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Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 375.001. Legislative Findings; Purposes - Sec. 375.001. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS; PURPOSES. (a) The creation of a...
Section 375.002. Construction of Chapter - Sec. 375.002. CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER. (a) This chapter shall be...
Section 375.003. Definitions - Sec. 375.003. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Board" means a...
Section 375.004. Governmental Agency; Tort Claims - Sec. 375.004. GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY; TORT CLAIMS. (a) A district is...
Subchapter B. Creation of District
Section 375.022. Petition - Sec. 375.022. PETITION. (a) Before a district may be created,...
Section 375.023. Commission Hearing; Contents of Notice - Sec. 375.023. COMMISSION HEARING; CONTENTS OF NOTICE. The commission or...
Section 375.024. Publication of Notice - Sec. 375.024. PUBLICATION OF NOTICE. (a) The commission or authorized...
Section 375.025. Hearing - Sec. 375.025. HEARING. (a) At a hearing set under Section...
Section 375.026. Order; Initial Directors - Sec. 375.026. ORDER; INITIAL DIRECTORS. If the commission grants the...
Subchapter C. Boundaries
Section 375.041. Commission Order - Sec. 375.041. COMMISSION ORDER. The boundaries of a district are...
Section 375.042. Mistake in Boundary Description - Sec. 375.042. MISTAKE IN BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION. If in the petition...
Section 375.043. Annexation; Notice of Boundaries - Sec. 375.043. ANNEXATION; NOTICE OF BOUNDARIES. (a) A district may...
Section 375.044. Excluding Territory; Notice of Boundaries - Sec. 375.044. EXCLUDING TERRITORY; NOTICE OF BOUNDARIES. (a) At any...
Subchapter D. Administrative Provisions; Board of Directors
Section 375.061. Number of Directors; Terms - Sec. 375.061. NUMBER OF DIRECTORS; TERMS. A district is governed...
Section 375.062. Terms of Initial Directors - Sec. 375.062. TERMS OF INITIAL DIRECTORS. The initial directors shall...
Section 375.063. Qualifications of Director - Sec. 375.063. QUALIFICATIONS OF DIRECTOR. To be qualified to serve...
Section 375.064. Recommendations for Succeeding Board - Sec. 375.064. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SUCCEEDING BOARD. (a) The initial and...
Section 375.065. Removal of Director - Sec. 375.065. REMOVAL OF DIRECTOR. The governing body of the...
Section 375.066. Board Vacancy - Sec. 375.066. BOARD VACANCY. A vacancy in the office of...
Section 375.067. Director's Bond and Oath - Sec. 375.067. DIRECTOR'S BOND AND OATH. (a) As soon as...
Section 375.068. Officers - Sec. 375.068. OFFICERS. After directors are appointed and have qualified...
Section 375.069. Board Position Not Civil Office of Emolument - Sec. 375.069. BOARD POSITION NOT CIVIL OFFICE OF EMOLUMENT. A...
Section 375.070. Compensation of Directors; Reimbursement of Expenses - Sec. 375.070. COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS; REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES. A director...
Section 375.071. Quorum - Sec. 375.071. QUORUM. One-half of the serving directors constitutes a...
Section 375.072. Participation in Voting - Sec. 375.072. PARTICIPATION IN VOTING. (a) A person who qualifies...
Subchapter E. Powers and Duties
Section 375.091. General Powers of District - Sec. 375.091. GENERAL POWERS OF DISTRICT. A district has the...
Section 375.092. Specific Powers - Sec. 375.092. SPECIFIC POWERS. (a) A district has the powers...
Section 375.0921. Authority for Road Projects - Sec. 375.0921. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS. (a) Under Section 52,...
Section 375.0922. Road Standards and Requirements - Sec. 375.0922. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS. (a) A road project...
Section 375.093. Use and Alteration of Public Ways - Sec. 375.093. USE AND ALTERATION OF PUBLIC WAYS. (a) With...
Section 375.094. No Eminent Domain Power - Sec. 375.094. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. A district may not...
Section 375.095. Management by Board of Directors - Sec. 375.095. MANAGEMENT BY BOARD OF DIRECTORS. The responsibility for...
Section 375.096. Specific Powers and Duties of Board - Sec. 375.096. SPECIFIC POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD. (a) The...
Section 375.097. Hearings Examiner; Administrative Procedure Act - Sec. 375.097. HEARINGS EXAMINER; ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT. (a) The board...
Section 375.098. District Act or Proceeding Presumed Valid - Sec. 375.098. DISTRICT ACT OR PROCEEDING PRESUMED VALID. (a) A...
Subchapter F. Assessments
Section 375.111. General Powers Relating to Assessments - Sec. 375.111. GENERAL POWERS RELATING TO ASSESSMENTS. In addition to...
