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Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 1017.001. Definitions - Sec. 1017.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the...
Section 1017.002. Authority for Operation - Sec. 1017.002. AUTHORITY FOR OPERATION. The district operates and is...
Section 1017.003. Essential Public Function - Sec. 1017.003. ESSENTIAL PUBLIC FUNCTION. The district is a public...
Section 1017.004. District Territory - Sec. 1017.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY. The boundaries of the district are...
Section 1017.005. District Support and Maintenance Not State Obligation - Sec. 1017.005. DISTRICT SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE NOT STATE OBLIGATION.The state...
Section 1017.006. Restriction on State Financial Assistance - Sec. 1017.006. RESTRICTION ON STATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.The legislature may not...
Subchapter B. District Administration
Section 1017.051. Board Election; Term - Sec. 1017.051. BOARD ELECTION; TERM. (a) The district is governed...
Section 1017.052. Notice of Election - Sec. 1017.052. NOTICE OF ELECTION. At least 35 days before...
Section 1017.053. Ballot Petition - Sec. 1017.053. BALLOT PETITION. A person who wants to have...
Section 1017.054. Qualifications for Office - Sec. 1017.054. QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE. (a) To be eligible to...
Section 1017.055. Bond; Record of Bond - Sec. 1017.055. BOND; RECORD OF BOND. (a) Before assuming the...
Section 1017.056. Board Vacancy - Sec. 1017.056. BOARD VACANCY. If a vacancy occurs in the...
Section 1017.057. Officers - Sec. 1017.057. OFFICERS. (a) The board shall elect a president...
Section 1017.058. Compensation; Expenses - Sec. 1017.058. COMPENSATION; EXPENSES. A director or officer serves without...
Section 1017.059. Voting Requirement - Sec. 1017.059. VOTING REQUIREMENT. A concurrence of a majority of...
Section 1017.060. District Administrator - Sec. 1017.060. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR. (a) The board may appoint a...
Section 1017.061. General Duties of District Administrator - Sec. 1017.061. GENERAL DUTIES OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR. Subject to the...
Section 1017.062. Assistant District Administrator; Attorney - Sec. 1017.062. ASSISTANT DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR; ATTORNEY. (a) The board may...
Section 1017.063. Appointments and Recruitment of Staff and Employees - Sec. 1017.063. APPOINTMENTS AND RECRUITMENT OF STAFF AND EMPLOYEES. (a)...
Section 1017.064. Retirement Benefits - Sec. 1017.064. RETIREMENT BENEFITS. The board may provide retirement benefits...
Subchapter C. Powers and Duties
Section 1017.101. District Responsibility - Sec. 1017.101. DISTRICT RESPONSIBILITY. The district has full responsibility for:...
Section 1017.102. Restriction on Culberson County Taxation and Debt - Sec. 1017.102. RESTRICTION ON CULBERSON COUNTY TAXATION AND DEBT. Culberson...
Section 1017.103. Management, Control, and Administration - Sec. 1017.103. MANAGEMENT, CONTROL, AND ADMINISTRATION. The board shall manage,...
Section 1017.104. Rules - Sec. 1017.104. RULES. The board may adopt rules governing: (1)...
Section 1017.105. Purchasing and Accounting Procedures - Sec. 1017.105. PURCHASING AND ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES. The board may prescribe:...
Section 1017.106. Mobile Emergency Medical Service - Sec. 1017.106. MOBILE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE. The district may operate...
Section 1017.107. District Property, Facilities, and Equipment - Sec. 1017.107. DISTRICT PROPERTY, FACILITIES, AND EQUIPMENT. (a) The board...
Section 1017.108. Eminent Domain - Sec. 1017.108. EMINENT DOMAIN. (a) The district may exercise the...
Section 1017.109. Cost of Relocating or Altering Property - Sec. 1017.109. COST OF RELOCATING OR ALTERING PROPERTY. In exercising...
Section 1017.110. Gifts and Endowments - Sec. 1017.110. GIFTS AND ENDOWMENTS. The board may accept for...
Section 1017.111. Construction Contracts - Sec. 1017.111. CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS. (a) The board may enter into...
Section 1017.112. Operating and Management Contracts - Sec. 1017.112. OPERATING AND MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS. The board may enter...
Section 1017.113. Contracts With Governmental Entities for Services - Sec. 1017.113. CONTRACTS WITH GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES FOR SERVICES. The board...
Section 1017.114. Payment for Treatment; Procedures - Sec. 1017.114. PAYMENT FOR TREATMENT; PROCEDURES. (a) When a person...
Section 1017.115. Reimbursement for Service - Sec. 1017.115. REIMBURSEMENT FOR SERVICE. (a) The board shall require...
Section 1017.116. Authority to Sue and Be Sued - Sec. 1017.116. AUTHORITY TO SUE AND BE SUED. The board...
Subchapter D. General Finance Provisions
Section 1017.151. Budget - Sec. 1017.151. BUDGET. (a) The district administrator shall prepare a...
Section 1017.152. Notice; Hearing; Adoption of Budget - Sec. 1017.152. NOTICE; HEARING; ADOPTION OF BUDGET. (a) The board...
Section 1017.154. Restriction on Expenditures - Sec. 1017.154. RESTRICTION ON EXPENDITURES. Money may be spent only...
Section 1017.155. Fiscal Year - Sec. 1017.155. FISCAL YEAR. (a) The district operates on a...
Section 1017.156. Annual Audit - Sec. 1017.156. ANNUAL AUDIT. The board annually shall have an...
Section 1017.157. Inspection of Annual Audit and District Records - Sec. 1017.157. INSPECTION OF ANNUAL AUDIT AND DISTRICT RECORDS. The...
Section 1017.158. Financial Report - Sec. 1017.158. FINANCIAL REPORT. As soon as practicable after the...
Section 1017.159. Depository - Sec. 1017.159. DEPOSITORY. (a) The board shall select at least...
Section 1017.160. Spending and Investment Restrictions - Sec. 1017.160. SPENDING AND INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS. (a) Except as provided...
Section 1017.161. Authority to Borrow Money; Security - Sec. 1017.161. AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY; SECURITY. (a) The board...
Subchapter E. Bonds
Section 1017.201. General Obligation Bonds - Sec. 1017.201. GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS. If authorized by an election,...
Section 1017.202. Tax to Pay General Obligation Bonds - Sec. 1017.202. TAX TO PAY GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS. (a) At...
Section 1017.203. General Obligation Bond Election - Sec. 1017.203. GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND ELECTION. (a) The district may...
Section 1017.204. Revenue Bonds - Sec. 1017.204. REVENUE BONDS. (a) The board may issue revenue...
Section 1017.205. Refunding Bonds - Sec. 1017.205. REFUNDING BONDS. (a) The board may issue refunding...
Section 1017.206. Maturity of Bonds - Sec. 1017.206. MATURITY OF BONDS. District bonds must mature not...
Section 1017.207. Execution of Bonds - Sec. 1017.207. EXECUTION OF BONDS. (a) The board president shall...
Section 1017.208. Bonds Exempt From Taxation - Sec. 1017.208. BONDS EXEMPT FROM TAXATION. The following are exempt...
Subchapter F. Ad Valorem Tax
Section 1017.251. Imposition of Ad Valorem Tax - Sec. 1017.251. IMPOSITION OF AD VALOREM TAX. (a) The board...
Section 1017.252. Tax Rate - Sec. 1017.252. TAX RATE. (a) The board may impose the...
Section 1017.253. Tax Assessor-Collector - Sec. 1017.253. TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR. The board may provide for the...