81R11052 SJM-F
By: Wentworth S.B. No. 2535
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the creation of the Guadalupe County Development and
Management District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 4, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended by adding Chapter 3887 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 3887. GUADALUPE COUNTY DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 3887.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Board" means the board of directors of the
district.
(2) "District" means the Guadalupe County Development
and Management District.
(3) "County" means Guadalupe County.
(4) "Improvement project" means a program or project
authorized by Section 3887.102, inside or outside the boundaries of
the district.
Sec. 3887.002. CREATION AND NATURE OF DISTRICT. (a) The
district is a special district created under Section 59, Article
XVI, Texas Constitution, with all of the powers granted by this
chapter.
(b) The district is a governmental unit for the purposes of
Chapter 101, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, and operations of
the district are considered to be essential governmental functions
and not proprietary functions for all purposes, including the
application of that chapter.
Sec. 3887.003. PURPOSE; LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS. (a) The
creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of
Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI,
Texas Constitution, and other public purposes stated in this
chapter. By creating the district and in authorizing political
subdivisions to contract with the district, the legislature has
established a program to accomplish the public purposes set out in
Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution.
(b) The creation of the district is necessary to promote,
develop, and protect the environment and the other natural
resources of the state, and to encourage and maintain employment,
commerce, transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts,
entertainment, economic development, safety, and the public
welfare in the district.
(c) This chapter and the creation of the district may not be
interpreted to relieve the county from providing the level of
services provided as of the effective date of the Act enacting this
chapter to the area in the district. The district is created to
supplement and not to supplant county services provided in the
district.
Sec. 3887.004. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE. (a)
The district is created to serve a public use and benefit.
(b) All land and other property included in the district
will benefit from the improvements and services to be provided by
the district under powers conferred by Sections 52 and 52-a,
Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and
other powers granted under this chapter.
(c) The creation of the district is in the public interest
and is essential to further the public purposes of:
(1) developing and diversifying the economy of the
state;
(2) eliminating unemployment and underemployment;
(3) providing quality residential housing;
(4) developing or expanding transportation and
commerce; and
(5) improving and enhancing the environment in and
around the district and in the county.
(d) The district will:
(1) promote the health, safety, and general welfare of
residents, employers, potential employees, employees, visitors,
and consumers in the district, and of the public;
(2) provide needed funding for the district to
preserve, maintain, and enhance the economic health and vitality of
the district territory as a residential community and business
center; and
(3) promote the health, safety, welfare, and enjoyment
of the public by providing pedestrian ways and by landscaping and
developing certain areas in the district, which are necessary for
the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty and
enhancing and improving the environment as an essential natural
resource of the state.
(e) Pedestrian ways along or across a street, whether at
grade or above or below the surface, and street lighting, street
landscaping, vehicle parking, and street art objects are parts of
and necessary components of a street and are considered to be an
improvement project that includes a street or road improvement.
(f) The district will not act as the agent or
instrumentality of any private interest even though the district
will benefit many private interests as well as the public.
Sec. 3887.005. DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The district is
composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act enacting
this chapter, as that territory may have been modified under
Section 3887.107, 3887.202, or other law.
(b) A mistake in the field notes of the district contained
in Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter or in copying the
field notes in the legislative process does not in any way affect:
(1) the district's organization, existence, or
validity;
(2) the district's right to contract, including the
right to issue any type of bond or other obligation for a purpose
for which the district is created;
(3) the district's right to impose or collect an
assessment, tax, or any other revenue; or
(4) the legality or operation of the board.
Sec. 3887.006. ELIGIBILITY FOR INCLUSION IN SPECIAL ZONES.
(a) If all or any part of the district is annexed into a
municipality, any part of the area of the district is eligible to be
included in:
(1) a tax increment reinvestment zone created by the
municipality under Chapter 311, Tax Code;
(2) a tax abatement reinvestment zone created by the
municipality under Chapter 312, Tax Code; or
(3) an enterprise zone created by the municipality
under Chapter 2303, Government Code.
(b) If a municipality creates a tax increment reinvestment
zone described by Subsection (a), the municipality, by contract
with the district, may grant money deposited in the tax increment
fund to the district to be used by the district for the purposes
permitted for money granted to a corporation under Section
380.002(b), Local Government Code, including the right to pledge
the money as security for any bonds issued by the district for an
improvement project.
