Texas Water Code Title 4, Chapter 66 - Stormwater Control Districts

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

SUBCHAPTER B CREATION OF DISTRICT

• Texas Section 66.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "District" means a stormwater control district. (2) "Commission" means the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission. (3) "Executive director" means the executive...
• Texas Section 66.011 - Creation
  A stormwater control district may be created pursuant to Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution, as provided by this subchapter. Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 66.012 - Purpose Of District
  A district may be created to control stormwater and floodwater and to control and abate harmful excesses of water for the purpose of preventing area...
• Texas Section 66.013 - Composition Of District
  A district may be composed of contiguous or noncontiguous areas within all or part of the watershed of a river, stream, creek, or bayou. Added...
• Texas Section 66.014 - Petition
  (a) To create a district, a person or the commissioners courts in the counties in which all or part of the district is to be...
• Texas Section 66.015 - Contents Of Petition
  The petition must include: (1) a description of the boundaries of the proposed district by metes and bounds or by lot and block number, if...
• Texas Section 66.016 - District Name
  (a) A district shall be named the ______________________ (Insert name of county, river, stream, creek, or bayou in district) Stormwater Control District. (b) A district...
• Texas Section 66.018 - Notice And Hearing On District Creation
  If a petition is filed under Section 66.014, the commission shall give notice of an application as required by Section 49.011 and may conduct a...
• Texas Section 66.019 - Commission Findings And Decision
  (a) After considering the petition, the commission shall grant the petition if it finds that: (1) the petition conforms to the requirements of Sections 66.014...
• Texas Section 66.020 - Appeal Of Commission Order
  The order of the commission granting or denying a petition may be appealed as provided by Chapter 2001, Government Code. Added by Acts 1985, 69th...

SUBCHAPTER C ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 66.021 - Temporary Directors
  (a) If the commission grants the petition, it shall appoint five persons who reside within the boundaries of the proposed district to serve as temporary...
• Texas Section 66.101 - Board Of Directors
  A district shall be governed by a board of directors composed of five members, who are elected as provided in Chapter 49. Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 66.102 - Qualification Of Directors
  To serve as a director, a person must be at least 18 years old, a qualified voter, and a resident of the district. Added by...

SUBCHAPTER D POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 66.118 - Rules
  After notice and hearing, the board shall adopt rules to carry out this chapter, including rules providing procedures for giving notice and holding hearings before...
• Texas Section 66.201 - General Powers
  The district may: (1) acquire land to construct facilities for the district; (2) construct regional stormwater retention and detention pond facilities to retain stormwater runoff...
• Texas Section 66.202 - Plan For Facilities
  (a) Before the district begins to acquire land and construct facilities, the district engineer under the supervision of the board shall prepare a detailed plan...
• Texas Section 66.216 - Transfer Of Land And Facilities
  (a) On completion of all facilities proposed to be built by the district, the district shall transfer title to the land and facilities other than...
• Texas Section 66.217 - Effect Of Transfer
  (a) On conveyance of land and facilities to a county under this subchapter the district is no longer responsible for the land and facilities or...

SUBCHAPTER E GENERAL FISCAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 66.218 - Transfer In Portions
  This subchapter may not be construed as preventing the conveyance of a portion of the land and facilities proposed to be constructed by a district...
• Texas Section 66.303 - Annual Budget
  (a) The board shall prepare and approve an annual budget. (b) The budget shall contain a complete financial statement, including a statement of: (1) the...
• Texas Section 66.304 - Amending Budget
  After the annual budget is adopted, it may be amended on the board's approval. Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 734, Sec. 1, eff....
• Texas Section 66.310 - Issuance Of Bonds
  (a) The board may issue and sell bonds in the name of the district to acquire land and construct facilities as provided by this chapter....
• Texas Section 66.311 - Manner Of Repayment Of Bonds
  The board may provide for the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds from the levy and collection of property taxes on...
• Texas Section 66.313 - Form Of Bonds
  (a) The district may issue its bonds in various series or issues. (b) Bonds may mature serially or otherwise not more than 50 years from...
• Texas Section 66.314 - Provisions Of Bonds
  (a) In the orders or resolutions authorizing the issuance of bonds, including refunding bonds, the board may provide for the flow of funds, the establishment...
• Texas Section 66.315 - Approval By Attorney General; Registration By Comptroller
  (a) Bonds issued by the district and the records relating to their issuance must be submitted to the attorney general for examination. (b) If the...
• Texas Section 66.316 - Refunding Bonds
  Refunding bonds may be issued for the purposes and in the manner provided by general law including Chapter 1207, Government Code. Added by Acts 1985,...
• Texas Section 66.317 - Bonds As Investments
  District bonds are legal and authorized investments for: (1) banks; (2) savings banks; (3) trust companies; (4) savings and loan associations; (5) insurance companies; (6)...
• Texas Section 66.318 - Bonds As Security For Deposits
  District bonds are eligible to secure deposits of public funds of the state and cities, counties, school districts, and other political subdivisions of the state....
• Texas Section 66.319 - Mandamus By Bondholders
  In addition to all other rights and remedies provided by law, if the district defaults in the payment of principal, interest, or redemption price on...
• Texas Section 66.320 - Application Of Other Laws
  Bonds of the district are considered public securities under Chapter 1201, Government Code. Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 734, Sec. 1, eff. Sept....
• Texas Section 66.321 - Tax Status Of Bonds
  Since a district created under this chapter is a public entity performing an essential public function, bonds issued by the district, any transaction relating to...
• Texas Section 66.322 - Levy Of Taxes
  The board may annually levy taxes in the district to pay the principal of and interest on bonds issued by the district and the expense...
• Texas Section 66.324 - Board Authority
  (a) The board may levy taxes for the entire year in which the district is created. (b) The board shall levy taxes on all property...
• Texas Section 66.325 - Tax Rate
  In setting the tax rate, the board shall take into consideration the income of the district from sources other than taxation. On determination of the...

SUBCHAPTER F DISSOLUTION

• Texas Section 66.326 - Tax Appraisal, Assessment, And Collection
  (a) The Tax Code governs the appraisal, assessment, and collection of district taxes. (b) The board may provide for the appointment of a tax assessor-collector...
• Texas Section 66.401 - Petition For Dissolution
  After a district has completed all construction of facilities provided in the plan and conveyed those facilities to the designated counties and after all bonds...
• Texas Section 66.402 - Order To Dissolve District
  (a) After considering the petition and the accompanying evidence, if the commission finds that the work is completed according to the plan and the facilities...
• Texas Section 66.403 - Distribution Of Assets
  (a) If at the time a district is dissolved, the district has any surplus funds in any of its accounts, the board shall transfer those...
• Texas Section 66.404 - Effect Of Commission Order
  On the issuance of the order of dissolution by the commission, the dissolved district ceases to exist as a governmental entity, and the board shall...

Last modified: September 28, 2016