Section 375.112. Specific Powers Relating to Assessments - Sec. 375.112. SPECIFIC POWERS RELATING TO ASSESSMENTS. (a) An improvement...
Section 375.113. Proposed Assessments - Sec. 375.113. PROPOSED ASSESSMENTS. Services or improvement projects may be...
Section 375.114. Petition Required - Sec. 375.114. PETITION REQUIRED. The board may not finance improvement...
Section 375.115. Notice of Hearing - Sec. 375.115. NOTICE OF HEARING. (a) Notice of the hearing...
Section 375.116. Conclusion of Hearing; Findings - Sec. 375.116. CONCLUSION OF HEARING; FINDINGS. (a) A hearing on...
Section 375.117. Area to Be Assessed - Sec. 375.117. AREA TO BE ASSESSED. (a) The area of...
Section 375.118. Objections; Levy of Assessment - Sec. 375.118. OBJECTIONS; LEVY OF ASSESSMENT. (a) At a hearing...
Section 375.119. Apportionment of Cost - Sec. 375.119. APPORTIONMENT OF COST. The portion of the cost...
Section 375.120. Assessment Roll - Sec. 375.120. ASSESSMENT ROLL. If the total cost of an...
Section 375.121. Interest on Assessments; Lien - Sec. 375.121. INTEREST ON ASSESSMENTS; LIEN. (a) Assessments bear interest...
Section 375.122. Supplemental Assessments - Sec. 375.122. SUPPLEMENTAL ASSESSMENTS. After notice and hearing in the...
Section 375.123. Appeal - Sec. 375.123. APPEAL. (a) After determination of an assessment, a...
Section 375.124. Appeal of Order - Sec. 375.124. APPEAL OF ORDER. A person against whom an...
Subchapter G. Impact Fees
Section 375.141. Imposition of Impact Fees - Sec. 375.141. IMPOSITION OF IMPACT FEES. (a) The board may...
Section 375.142. Procedure for Adopting Impact Fees - Sec. 375.142. PROCEDURE FOR ADOPTING IMPACT FEES. Impact fees shall...
Subchapter H. Exemptions
Section 375.161. Certain Residential Property Exempt - Sec. 375.161. CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY EXEMPT. (a) Except as provided...
Section 375.162. Governmental Entities; Assessments - Sec. 375.162. GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES; ASSESSMENTS. Payment of assessments by municipalities,...
Section 375.163. Recreational, Park, or Scenic Use Property - Sec. 375.163. RECREATIONAL, PARK, OR SCENIC USE PROPERTY. (a) Property...
Section 375.164. Residential Property Exempted by Board - Sec. 375.164. RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY EXEMPTED BY BOARD. The board may...
Section 375.165. Governmental Entities; Impact Fees - Sec. 375.165. GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES; IMPACT FEES. (a) A municipality, county,...
Subchapter I. Funds
Section 375.181. Funds Available for Payment of Projects and Services - Sec. 375.181. FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENT OF PROJECTS AND SERVICES....
Section 375.182. Prohibited Use of Funds - Sec. 375.182. PROHIBITED USE OF FUNDS. Funds may not be...
Subchapter J. Bonds
Section 375.201. General Obligation and Revenue Bonds - Sec. 375.201. GENERAL OBLIGATION AND REVENUE BONDS. For the payment...
Section 375.202. Terms and Conditions of Bonds - Sec. 375.202. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF BONDS. (a) Bonds may...
Section 375.203. Pledges - Sec. 375.203. PLEDGES. (a) The board may pledge all or...
Section 375.204. Refunding Bonds - Sec. 375.204. REFUNDING BONDS. (a) Bonds issued under this chapter...
Section 375.205. Approval by Attorney General; Registration - Sec. 375.205. APPROVAL BY ATTORNEY GENERAL; REGISTRATION. (a) The district...
Section 375.206. Authorized Investments; Security - Sec. 375.206. AUTHORIZED INVESTMENTS; SECURITY. (a) District bonds are legal...
Section 375.207. Municipal Approval - Sec. 375.207. MUNICIPAL APPROVAL. (a) A district must obtain the...
Section 375.208. Commission Approval - Sec. 375.208. COMMISSION APPROVAL. A district must obtain approval of...
Section 375.209. Taxes for Bonds - Sec. 375.209. TAXES FOR BONDS. At the time the district...
Subchapter K. Competitive Bidding; Disadvantaged Businesses
Section 375.221. Applicability of Water Districts Law to Competitive Bidding on Certain Contracts - Sec. 375.221. APPLICABILITY OF WATER DISTRICTS LAW TO COMPETITIVE BIDDING...
Section 375.222. Disadvantaged Businesses - Sec. 375.222. DISADVANTAGED BUSINESSES. (a) A district shall attempt to...
Section 375.223. Supersedes Other Law - Sec. 375.223. SUPERSEDES OTHER LAW. This chapter states the required...