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SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Sec. 3887.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. The district is
governed by a board of five directors who serve staggered terms of
four years, with two or three directors' terms expiring July 1 of
each odd-numbered year.
Sec. 3887.052. ELECTION DATE. The board shall hold
elections for directors on the uniform election date in May of
odd-numbered years.
Sec. 3887.053. VACANCY. The board of directors shall
appoint a director to fill a vacancy on the board for the remainder
of the unexpired term.
Sec. 3887.054. ELIGIBILITY. (a) To serve as a director, a
person must be at least 18 years old and be:
(1) a resident of the district who is also a registered
voter of the district;
(2) an owner of property in the district;
(3) an owner of stock, whether beneficial or
otherwise, of a corporate owner of property in the district;
(4) an owner of a beneficial interest in a trust that
owns property in the district;
(5) an agent, employee, or tenant of a person covered
by Subdivision (2), (3), or (4); or
(6) an initial director.
(b) Section 49.052, Water Code, does not apply to the
district.
Sec. 3887.055. DIRECTOR'S OATH OR AFFIRMATION. A
director's oath or affirmation of office shall be filed with the
district, and the district shall retain the oath or affirmation in
the district records.
Sec. 3887.056. OFFICERS. The board shall elect from among
the directors a presiding officer, an assistant presiding officer,
and a secretary.
Sec. 3887.057. COMPENSATION, EXPENSES, AND LIABILITY
INSURANCE FOR DIRECTORS. (a) The district may compensate each
director in an amount not to exceed $50 for each board meeting. The
total amount of compensation for one director may not exceed $2,000
annually.
(b) The district shall reimburse directors for necessary
and reasonable expenses incurred in carrying out the duties and
responsibilities of a director.
(c) The district may obtain and pay for comprehensive
general liability insurance coverage from commercial insurance
companies or other sources that protect and insure the directors
against personal liability and from any and all claims for actions
taken as directors or actions and activities taken by the district
or by others acting on the district's behalf.
Sec. 3887.058. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. (a) A director may
participate in all board votes and decisions, subject to the
requirements of this section.
(b) Section 171.004, Local Government Code, does not apply
to the district.
(c) A director who has a substantial interest in a business
or charitable entity that will receive a pecuniary benefit from a
board action shall file an affidavit with the board secretary
declaring the interest. Another affidavit is not required if the
director's interest changes.
(d) After the affidavit is filed, the director may
participate in a discussion or vote if:
(1) a majority of the appointed directors have a
similar interest in the same entity;
(2) all other similar businesses or charitable
entities in the district will receive a similar pecuniary benefit;
or
(3) the appointed director is a property owner in the
district.
Sec. 3887.059. INITIAL DIRECTORS. (a) The initial board
consists of the following directors:
Place No. Name of Initial Director
Place 1 G. Steven White
Place 2 Christopher Turner
Place 3 Holly White Turner
Place 4 Bradley White
Place 5 Jacob White
(b) Of the initial directors, the terms of directors
appointed for places 1 and 2 expire on July 1, 2011, and the terms of
the initial directors appointed for places 3, 4, and 5 expire on
July 1, 2013.
(c) Section 49.052, Water Code, does not apply to initial
directors.
(d) This section expires September 1, 2014.
[Sections 3887.060-3887.100 reserved for expansion]
SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES
Sec. 3887.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) The district
has the duties imposed by this chapter and the powers:
(1) provided by the general laws relating to
conservation and reclamation districts created under Section 59,
Article XVI, Texas Constitution, including Chapters 49 and 54,
Water Code;
(2) provided by the general laws relating to road
districts and road utility districts created under Section 52,
Article III, Texas Constitution, including Chapter 441,
Transportation Code, except that the district may exercise any
power granted by this chapter without regard to any provision or
requirement of or procedure prescribed in Chapter 441,
Transportation Code;
(3) that Subchapter A, Chapter 372, Local Government
Code, provides a municipality or a county;
(4) provided by Chapter 375, Local Government Code;
(5) that Chapter 505, Local Government Code, provides
a corporation created under that chapter; and
(6) that Chapter 1371, Government Code, provides an
issuer.
(b) The district's bonds and other securities, and the
activities and appointment of the board of the district, are not
subject to the jurisdiction or supervision of the Texas Commission
on Environmental Quality under Chapter 49, Water Code, Chapter 375,
Local Government Code, or any other law.
