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Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 54.001. Definitions - Sec. 54.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "District" means a...
Subchapter B. Creation or Expansion of District; Conversion of District
Section 54.011. Creation of District - Sec. 54.011. CREATION OF DISTRICT. A municipal utility district may...
Section 54.012. Purposes of a District - Sec. 54.012. PURPOSES OF A DISTRICT. A district shall be...
Section 54.013. Composition of District - Sec. 54.013. COMPOSITION OF DISTRICT. (a) A district may include...
Section 54.014. Petition - Sec. 54.014. PETITION. When it is proposed to create a...
Section 54.015. Contents of Petition - Sec. 54.015. CONTENTS OF PETITION. The petition shall: (1) describe...
Section 54.016. Consent of City - Sec. 54.016. CONSENT OF CITY. (a) No land within the...
Section 54.0161. Review of Creation by County - Sec. 54.0161. REVIEW OF CREATION BY COUNTY. (a) This section...
Section 54.0162. Option of Selection by District Composed of Noncontiguous Areas Located in the Extraterritorial Jurisdiction of Two Municipalities - Sec. 54.0162. OPTION OF SELECTION BY DISTRICT COMPOSED OF NONCONTIGUOUS...
Section 54.0163. Option of Selection of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction for Certain Districts - Sec. 54.0163. OPTION OF SELECTION OF EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION FOR CERTAIN...
Section 54.0165. Addition to District of Land in Extraterritorial Jurisdiction of Municipality - Sec. 54.0165. ADDITION TO DISTRICT OF LAND IN EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION...
Section 54.018. Notice and Hearing on District Creation - Sec. 54.018. NOTICE AND HEARING ON DISTRICT CREATION. If a...
Section 54.020. Hearing - Sec. 54.020. HEARING. (a) If the commission determines that a...
Section 54.021. Granting or Refusing Petition - Sec. 54.021. GRANTING OR REFUSING PETITION. (a) If the commission...
Section 54.022. Temporary Directors - Sec. 54.022. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS. (a) If the commission grants the...
Section 54.023. Appeal From the Order of the Commission - Sec. 54.023. APPEAL FROM THE ORDER OF THE COMMISSION. Any...
Section 54.024. Supervision by Commission - Sec. 54.024. SUPERVISION BY COMMISSION. The rights, powers, privileges, authority,...
Section 54.025. Qualification of Temporary Directors - Sec. 54.025. QUALIFICATION OF TEMPORARY DIRECTORS. After a district has...
Section 54.030. Conversion of Certain Districts Into Districts Operating Under This Chapter - Sec. 54.030. CONVERSION OF CERTAIN DISTRICTS INTO DISTRICTS OPERATING UNDER...
Section 54.032. Conversion of District: Notice - Sec. 54.032. CONVERSION OF DISTRICT: NOTICE. Text of subsection as...
Section 54.033. Conversion of District; Findings - Sec. 54.033. CONVERSION OF DISTRICT; FINDINGS. Text of subsection as...
Section 54.034. Effect of Conversion - Sec. 54.034. EFFECT OF CONVERSION. A district which is converted...
Section 54.035. Reservation of Certain Powers for Converted Districts - Sec. 54.035. RESERVATION OF CERTAIN POWERS FOR CONVERTED DISTRICTS. (a)...
Section 54.036. Directors to Continue Serving - Sec. 54.036. DIRECTORS TO CONTINUE SERVING. The existing board of...
Section 54.037. Regional Plan Implementation Agencies - Sec. 54.037. REGIONAL PLAN IMPLEMENTATION AGENCIES. (a) This section applies...
Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions
Section 54.101. Board of Directors - Sec. 54.101. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. A district shall be governed...
Section 54.102. Qualifications for Directors - Sec. 54.102. QUALIFICATIONS FOR DIRECTORS. To be qualified to serve...
Section 54.103. Limitation on Filling Vacancies - Sec. 54.103. LIMITATION ON FILLING VACANCIES. A board may not...
Subchapter D. Powers and Duties
Section 54.201. Powers - Sec. 54.201. POWERS. (a) A district shall have the functions,...
Section 54.203. Municipal Solid Waste - Sec. 54.203. MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE. A district is authorized to...
Section 54.205. Adopting Rules and Regulations - Sec. 54.205. ADOPTING RULES AND REGULATIONS. A district may adopt...
Section 54.2051. Service Connections to Certain Dwelling Units - Sec. 54.2051. SERVICE CONNECTIONS TO CERTAIN DWELLING UNITS. (a) If...
Section 54.2052. Plumbing Code - Sec. 54.2052. PLUMBING CODE. Notwithstanding any other law, a district...
Section 54.206. Effect of Rules - Sec. 54.206. EFFECT OF RULES. After the required publication, rules...