Subchapter L. Elections
Section 375.241. Time of Election - Sec. 375.241. TIME OF ELECTION. (a) A bond election, maintenance...
Section 375.242. Election Called by Board - Sec. 375.242. ELECTION CALLED BY BOARD. The board may call...
Section 375.243. Petition Required for Bond Election - Sec. 375.243. PETITION REQUIRED FOR BOND ELECTION. The board may...
Section 375.244. Election to Approve Issuance of Bonds - Sec. 375.244. ELECTION TO APPROVE ISSUANCE OF BONDS. (a) Bonds...
Subchapter M. Dissolution
Section 375.261. Dissolution by Board Vote - Sec. 375.261. DISSOLUTION BY BOARD VOTE. Except as limited by...
Section 375.262. Dissolution by Petition by Owners - Sec. 375.262. DISSOLUTION BY PETITION BY OWNERS. Except as limited...
Section 375.2621. Prohibition on Issuance of Bonds After Petition - Sec. 375.2621. PROHIBITION ON ISSUANCE OF BONDS AFTER PETITION. If...
Section 375.263. Dissolution by Municipal Ordinance - Sec. 375.263. DISSOLUTION BY MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE. (a) The governing body...
Section 375.264. Limitations on Dissolution by Board of District With Debt - Sec. 375.264. LIMITATIONS ON DISSOLUTION BY BOARD OF DISTRICT WITH...
Subchapter N. Contracts With District
Section 375.281. Contracts With District - Sec. 375.281. CONTRACTS WITH DISTRICT. Notwithstanding any other law to...
Section 375.282. Strategic Partnership Agreement - Sec. 375.282. STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT. A district with territory in...
Subchapter O. Defense Adjustment Management Authority
Section 375.301. Legislative Findings; Purposes - Sec. 375.301. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS; PURPOSES. (a) The legislature finds that:...
Section 375.302. Construction of Subchapter - Sec. 375.302. CONSTRUCTION OF SUBCHAPTER. (a) This subchapter shall be...
Section 375.303. Definitions - Sec. 375.303. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Authority" means a...
Section 375.304. Eligibility for Creation by Municipality - Sec. 375.304. ELIGIBILITY FOR CREATION BY MUNICIPALITY. (a) The governing...
Section 375.305. Hearing on Creation of Authority - Sec. 375.305. HEARING ON CREATION OF AUTHORITY. (a) Not earlier...
Section 375.306. Board of Directors - Sec. 375.306. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. (a) The board consists of...
Section 375.307. Qualifications of Directors - Sec. 375.307. QUALIFICATIONS OF DIRECTORS. (a) At least three directors...
Section 375.308. Powers of the Authority; Municipality - Sec. 375.308. POWERS OF THE AUTHORITY; MUNICIPALITY. (a) An authority:...
Section 375.3085. Annexation or Disannexation - Sec. 375.3085. ANNEXATION OR DISANNEXATION. (a) The board may vote...
Section 375.309. Municipal Annexation of Area in an Authority - Sec. 375.309. MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION OF AREA IN AN AUTHORITY. (a)...
Section 375.310. Authority Plan - Sec. 375.310. AUTHORITY PLAN. (a) An authority may only develop...
Section 375.311. Sales and Use Tax - Sec. 375.311. SALES AND USE TAX. (a) An authority may...
Section 375.312. Zoning and Planning - Sec. 375.312. ZONING AND PLANNING. (a) An authority has the...
Section 375.313. Regional Development Agreements - Sec. 375.313. REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS. (a) An authority may enter...
Section 375.314. Dissolution of the Authority - Sec. 375.314. DISSOLUTION OF THE AUTHORITY. (a) The governing body...
Section 375.315. Effectiveness Study; Report - Sec. 375.315. EFFECTIVENESS STUDY; REPORT. (a) The board of an...
Subchapter P. Consolidation of Districts
Section 375.351. Consolidation of Districts - Sec. 375.351. CONSOLIDATION OF DISTRICTS. (a) Two or more districts...
Section 375.352. Terms and Conditions for Consolidation - Sec. 375.352. TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR CONSOLIDATION. (a) The terms...
Section 375.353. Notice and Hearing on Consolidation - Sec. 375.353. NOTICE AND HEARING ON CONSOLIDATION. (a) Each district's...
Section 375.354. Governing Consolidated Districts - Sec. 375.354. GOVERNING CONSOLIDATED DISTRICTS. (a) After two or more...
Section 375.355. Debts of Original Districts - Sec. 375.355. DEBTS OF ORIGINAL DISTRICTS. (a) After two or...
Section 375.356. Assessment and Collection of Taxes - Sec. 375.356. ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF TAXES. If the consolidated...
Section 375.357. Filing of Order With County Clerk and Executive Director - Sec. 375.357. FILING OF ORDER WITH COUNTY CLERK AND EXECUTIVE...