Sec. 3887.102. IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. (a) The district may
provide, or it may enter into contracts with a governmental or
private entity to provide, the following types of improvement
projects or activities in support of or incidental to those
projects:
(1) a supply and distribution facility or system to
provide potable and nonpotable water to the residents and
businesses of the district, including a wastewater collection
facility;
(2) a paved, macadamized, or graveled road, street, or
turnpike, inside and outside the district, to the full extent
authorized by Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution;
(3) the planning, design, construction, improvement,
and maintenance of:
(A) landscaping;
(B) highway right-of-way or transit corridor
beautification and improvement;
(C) lighting, banners, and signs;
(D) a street or sidewalk;
(E) a hiking and cycling path or trail;
(F) a pedestrian walkway, skywalk, crosswalk, or
tunnel;
(G) a park, lake, garden, recreational facility,
community activities center, dock, wharf, sports facility, open
space, scenic area, or related exhibit or preserve;
(H) a fountain, plaza, or pedestrian mall; or
(I) a drainage or storm-water detention
improvement;
(4) protection and improvement of the quality of storm
water that flows through the district;
(5) the planning, design, construction, improvement,
maintenance, and operation of:
(A) a water or sewer facility; or
(B) an off-street parking facility or heliport;
(6) the planning and acquisition of:
(A) public art and sculpture and related exhibits
and facilities; or
(B) an educational facility and a cultural
exhibit or facility;
(7) the planning, design, construction, acquisition,
lease, rental, improvement, maintenance, installation, and
management of and provision of furnishings for a facility for:
(A) a conference, convention, or exhibition;
(B) a manufacturer, consumer, or trade show;
(C) a civic, community, or institutional event;
or
(D) an exhibit, display, attraction, special
event, or seasonal or cultural celebration or holiday;
(8) the removal, razing, demolition, or clearing of
land or improvements in connection with an improvement project;
(9) the acquisition and improvement of land or other
property for the mitigation of the environmental effects of an
improvement project;
(10) the acquisition of property or an interest in
property in connection with an authorized improvement project,
including any project or projects that are authorized by Subchapter
A, Chapter 372, or Chapter 375, Local Government Code;
(11) a special or supplemental service for the
improvement and promotion of the district or an area adjacent to the
district or for the protection of public health and safety or the
environment in or adjacent to the district, including:
(A) advertising;
(B) promotion;
(C) tourism;
(D) health and sanitation;
(E) public safety;
(F) security;
(G) fire protection or emergency medical
services;
(H) business recruitment;
(I) development;
(J) the reduction of automobile traffic volume
and congestion, including the provision, construction, and
operation of light rail or streetcar systems and services; and
(K) recreational, educational, or cultural
improvements, enhancements, and services; or
(12) any similar public improvement, facility, or
service.
(b) The district may not undertake a project under this
section unless the board determines the project to be necessary to
accomplish a public purpose of the district.
(c) The district may not provide, conduct, or authorize any
improvement project on municipal or county streets, highways,
rights-of-way, roads, or easements without the consent of the
governing body of the municipality or county, as applicable.
(d) For the purposes of this section, planning, design,
construction, improvement, and maintenance of a lake includes work
done for drainage, reclamation, or recreation.
Sec. 3887.103. GENERAL POWERS REGARDING CONTRACTS. (a)
The district may:
(1) contract with any public or private person, body,
or entity to accomplish any district purpose, including a contract
for:
(A) the payment, repayment, or reimbursement of
costs incurred by that person on behalf of the district, including
all or part of the costs of an improvement project and interest on
the reimbursed cost; or
(B) the use, occupancy, lease, rental,
operation, maintenance, or management of all or part of a proposed
or existing improvement project; and
(2) apply for and contract with any public or private
person, body, or entity to receive, administer, and perform a duty
or obligation of the district under a federal, state, local, or
private gift, grant, loan, conveyance, transfer, bequest, or other
financial assistance arrangement relating to the investigation,
planning, analysis, study, design, acquisition, construction,
improvement, completion, implementation, or operation by the
district or others of a proposed or existing improvement project.
(b) A contract the district enters into to carry out a
purpose of this chapter may be on any terms and for any period the
board determines, including a negotiable or nonnegotiable note or
warrant payable to any other person.
(c) Any person, including but not limited to the county, may
contract with the district to carry out the purposes of this chapter
without further statutory or other authorization.
