port authority, or an authorized...
- Texas Section 60.4035 - Contracts: Emergency Purchases
Sec. 60.4035. CONTRACTS: EMERGENCY PURCHASES. (a) Notwithstanding the competitive bidding requirements and proposal procedures of this subchapter and Subchapter O and the requirements of Sections...
- Texas Section 60.404 - Competitive Bidding Requirements
Sec. 60.404. COMPETITIVE BIDDING REQUIREMENTS. (a) If the materials, supplies, machinery, equipment, or other items to be purchased or contracted for are valued at an...
- Texas Section 60.405 - Proposal Procedures
(a) Insurance or high technology items may be purchased under the procedure provided by this section. (b) Quotations shall be solicited through a request for...
- Texas Section 60.406 - Competitive Bidding And Proposal Procedures Required For Certain Contracts
Sec. 60.406. COMPETITIVE BIDDING AND PROPOSAL PROCEDURES REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN CONTRACTS. (a) Except as otherwise provided by Section 60.4035 or 60.412, before a district or...
- Texas Section 60.407 - Opening Bids
(a) An official of the district or port authority shall open the bids on the date specified in the notice. If an error is discovered...
- Texas Section 60.408 - Contract Award
(a) The bids shall be presented to the port commission in session. (b) The port commission may award the contract to the responsible bidder submitting...
- Texas Section 60.409 - Pricing Method
(a) A purchase may be proposed on a lump-sum or unit-price basis or a combination of a lump-sum basis and a unit-price basis. (b) If...
- Texas Section 60.410 - Changes In Plans And Specifications
(a) A port commission may change the plans, specifications, proposal, or quantities of items purchased after a contract has been awarded, but the total contract...
- Texas Section 60.411 - Bond Requirements
(a) If a contract is for the construction of public works or a contract amount exceeds $50,000, the bid specifications or request for proposal may...
- Texas Section 60.4115 - Notification Of Safety And Environmental Record Of Contractor
(a) A person that enters into a contract with a district or port authority shall provide, at the request of the district or port authority,...
- Texas Section 60.412 - Exemptions
(a) A contract for a purchase is exempt from the competitive bidding requirements and proposal procedures of this subchapter and Subchapter O if a contract...
- Texas Section 60.4125 - Alternative Methods For Certain Purchases Or Contracts
(a) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this subchapter or any other law, a district or port authority may make a purchase or enter into a...
- Texas Section 60.413 - Criminal Penalty
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this section, a district or port authority officer or employee commits an offense if the person knowingly...
SUBCHAPTER O PURCHASE CONTRACTS
- Texas Section 60.414 - Application Of Other Law
If a district or port authority is subject to the requirements of Subchapter B, Chapter 271, Local Government Code, those requirements are in addition to...
- Texas Section 60.451 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Architect" has the meaning assigned by Section 1051.001, Occupations Code. (2) "Contractor" in the context of a contract for the construction,...
- Texas Section 60.452 - Applicability Of Subchapter; Other Law
(a) This subchapter does not apply to a contract solely for professional services rendered, including services of an architect, attorney, or fiscal agent. (b) If...
- Texas Section 60.453 - Authority To Adopt Rules
The commission of a district may adopt rules and procedures for the acquisition of goods or services. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 307,...
- Texas Section 60.454 - Purchasing Contract Methods
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or other law, a district contract valued at more than the amount authorized in Section 60.403(a) for routine...
- Texas Section 60.455 - Right To Reject All Bids
A district that requests bids or proposals under any of the methods provided by this subchapter may reject any and all bids or proposals submitted....
- Texas Section 60.456 - Notice Requirements
For a contract entered into by a district under any of the methods provided by this subchapter, the district shall publish notice of the time...
- Texas Section 60.457 - Delegation
(a) The commission of a district may, as it considers appropriate, delegate its authority under this subchapter regarding an action authorized or required by this...
- Texas Section 60.458 - Purchase Contract Award Criteria
Except as provided by this subchapter, in determining to whom to award a contract, the district may consider: (1) the purchase price; (2) the reputation...
