Texas Water Code Title 4, Chapter 65 - Special Utility Districts

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

SUBCHAPTER B CREATION OF DISTRICT; CONVERSION OF DISTRICT

• Texas Section 65.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "District" means a special utility district operating under this chapter. (2) "Board" means the board of directors of a district. (3)...
• Texas Section 65.011 - Creation Of District
  A special utility district may be created under and subject to the authority, conditions, and restrictions of, and is considered a conservation and reclamation district...
• Texas Section 65.012 - Purposes Of District
  A district may be created: (1) to purchase, own, hold, lease, and otherwise acquire sources of water supply; to build, operate, and maintain facilities for...
• Texas Section 65.013 - Composition Of District
  (a) A district may include the area in all or part of any one or more counties including all or part of any cities and...
• Texas Section 65.014 - Certified Resolution Seeking Creation Of District
  (a) If creation of a district is proposed by a water supply or sewer service corporation, a certified copy of a resolution requesting creation must...
• Texas Section 65.015 - Contents Of Resolution
  In addition to the requirements stated in Section 65.014, the resolution shall: (1) describe the boundaries of the proposed district by metes and bounds or...
• Texas Section 65.016 - Consent Of City
  A district may operate within the corporate limits of a city or within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a city, provided that a city may require...
• Texas Section 65.018 - Notice And Hearing On District Creation
  If a resolution is filed under Section 65.014, the commission shall give notice of an application as required by Section 49.011 and may conduct a...
• Texas Section 65.020 - Hearing
  (a) If the commission determines that a hearing is necessary under Section 49.011, the commission shall conduct a hearing and accept evidence on the sufficiency...
• Texas Section 65.021 - Granting Or Refusing Creation Of District
  (a) If the commission finds that the resolution conforms to the requirements of Section 65.015, the request for conversion is feasible and practicable, and each...
• Texas Section 65.022 - Temporary Directors
  If the commission authorizes the creation of the district, it shall appoint those persons whose names are listed in the resolution filed with the commission...

SUBCHAPTER C ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 65.023 - Appeal From Order Of Commission
  A city or a person who appeared in person or by attorney and offered testimony for or against the creation of the district, may appeal...
• Texas Section 65.101 - Board Of Directors
  A district is governed by a board of not less than five and not more than 11 directors. Added by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p....
• Texas Section 65.102 - Qualifications For Directors
  To be qualified to serve as a director, a person must be: (1) at least 18 years old; (2) a resident citizen of this state;...

SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 65.103 - Election Of Directors; Terms Of Office
  (a) The persons receiving the highest number of votes at each election shall serve as directors of the district. (b) The terms of the directors...
• Texas Section 65.201 - Powers
  (a) A district has the functions, powers, authority, and rights that will permit accomplishment of the purposes for which it is created. (b) A district...
• Texas Section 65.203 - Solid Waste
  A district may collect solid waste and may purchase, construct, acquire, own, operate, maintain, repair, improve, and extend a solid waste collection and disposal system...
• Texas Section 65.205 - Adopting Rules
  A district may adopt and enforce reasonable rules to: (1) secure and maintain safe, sanitary, and adequate plumbing installations, connections, and appurtenances as subsidiary parts...
• Texas Section 65.206 - Effect Of Rules
  After the required publication, rules adopted by the district under Section 65.205 of this code shall be recognized by the courts as if they were...
• Texas Section 65.207 - Publication Of Rules
  (a) The board shall publish a substantive statement of each rule and the penalty for its violation once a week for two consecutive weeks in...
• Texas Section 65.208 - Effective Date Of Rules
  The penalty for violation of a rule is not effective and enforceable until five days after the last publication of the notice. Five days after...