Sec. 3887.104. RULES; ENFORCEMENT. (a) The district may
adopt rules:
(1) to administer or operate the district;
(2) for the use, enjoyment, availability, protection,
security, and maintenance of the district's property and
facilities; or
(3) to provide for public safety and security in the
district.
(b) The district may enforce its rules by injunctive relief.
(c) To the extent a district rule conflicts with a county
rule, order, or regulation, the county rule, order, or regulation
controls.
Sec. 3887.105. NAME CHANGE. The board by resolution may
change the district's name. The board shall give written notice of
the change to the county and any municipality in which the district
is wholly or partly located.
Sec. 3887.106. USE OF ROADWAY, PARK, OR OTHER PUBLIC AREA OR
FACILITY OF DISTRICT. (a) The board by rule may regulate the
private use of a public roadway, open space, park, sidewalk, or
similar public area or facility in the district. To the extent the
district rules conflict with a rule, order, or regulation of the
county or of a municipality in which the district is wholly or
partly located, the rule, order, or regulation of the county or
municipality controls. A rule may provide for the safe and orderly
use of public roadways, open spaces, parks, sidewalks, and similar
public areas or facilities in the district.
(b) The board may require a permit for a parade,
demonstration, celebration, entertainment event, or similar
nongovernmental activity in or on a public roadway, open space,
park, sidewalk, or similar public area or facility that is owned by
the district. The board may charge a fee for the permit application
or for public safety or security services for such facilities in an
amount the board considers necessary.
(c) The board may require a permit or franchise agreement
with a vendor, concessionaire, exhibitor, or similar private or
commercial person or organization for the limited use of the area or
facility owned by the district on terms and on payment of a permit
or franchise fee the board may impose.
Sec. 3887.107. ADDING OR REMOVING TERRITORY. (a) The board
may add or remove territory under Subchapter J, Chapter 49, and
Section 54.016, Water Code, except that the addition or removal of
the territory must be approved by the owners of the territory being
added or removed.
(b) A reference to a tax in Subchapter J, Chapter 49, or
Section 54.016, Water Code, means an ad valorem tax.
(c) Territory may not be removed from the district if bonds
or other obligations of the district payable wholly or partly from
ad valorem taxes or assessments levied or assessed on the territory
are outstanding.
Sec. 3887.108. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. The district may
create economic development and other programs pursuant to Section
52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution, including the imposition and
collection of ad valorem taxes for such purposes if approved by the
voters of the district at an election, including the economic
development powers that:
(1) Chapter 380, Local Government Code, provides to a
municipality with a population of more than 100,000; and
(2) Chapter 1509, Government Code, provides to any
municipality.
Sec. 3887.109. TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT; COMPENSATION. The
board may employ and establish the terms of employment and
compensation of an executive director or general manager and any
other district employees the board considers necessary.
Sec. 3887.110. EMINENT DOMAIN. (a) The district may
exercise the power of eminent domain inside district boundaries for
any public purpose.
(b) The district may exercise the power of eminent domain
outside district boundaries only to construct, acquire, operate,
repair, or maintain a water supply line or sanitary sewer line.
(c) The district's power of eminent domain must be exercised
in the manner provided by Chapter 21, Property Code.
Sec. 3887.111. ZONING BY COUNTY. If requested by the
district to exercise zoning powers, the county may exercise, solely
in the district boundaries, the zoning powers granted to counties
in Subchapter E, Chapter 231, Local Government Code, without
holding the election required by Section 231.075, Local Government
Code.
[Sections 3887.112-3887.150 reserved for expansion]
SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 3887.151. GENERAL POWERS REGARDING FINANCIAL MATTERS.