Section 54.207. Publication of Rules - Sec. 54.207. PUBLICATION OF RULES. (a) The board shall publish...
Section 54.208. Effective Date of Rules - Sec. 54.208. EFFECTIVE DATE OF RULES. The penalty for violation...
Section 54.209. Limitation on Use of Eminent Domain - Sec. 54.209. LIMITATION ON USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN. A district...
Section 54.234. Acquiring Road Powers - Sec. 54.234. ACQUIRING ROAD POWERS. (a) Any district or any...
Section 54.235. Authority to Contract - Sec. 54.235. AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT. Any district created by general...
Section 54.2351. Contracts With Other Districts, Water Supply Corporations, or Other Retail Public Utilities - Sec. 54.2351. CONTRACTS WITH OTHER DISTRICTS, WATER SUPPLY CORPORATIONS, OR...
Section 54.236. Street or Security Lighting - Sec. 54.236. STREET OR SECURITY LIGHTING. (a) Subject to the...
Section 54.237. Enforcement of Real Property Restrictions - Sec. 54.237. ENFORCEMENT OF REAL PROPERTY RESTRICTIONS. (a) As used...
Section 54.238. Definitions - Sec. 54.238. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Developer" means a...
Section 54.239. Appeal to the Commission of Decision of Board Regarding Facilities - Sec. 54.239. APPEAL TO THE COMMISSION OF DECISION OF BOARD...
Section 54.240. Notice - Sec. 54.240. NOTICE. The commission shall give notice of the...
Section 54.241. Action on the Petition - Sec. 54.241. ACTION ON THE PETITION. (a) After notice and...
Section 54.242. Street Repair or Maintenance - Sec. 54.242. STREET REPAIR OR MAINTENANCE. A district created by...
Section 54.243. Disposition of Impact Fees - Sec. 54.243. DISPOSITION OF IMPACT FEES. A district that charges...
Subchapter F. Issuance of Bonds
Section 54.501. Issuance of Bonds - Sec. 54.501. ISSUANCE OF BONDS. The district may issue its...
Section 54.502. Form of Bonds - Sec. 54.502. FORM OF BONDS. (a) A district may issue...
Section 54.503. Manner of Repayment of Bonds - Sec. 54.503. MANNER OF REPAYMENT OF BONDS. The board may...
Section 54.504. Additional Security for Bonds - Sec. 54.504. ADDITIONAL SECURITY FOR BONDS. (a) The bonds, within...
Section 54.505. Election on Tax Bonds - Sec. 54.505. ELECTION ON TAX BONDS. Bonds payable solely from...
Section 54.507. Notice of Bond Election - Sec. 54.507. NOTICE OF BOND ELECTION. (a) Repealed by Acts...
Section 54.510. Provisions of Bonds - Sec. 54.510. PROVISIONS OF BONDS. (a) In the orders or...
Section 54.512. Sale or Exchange of Bonds - Sec. 54.512. SALE OR EXCHANGE OF BONDS. (a) The board...
Section 54.514. Refunding Bonds - Sec. 54.514. REFUNDING BONDS. (a) A district may issue bonds...
Section 54.5161. Review of Bond Projects by Counties - Sec. 54.5161. REVIEW OF BOND PROJECTS BY COUNTIES. (a) Before...
Section 54.518. Mandamus by Bondholders - Sec. 54.518. MANDAMUS BY BONDHOLDERS. In addition to all other...
Section 54.520. Cancellation of Unsold Bonds - Sec. 54.520. CANCELLATION OF UNSOLD BONDS. (a) The board, by...
Section 54.521. Use of Bond Proceeds to Pay Certain Interest - Sec. 54.521. USE OF BOND PROCEEDS TO PAY CERTAIN INTEREST....
Section 54.522. Bonds for Street Repair or Maintenance - Sec. 54.522. BONDS FOR STREET REPAIR OR MAINTENANCE. (a) The...
Subchapter G. Taxes
Section 54.601. Tax Levy for Bonds - Sec. 54.601. TAX LEVY FOR BONDS. At the time bonds...
Section 54.602. Establishment of Tax Rate in Each Year - Sec. 54.602. ESTABLISHMENT OF TAX RATE IN EACH YEAR. (a)...
Section 54.603. Mandamus by Bondholders - Sec. 54.603. MANDAMUS BY BONDHOLDERS. In the event the board...
Section 54.604. Assessment and Collection of District Taxes - Sec. 54.604. ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF DISTRICT TAXES. The assessor...
Subchapter H. Adding and Excluding Territory; Consolidating and Dissolving Districts
Section 54.728. Consolidation of Districts - Sec. 54.728. CONSOLIDATION OF DISTRICTS. Two or more districts governed...