SUBCHAPTER G ISSUANCE OF BONDS AND NOTES

• Texas Section 65.235 - Prohibition On Assessment Or Collection Of Taxes
  Section 49.107 does not apply to a district created under this chapter. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 36, eff. Sept. 1,
• Texas Section 65.501 - Issuance Of Bonds And Notes
  The district may issue its bonds or notes for the purpose of purchasing, constructing, acquiring, owning, operating, repairing, improving, or extending any district works, improvements,...
• Texas Section 65.502 - Form Of Bonds And Notes
  (a) A district may issue its bonds or notes in various series or issues. (b) Bonds or notes shall mature serially or otherwise not more...
• Texas Section 65.503 - Manner Of Repayment Of Bonds Or Notes
  The board may provide for the payment of principal of and interest and redemption price, if any, on the bonds or notes by pledging all...
• Texas Section 65.504 - Additional Security For Bonds Or Notes
  (a) The bonds or notes, within the discretion of the board, may be additionally secured by a deed of trust or mortgage lien on all...
• Texas Section 65.505 - Method For Issuance Of Bonds And Notes
  Bonds or notes may be issued by resolution or order of the board. Added by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 2448, ch. 435, Sec. 4,...
• Texas Section 65.506 - Provisions Of Bonds Or Notes
  (a) In an order or resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds or notes, including refunding bonds, the board may provide for the flow of funds,...
• Texas Section 65.507 - Use Of Bond Or Note Proceeds
  The district may use bond or note proceeds to pay interest, administrative, and operating expenses expected to accrue during the period of construction. The period...
• Texas Section 65.508 - Sale Or Exchange Of Bonds
  (a) The board shall sell the bonds on the best terms and for the best possible price, but the bonds may not be sold for...
• Texas Section 65.510 - Refunding Bonds
  (a) A district may issue bonds to refund all or any part of its outstanding bonds, notes, or other obligations, including matured but unpaid interest...
• Texas Section 65.511 - Obligations; Legal Investment; Security For Funds
  (a) Bonds, notes, and other obligations issued by a district are legal and authorized investments for all banks, savings banks, trust companies, savings and loan...
• Texas Section 65.513 - Mandamus By Bondholders
  In addition to other rights and remedies provided by the law of this state, if a district defaults in the payment of principal of, interest...

SUBCHAPTER H ADDING AND EXCLUDING TERRITORY; CONSOLIDATING AND DISSOLVING DISTRICTS

• Texas Section 65.515 - Cancellation Of Unsold Bonds
  (a) The board, by order or resolution, may provide for the cancellation of all or any part of any bonds that have been submitted to...
• Texas Section 65.723 - Consolidation Of Districts
  Two or more districts governed by this chapter may consolidate into one district as provided by this subchapter. Added by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p....
• Texas Section 65.724 - Elections To Approve Consolidation
  (a) After the board of each district has agreed on the terms and conditions of consolidation, which may include the assumption by each district of...
• Texas Section 65.725 - Governing Consolidated Districts
  (a) After two or more districts are consolidated, they become one district and are governed as one district. (b) During a period of 90 days...
• Texas Section 65.726 - Debts Of Original Districts
  After two or more districts are consolidated, the debts of the original districts shall be protected and may not be impaired. Added by Acts 1983,...
• Texas Section 65.727 - Dissolution Of District Prior To Issuance Of Bonds
  (a) If the board considers it advisable before the issuance of any bonds, notes, or other indebtedness, the board may dissolve a district and liquidate...
• Texas Section 65.728 - Notice Of Hearing
  The board shall post notice of the hearing on the bulletin board at the courthouse door of each county in which the district is located...
• Texas Section 65.729 - Hearing
  The board shall hear all interested persons and shall consider their evidence at the time and place stated in the notice. Added by Acts 1983,...
• Texas Section 65.730 - Board's Order To Dissolve District
  If the board unanimously determines from the evidence that the best interests of the persons and property in the district will be served by dissolving...
• Texas Section 65.731 - Judicial Review Of Board's Order
  The board's decree to dissolve the district may be appealed in the manner provided by Sections 65.708-65.710 of this code for the review of an...

Last modified: September 28, 2016