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Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 383.001. Short Title - Sec. 383.001. SHORT TITLE. This chapter may be cited as...
Section 383.002. Legislative Intent - Sec. 383.002. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. This chapter furthers the public purpose...
Section 383.003. Findings - Sec. 383.003. FINDINGS. (a) Small and medium-sized counties in this...
Section 383.004. Definitions - Sec. 383.004. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the...
Section 383.005. Governmental Agency; Tort Claims - Sec. 383.005. GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY; TORT CLAIMS. A district is a...
Subchapter B. Creation of District; Temporary Board
Section 383.021. Counties Authorized to Create Districts - Sec. 383.021. COUNTIES AUTHORIZED TO CREATE DISTRICTS. (a) The commissioners...
Section 383.022. Petition of Landowners - Sec. 383.022. PETITION OF LANDOWNERS. To create a district, a...
Section 383.023. Contents of Petition - Sec. 383.023. CONTENTS OF PETITION. The petition must: (1) describe...
Section 383.024. Commission Hearing; Contents of Notice - Sec. 383.024. COMMISSION HEARING; CONTENTS OF NOTICE. Before the 61st...
Section 383.025. Notice of Hearing - Sec. 383.025. NOTICE OF HEARING. Before the 30th day before...
Section 383.026. Hearing - Sec. 383.026. HEARING. At the hearing, the commissioners court shall...
Section 383.027. Granting or Refusing Petition - Sec. 383.027. GRANTING OR REFUSING PETITION. (a) After the hearing,...
Section 383.028. Temporary Directors; Vacancy in Office - Sec. 383.028. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS; VACANCY IN OFFICE. (a) If the...
Section 383.029. Qualification of Temporary Directors; Organization - Sec. 383.029. QUALIFICATION OF TEMPORARY DIRECTORS; ORGANIZATION. (a) Each temporary...
Section 383.030. Confirmation and Sales and Use Tax Election - Sec. 383.030. CONFIRMATION AND SALES AND USE TAX ELECTION. The...
Section 383.031. Election Order - Sec. 383.031. ELECTION ORDER. An order calling an election under...
Section 383.032. Notice - Sec. 383.032. NOTICE. The temporary directors shall give notice of...
Section 383.033. Conduct of Election - Sec. 383.033. CONDUCT OF ELECTION. (a) The election shall be...
Section 383.034. Results of Election - Sec. 383.034. RESULTS OF ELECTION. (a) After the election, the...
Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions; Board of Directors
Section 383.041. Board of Directors; Terms - Sec. 383.041. BOARD OF DIRECTORS; TERMS. (a) A district is...
Section 383.042. Qualifications of Director - Sec. 383.042. QUALIFICATIONS OF DIRECTOR. To be qualified to serve...
Section 383.043. Persons Disqualified to Serve - Sec. 383.043. PERSONS DISQUALIFIED TO SERVE. Section 50.026, Water Code,...
Section 383.044. Removal of Director - Sec. 383.044. REMOVAL OF DIRECTOR. The commissioners court, after notice...
Section 383.045. Board Vacancy - Sec. 383.045. BOARD VACANCY. A vacancy in the office of...
Section 383.046. Director's Compensation; Bond and Oath of Office - Sec. 383.046. DIRECTOR'S COMPENSATION; BOND AND OATH OF OFFICE. A...
Section 383.047. Officers - Sec. 383.047. OFFICERS. After each appointment of directors by the...
Section 383.048. Quorum; Officers' Duties - Sec. 383.048. QUORUM; OFFICERS' DUTIES. (a) Three directors constitute a...
Section 383.049. Bylaws - Sec. 383.049. BYLAWS. The board may adopt bylaws to govern:...
Section 383.050. Management of District - Sec. 383.050. MANAGEMENT OF DISTRICT. (a) The board has control...
Section 383.051. Director Interested in Contract - Sec. 383.051. DIRECTOR INTERESTED IN CONTRACT. (a) A director who...
Section 383.052. District Office - Sec. 383.052. DISTRICT OFFICE. The board shall designate and establish...
Section 383.053. Meetings and Notice - Sec. 383.053. MEETINGS AND NOTICE. (a) The board may establish...
Subchapter D. Powers and Duties
Section 383.061. General Powers of District - Sec. 383.061. GENERAL POWERS OF DISTRICT. (a) A district may...
Section 383.062. Suits - Sec. 383.062. SUITS. A district, after it is created and...
Section 383.063. Eminent Domain - Sec. 383.063. EMINENT DOMAIN. (a) A district that is not...
Section 383.064. Expenditures - Sec. 383.064. EXPENDITURES. A district's money may be disbursed only...
Section 383.065. Purposes for Borrowing Money - Sec. 383.065. PURPOSES FOR BORROWING MONEY. The district may borrow...
Section 383.066. Repayment of Organizational Expenses - Sec. 383.066. REPAYMENT OF ORGANIZATIONAL EXPENSES. (a) The directors may...
Subchapter E. Bonds
Section 383.081. Issuance of Bonds - Sec. 383.081. ISSUANCE OF BONDS. The district may issue bonds...
Section 383.082. Manner of Repayment of Bonds - Sec. 383.082. MANNER OF REPAYMENT OF BONDS. The board may...
Section 383.083. Use of Bond Proceeds - Sec. 383.083. USE OF BOND PROCEEDS. The district may use...
Section 383.084. Adding and Excluding Land From the District - Sec. 383.084. ADDING AND EXCLUDING LAND FROM THE DISTRICT. (a)...
Subchapter F. Sales and Use Tax
Section 383.101. Sales and Use Tax - Sec. 383.101. SALES AND USE TAX. (a) A district may...
Section 383.102. Imposition, Computation, Administration, and Governance of Tax - Sec. 383.102. IMPOSITION, COMPUTATION, ADMINISTRATION, AND GOVERNANCE OF TAX. (a)...
Section 383.103. Tax Rates - Sec. 383.103. TAX RATES. The permissible rates for a local...
Section 383.104. Abolition of or Change in Tax Rate - Sec. 383.104. ABOLITION OF OR CHANGE IN TAX RATE. (a)...
Section 383.105. Use of Tax - Sec. 383.105. USE OF TAX. Taxes collected under this subchapter...
Section 383.106. Limitation on Adoption of Tax - Sec. 383.106. LIMITATION ON ADOPTION OF TAX. (a) A district...
Subchapter G. Competitive Bidding
Section 383.111. Competitive Bidding - Sec. 383.111. COMPETITIVE BIDDING. Sections 375.221 and 375.223 apply to...
Section 383.112. Exemption - Sec. 383.112. EXEMPTION. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter...
Subchapter H. Dissolution
Section 383.121. Dissolution of District - Sec. 383.121. DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT. A district may be dissolved...
Section 383.122. Dissolution by Order of Commissioners Court - Sec. 383.122. DISSOLUTION BY ORDER OF COMMISSIONERS COURT. (a) The...
Section 383.123. Dissolution of District on Agreement With Municipality - Sec. 383.123. DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT ON AGREEMENT WITH MUNICIPALITY. A...