Except as provided in an agreement executed pursuant to Section
3887.160, the district may:
(1) impose an ad valorem tax on all taxable property in
the district, including industrial, commercial, and residential
property, to pay for an improvement project of the types authorized
by Section 52, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas
Constitution, and to secure the payment of bonds issued for such
purposes;
(2) impose an assessment on property in the district
to pay the cost or the cost of maintenance of any authorized
district improvement in the manner provided for:
(A) a district under Subchapters A, E, and F,
Chapter 375, Local Government Code; or
(B) a municipality or county under Subchapter A,
Chapter 372, Local Government Code;
(3) provide or secure the payment or repayment of any
bond, note, or other temporary or permanent obligation or
reimbursement or other contract with any person, and the costs and
expenses of the establishment, administration, and operation of the
district and the district's costs or share of the costs or revenue
of an improvement project or district contractual obligation or
indebtedness by or through:
(A) the imposition of an ad valorem tax or an
assessment, user fee, concession fee, or rental charge; or
(B) any other revenue or resources of the
district, or other revenues, including revenues from a tax
increment reinvestment zone created by a municipality in which all
or a portion of the territory of the district has been annexed;
(4) establish user charges related to the operation of
storm-water facilities, including the regulation of storm water for
the protection of water quality in the district;
(5) establish user charges for the use of potable and
nonpotable water of the district;
(6) undertake separately or jointly with other
persons, including a municipality or the county, all or part of the
cost of an improvement project, including an improvement project:
(A) for improving, enhancing, and supporting
public safety and security, fire protection and emergency medical
services, and law enforcement in and adjacent to the district; or
(B) that confers a general benefit on the entire
district or a special benefit on a definable part of the district;
and
(7) enter into a tax abatement agreement in accordance
with the general laws of this state authorizing and applicable to
tax abatement agreements by municipalities.
Sec. 3887.152. BORROWING MONEY. The district may borrow
money for a district purpose by issuing or executing bonds, notes,
credit agreements, or other obligations of any kind found by the
board to be necessary or appropriate for a district purpose. The
bond, note, credit agreement, or other obligation must be secured
by and payable from ad valorem taxes, assessments, or any
combination thereof or from other district revenue.
Sec. 3887.153. IMPACT FEES AND ASSESSMENTS; EXEMPTION. (a)
The district may impose an impact fee or assessment on property in
the district, including an impact fee or assessment on residential
or commercial property, only in the manner provided by Subchapter
A, Chapter 372, or Subchapter F, Chapter 375, Local Government
Code, for a municipality, county, or public improvement district,
according to the benefit received by the property.
(b) An impact fee for residential property must be for the
limited purpose of providing capital funding for:
(1) public water and wastewater facilities;
(2) drainage and storm-water facilities; and
(3) streets and alleys.
(c) An assessment, a reassessment, or an assessment
resulting from an addition to or correction of the assessment roll
by the district, penalties and interest on an assessment or
reassessment, an expense of collection, and reasonable attorney's
fees incurred by the district:
(1) are a first and prior lien against the property
assessed; and
(2) are superior to any other lien or claim other than
a lien or claim for county, school district, or municipal ad valorem
taxes.
(d) The lien of an assessment against property runs with the
land. The portion of an assessment payment obligation that has not
yet come due is not eliminated by the foreclosure of an ad valorem
tax lien, and any purchaser of property in a foreclosure of an ad
valorem tax lien takes the property subject to the assessment
payment obligations that have not yet come due and to the lien and
terms of the lien's payment under the applicable assessment
ordinance or order.
(e) The board may make a correction to or deletion from the
assessment roll that does not increase the amount of assessment of
any parcel of land without providing notice and holding a hearing in
the manner required for additional assessments.
(f) The district may not impose an impact fee on the
property, including equipment and facilities, of a public utility
provider in the district.
Sec. 3887.154. RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY NOT EXEMPT. Section
375.161, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district.
Sec. 3887.155. MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION TAX; ELECTION.
(a) The district may impose a tax for maintenance and operation
purposes, including for:
(1) planning, constructing, acquiring, maintaining,
repairing, and operating all improvement projects, including land,
plants, works, facilities, improvements, appliances, and equipment
of the district; and
(2) paying costs of services, engineering and legal
fees, and organization and administrative expenses.
(b) The district may not impose a maintenance and operation
tax unless the tax is approved by a majority of the district voters
voting at an election held for that purpose. The proposition in a
maintenance and operation tax election may be for a specific
maximum rate or for an unlimited rate. If a maximum tax rate is
approved, the board may impose the tax at any rate that does not
exceed the approved rate.
(c) A maintenance and operation tax election may be held at
the same time and in conjunction with any other district election.
The election may be called by a separate election order or as part
of any other election order.
Sec. 3887.156. USE OF SURPLUS MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION
MONEY. If the district has surplus maintenance and operation tax
money that is not needed for the purposes for which it was
collected, the money may be used for any authorized purpose.
Sec. 3887.157. BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS; MUNICIPAL
APPROVAL. (a) Subject to the requirements of Sections 3887.159 and
3887.160, the district by competitive bid or negotiated sale may
issue bonds, notes, or other obligations payable wholly or partly
from ad valorem taxes or from assessments in the manner provided by
Subchapter A, Chapter 372, or Subchapter J, Chapter 375, Local
Government Code.