Section 54.729. Elections to Approve Consolidation - Sec. 54.729. ELECTIONS TO APPROVE CONSOLIDATION. (a) After the board...
Section 54.730. Governing Consolidated Districts - Sec. 54.730. GOVERNING CONSOLIDATED DISTRICTS. (a) After two or more...
Section 54.731. Debts of Original Districts - Sec. 54.731. DEBTS OF ORIGINAL DISTRICTS. (a) After two or...
Section 54.732. Assessment and Collection of Taxes - Sec. 54.732. ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF TAXES. After consolidation, the...
Section 54.733. Voted but Unissued Bonds - Sec. 54.733. VOTED BUT UNISSUED BONDS. In the event any...
Section 54.734. Dissolution of District Prior to Issuance of Bonds - Sec. 54.734. DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF BONDS....
Section 54.735. Notice of Hearing - Sec. 54.735. NOTICE OF HEARING. The board shall post notice...
Section 54.736. Hearing - Sec. 54.736. HEARING. The board shall hear all interested persons...
Section 54.737. Board's Order to Dissolve District - Sec. 54.737. BOARD'S ORDER TO DISSOLVE DISTRICT. If the board...
Section 54.738. Judicial Review of Board's Order - Sec. 54.738. JUDICIAL REVIEW OF BOARD'S ORDER. The board's decree...
Section 54.739. Substituting Land of Equal Value - Sec. 54.739. SUBSTITUTING LAND OF EQUAL VALUE. After the district...
Section 54.740. Requisites for Application for Exclusion - Sec. 54.740. REQUISITES FOR APPLICATION FOR EXCLUSION. An owner of...
Section 54.741. Inclusion of Substitute Land Required - Sec. 54.741. INCLUSION OF SUBSTITUTE LAND REQUIRED. An application for...
Section 54.742. Application for Inclusion - Sec. 54.742. APPLICATION FOR INCLUSION. The application submitted by an...
Section 54.743. Notice of Hearing and Hearing Procedures - Sec. 54.743. NOTICE OF HEARING AND HEARING PROCEDURES. The board...
Section 54.744. Impairment of Security - Sec. 54.744. IMPAIRMENT OF SECURITY. (a) For purposes of the...
Section 54.745. Board's Resolution to Substitute - Sec. 54.745. BOARD'S RESOLUTION TO SUBSTITUTE. If the board finds...
Section 54.746. Liability of Excluded and Included Land - Sec. 54.746. LIABILITY OF EXCLUDED AND INCLUDED LAND. The land...
Section 54.747. Service to Included Land - Sec. 54.747. SERVICE TO INCLUDED LAND. The district has the...
Section 54.748. Exclusion of Land for Failure to Provide Sufficient Services; Bonds Outstanding - Sec. 54.748. EXCLUSION OF LAND FOR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT...
Section 54.749. Tax Liability of Excluded Land; Bonds Outstanding - Sec. 54.749. TAX LIABILITY OF EXCLUDED LAND; BONDS OUTSTANDING. (a)...
Subchapter J. Services for Certain Defined Areas and Designated Property
Section 54.801. Authority to Establish Defined Areas or Designated Property - Sec. 54.801. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH DEFINED AREAS OR DESIGNATED PROPERTY....
Section 54.802. Defining Area and Designating Property to Be Benefited by Improvements - Sec. 54.802. DEFINING AREA AND DESIGNATING PROPERTY TO BE BENEFITED...
Section 54.804. Order Adopting Plans for Defined Area or Designated Property - Sec. 54.804. ORDER ADOPTING PLANS FOR DEFINED AREA OR DESIGNATED...
Section 54.805. Obtaining Funds to Construct, Administer, Maintain, and Operate Improvements and Facilities in Defined Areas or Designated Property - Sec. 54.805. OBTAINING FUNDS TO CONSTRUCT, ADMINISTER, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE...
Section 54.806. Procedure for Election - Sec. 54.806. PROCEDURE FOR ELECTION. (a) Before bonds may be...
Section 54.809. Issuance of Bonds and Imposition of Tax for Defined Area or Designated Property - Sec. 54.809. ISSUANCE OF BONDS AND IMPOSITION OF TAX FOR...
Section 54.810. Limitation on Other Bond Authorizations - Sec. 54.810. LIMITATION ON OTHER BOND AUTHORIZATIONS. If the voters...
Section 54.811. Pledge of Faith and Credit - Sec. 54.811. PLEDGE OF FAITH AND CREDIT. If at an...
Section 54.812. Notice to Purchasers - Sec. 54.812. NOTICE TO PURCHASERS. (a) A person who sells...
Section 54.813. Municipality's Authority Regarding Defined Area - Sec. 54.813. MUNICIPALITY'S AUTHORITY REGARDING DEFINED AREA. (a) This section...