- Texas Section 60.459 - Evaluation Of Bids And Proposals For Construction Services
(a) The commission of a district that is considering a construction contract using a method specified by Section 60.454 must, before advertising, determine which method...
- Texas Section 60.460 - Design-build Contracts For Facilities
(a) A district may award a design-build contract for the construction, rehabilitation, alteration, or repair of a facility provided that the contracting district and the...
- Texas Section 60.461 - Contracts For Facilities: Construction Manager-agent
(a) A district may award a contract to a construction manager-agent for the construction, rehabilitation, alteration, or repair of a facility provided that the construction...
- Texas Section 60.462 - Contracts For Facilities: Construction Manager-at-risk
(a) A district may award a contract to a construction manager-at-risk for the construction, rehabilitation, alteration, or repair of a facility provided that the construction...
- Texas Section 60.463 - Selecting Contractor For Construction Services Through Competitive Sealed Proposals
(a) In selecting a contractor for construction, rehabilitation, alteration, or repair services for a facility through competitive sealed proposals, a district shall follow the procedures...
SUBCHAPTER Q MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 60.464 - Job Order Contracts For Facilities Construction Or Repair
(a) A district may award job order contracts for the construction, repair, rehabilitation, or alteration of a facility if the work is of a recurring...
SUBCHAPTER R CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS
- Texas Section 60.501 - Safety And Security Procedures; No New Duties
The adoption and use by a district of a safety or security code, policy, or manual does not create any new or additional legal duties...
- Texas Section 60.551 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Charitable organization" means an organization that: (A) is organized for charitable purposes under Chapter 22, Business Organizations Code, or holds a...
- Texas Section 60.552 - Authorization Of Campaign
(a) The commission or the executive director of a district may establish a program in the district to allow district employees to participate in a...
- Texas Section 60.553 - Deduction Authorized
(a) A district employee may authorize a deduction each pay period from the employee's salary or wage payment for a charitable contribution as provided by...
- Texas Section 60.554 - Voluntary Participation
(a) Participation by a district employee in a state employee charitable campaign is voluntary. The district shall inform district employees that deductions are voluntary. (b)...
- Texas Section 60.555 - Designation Of An Eligible Charitable Organization
(a) A district employee may designate in the authorization an eligible charitable organization to receive the deductions. (b) If a district employee does not designate...
- Texas Section 60.556 - Confidentiality
(a) Except as necessary to administer this subchapter or on written authorization of the employee, the following information is confidential: (1) whether a district employee...
- Texas Section 60.557 - Revocation Or Change Of Authorization
(a) A district employee may revoke or change an authorization by giving notice to the district. (b) The notice must be in the form and...
- Texas Section 60.558 - Duration Of Deduction
(a) A deduction under this subchapter begins on the date designated by the district employee. (b) A deduction under this subchapter, unless revoked or changed...
- Texas Section 60.559 - Fair And Equitable Management Of Campaign
A district employee charitable campaign must be managed fairly and equitably in accordance with this subchapter and the rules, policies, and procedures established by the...
- Texas Section 60.560 - Campaign Policy And Management
(a) The executive director of the district shall oversee the district employee charitable campaign and the district's employees who conduct the campaign. (b) The executive...
- Texas Section 60.561 - Eligibility Of Charitable Organizations, Federations, And Funds For Participation
(a) To be eligible to participate in a district employee charitable campaign, a charitable organization must: (1) be governed by a voluntary board of citizens...
- Texas Section 60.562 - Fund-raising Practices
The fund-raising practices of a participating charitable organization must: (1) be truthful and consumer-oriented; and (2) protect against: (A) unauthorized use of a list of...
- Texas Section 60.563 - Limitation On Use Of Contributions
(a) A participating charitable organization may use contributions under this subchapter only to provide eligible services or to fund a charitable organization that provides eligible...
- Texas Section 60.564 - Misapplication Of Contributions; Audit
(a) The district may obtain an audit of any participating charitable organization that the district reasonably believes has misapplied contributions under this subchapter. (b) If...