(b) In exercising the district's borrowing power, the
district may issue a bond or other obligation in the form of a bond,
note, certificate of participation or other instrument evidencing a
proportionate interest in payments to be made by the district, or
any other type of obligation.
(c) In addition to the sources of money described by
Subchapter A, Chapter 372, and Subchapter J, Chapter 375, Local
Government Code, district bonds may be secured and made payable,
wholly or partly, by a pledge of any part of the money the district
receives from system or improvement revenues or from any other
source.
Sec. 3887.158. BOND MATURITY. Bonds may mature not more
than 40 years from their date of issue.
Sec. 3887.159. TAXES FOR BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS. (a)
At the time bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from
ad valorem taxes are issued:
(1) the board shall impose a continuing direct annual
ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, for each year
that all or part of the bonds are outstanding; and
(2) the district annually shall impose an ad valorem
tax on all taxable property in the district in an amount sufficient
to:
(A) pay the interest on the bonds or other
obligations as the interest becomes due;
(B) create a sinking fund for the payment of the
principal of the bonds or other obligations when due or the
redemption price at any earlier required redemption date; and
(C) pay the expenses of imposing the taxes.
(b) Bonds or other obligations that are secured by and
payable from ad valorem taxes may not be issued unless the bonds and
the imposition of the taxes are approved by a majority of the
district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.
(c) The district shall hold an election required by this
section in the manner provided by Chapter 54, Water Code, and the
Election Code.
Sec. 3887.160. DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATING AGREEMENT
REQUIRED TO UNDERTAKE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, IMPOSE TAXES OR
ASSESSMENTS, AND BORROW MONEY, INCLUDING BONDS. (a) After the
district's board of directors is organized, but before the district
may undertake any improvement project, issue bonds, impose taxes,
impose assessments or fees, or borrow money, the district must
negotiate and execute with the county a mutually approved and
accepted development and operating agreement, including any
pre-annexation agreements, and any limitations regarding the plans
and rules for:
(1) the exercise of the powers granted to the district
under this chapter, including the organization, development, and
operation of the district;
(2) the selection and description of improvement
projects that may be undertaken and financed by the district and the
ownership, operation, and maintenance of the improvement projects;
(3) the terms, conditions, methods, means, and amounts
of financing authorized by this chapter that the district may
undertake in providing improvement projects; and
(4) the amounts, methods, and times of reimbursement
to the county for costs and expenses, if any, incurred by the county
with respect to the development and operation of the district and
the financing of improvement projects by the district.
(b) An agreement required by this section may not be
effective until its terms and execution are approved by the board by
order or resolution.
[Sections 3887.161-3887.200 reserved for expansion]
SUBCHAPTER E. DIVISION OF DISTRICT INTO MULTIPLE DISTRICTS
Sec. 3887.201. DIVISION OF DISTRICT; REQUIREMENTS. (a) At
any time before the district acquires debt secured by ad valorem
taxes, the district may be divided into two or more new districts.
(b) A new district created by division of the district must
be at least 50 acres.
(c) A new district created by the division of the district
may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land
outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this
chapter.
(d) The board may consider a proposal to divide the district
on:
(1) a petition of a landowner in the district; or
(2) a motion by the board.
(e) If the board decides to divide the district, the board
shall:
(1) set the terms of the division, including names for
the new districts and a plan for the payment or performance of any
outstanding district obligations; and
(2) prepare a metes and bounds description for each
proposed district.
Sec. 3887.202. ELECTION FOR DIVISION OF DISTRICT. (a)
After the board has complied with Section 3887.201, the board shall
hold an election in the district to determine whether the district
should be divided as proposed.
(b) The board shall give notice of the election not later
than the 35th day before the date of the election. The notice must
state:
(1) the date and location of the election; and
(2) the proposition to be voted on.
(c) If a majority of the votes cast are in favor of the
division:
(1) the district is divided; and
(2) not later than the 30th day after the date of the
election, the district shall provide written notice of the division
to the county.
(d) If a majority of the votes cast are not in favor of the
division, the district is not divided.
Sec. 3887.203. APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS OF NEW DISTRICTS.
(a) Not later than the 90th day after the date of an election in
favor of the division of the district:
(1) the board shall appoint itself as the board of one
of the new districts; and
(2) the board shall appoint five directors having the
qualifications established in Section 3887.054 for each new
district.
(b) Directors appointed under Subsection (a)(1) serve the
staggered terms to which they were elected in the original
district. Two directors appointed under Subsection (a)(2) serve
for two years and three directors serve for four years and until the
appointment of successive directors under Subsection (c).
(c) Succeeding directors of all districts shall be elected
by the respective districts according to the procedure provided by
Section 3887.052.
Sec. 3887.204. CONTINUING POWERS AND OBLIGATIONS OF NEW
DISTRICTS. (a) Each new district may incur and pay debts and has
all powers of the original district created by this chapter.
(b) If the district is divided as provided by this
subchapter, the current obligations and any bond authorizations of
the district are not impaired. Debts shall be paid by revenue or by
taxes or assessments imposed on real property in the district as if
the district had not been divided or by contributions from each new
district as stated in the terms set by the board under Section
3887.201(e).
(c) Any other district obligation is divided pro rata among
the new districts on an acreage basis or on other terms that are
satisfactory to the boards of the new districts.
Sec. 3887.205. CONTRACT AUTHORITY OF NEW DISTRICTS. The
new districts may contract with each other for any matter the boards
of the new districts consider appropriate.
[Sections 3887.206-3887.250 reserved for expansion]
SUBCHAPTER F. DISSOLUTION
Sec. 3887.251. DISSOLUTION BY BOARD ORDER. (a) The board,
with the approval of the county, by order may dissolve the district
or any additional districts created under Subchapter E.
(b) The board may not dissolve a district until:
(1) the district's outstanding indebtedness and all
contractual obligations that are payable from ad valorem taxes or
assessments have been paid, satisfied, or discharged; and
(2) if, at the time of dissolution, the district is not
situated wholly or partly within a municipality, the county agrees
to accept title to all district property and to provide the level of
services provided by the district as of the date of dissolution.
(c) If the district is located wholly or partly within a
municipality, the municipality may dissolve the district by
ordinance at any time after all outstanding debt and contractual
obligations of the district that are payable from ad valorem taxes
have been paid, satisfied, and discharged. If the district has
outstanding debt that is payable from assessments or other district
revenue, other than ad valorem taxes, and the municipality
dissolves the district, the municipality assumes, subject to the
appropriation and availability of funds, the obligations of the
district, including any bonds or other indebtedness payable from
assessments or district revenue other than ad valorem taxes.
(d) If a municipality dissolves the district, the board
shall transfer ownership of all district property to the
municipality.
SECTION 2. The district shall include the following land,
described by metes and bounds as follows:
Being approximately 797.6 acres of land situated in the
Robert Hall Survey, Abstract 11, and the Green DeWitt Survey,
Abstract 157, Guadalupe County, Texas, being all that tract of land
called 391.262 acres, conveyed to S. White Ranches and Properties
Ltd., by deed recorded in Volume 1766, Page 701, Official Records
Guadalupe County, Texas, all that tract of land called 251.468
acres, conveyed to George F. White and wife Beverly J. White, by
deed recorded in Volume 897, Page 545, Official Records Guadalupe
County, Texas, and all that tract of land called 155.5 acres,
conveyed to George F. White Jr. and wife Beverly White, by deed
recorded in Volume 1061, Page 201, Official Records Guadalupe
County, Texas, and being more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at a point at the intersection of the common line of
the Green DeWitt Survey and the Robert Hall Survey and the north
right-of-way line Dowdy Road (County Road 212) for the southernmost
southwest corner of the 251.468 acre tract and the herein described
tract.
Thence, in a northerly direction with the southernmost west line of
the 251.468 acre tract as follows:
N 00 21' 00" W, 534.26 feet to a point for an angle point.
N 01 17 48" W, 480.12 feet to a point for an angle point.
N 01 03' 39" W, 423.21 feet to a point for an angle point.
N 00 42' 10" W, 858.92 feet to a point for an angle point.
N 01 33' 31" W, 1137.48 feet to a point for an angle point.
N 00 12' 02" W, 23.93 feet to a point for the southeast corner
of the 155.5 acre, being an interior corner of the herein described
tract.
Thence, S 89 50' 22" W, 3083.50 feet with the south line of the
155.5 acre tract to a point for the southwest corner of the 155.5
acre tract and the westernmost southwest corner of the herein
described tract.
Thence, N 00 09' 38" W, 2197.22 feet with the west line of the 155.5
acre tract to a point for the northwest corner of the 155.5 acre
tract and the westernmost northwest corner of the herein described
tract,
Thence, N 89 50' 22" E, 1972.99 feet with the north line of the
155.5 acre tract, to a point for the northernmost southwest corner
of the 251.468 acre tract, being an interior corner of the herein
described tract.
Thence, in a northerly direction with the northernmost west line of
the 251.468 acre tract as follows:
N 01 15' 15" W, 267.98 feet to a point for an angle point.
N 01 22' 23" W, 209.16 feet to a point for an angle point.
N 00 39' 59" W, 243.49 feet to a point for the northwest
corner of the 251.468 acre tract and a northwest corner of the
herein described tract.
Thence, in an easterly direction with the north line of the 251.468
acre tract and the easternmost north line of the 391.262 acre tract
as follows:
N 89 14' 29" E, 441.72 feet to a point for an angle point.
N 88 57' 47" E, 637.35 feet to a point for an angle point.
N 88 31' 14" E, 541.94 feet to a point for an angle point.
N 88 40' 46" E, 903.36 feet to a point for an angle point.
N 88 33' 40" E, 300.21 feet to a point for an angle point.
N 88 22' 45" E, 295.62 feet to a point for an interior corner
of the 391.262 acre tract and the herein described tract.
Thence, N 00 32' 11" E, 246.42 feet and N 00 28' 10" E, 193.80 feet
with the northernmost west line of the 391.262 acre tract to a point
for the northernmost northwest corner of the 391.262 acre tract and
the herein described tract.
Thence, in an easterly direction with the northernmost north line
of the 391.262 acre tract as follows:
N 88 55' 39" E, 262.26 feet to a point for an angle point.
N 89 28' 30" E, 637.99 feet to a point for an angle point.
N 89 33' 42" E, 209.00 feet to a point for the northernmost
northeast corner of the 391.262 acre tract and the herein described
tract.
Thence, S 00 33' 33" E, 526.42 feet, and S 00 20' 25" E, 529.32 feet
with the northernmost east line of the 391.262 acre tract to a point
for an interior corner of the 391.262 acre tract and the herein
described tract.
Thence, S 40 41' 11" E, 337.20 feet and S 40 33' 23" E, 487.11 feet
with the northernmost northeast line of the 391.262 acre tract to a
point for an interior corner of the 391.262 acre tract and the
herein described tract.
Thence, in an easterly direction with the easternmost north line of
the 391.262 acre tract as follows:
N 89 23' 38" E, 405.50 feet to a point for an angle point.
N 89 25' 58" E, 858.03 feet to a point for an angle point.
S 62 26' 18" E, 74.61 feet a point for the easternmost
northeast corner of the 391.262 acre tract and the herein described
tract.
Thence, in a southerly direction with the easternmost east line of
the 391.262 acre tract as follows:
S 04 41' 29" W, 1095.75 feet to a point for an angle point.
S 04 36' 26" W, 459.19 feet to a point for an angle point.
S 04 49' 09" W, 843.40 feet to a point for an angle point.
S 05 36' 24" W, 501.16 feet to a point for an angle point.
S 05 23' 25" W, 848.09 feet to a point for an angle point.
S 04 06' 59" W, 703.93 feet to a point for an angle point.
S 13 57' 35" W, 119.70 feet to a point for the easternmost
southeast corner of the 391.262 acre tract and the herein described
tract.
Thence, N 86 05' 25" W, 736.10 feet with the easternmost south line
of the 391.262 acre tract to a point for an interior corner of the
391.262 acre tract and the herein described tract.
Thence, S 19 54' 35" W, 607.70 feet with the southernmost east line
of the 391.262 acre tract to a point in the northeast right-of-way
line Dowdy Road for the southernmost southeast corner of the
391.262 acre tract and the herein described tract.
Thence, in a westerly direction with the northeast, the north and
the northwest right-of-way line Dowdy Road and the southwest, south
and southeast line of the of the 391.262 acre tract and the 251.468
acre tract as follows:
N 70 30' 16" W, 755.54 feet to a point for an angle point.
N 69 05' 26" W, 503.83 feet to a point for an angle point.
N 68 45' 04" W, 353.18 feet to a point for an angle point.
N 77 00' 24" W, 96.51 feet to a point for an angle point.
N 85 04' 56" W, 81.52 feet to a point for an angle point.
S 82 47' 06" W, 100.40 feet to a point for an angle point.
S 76 58' 29" W, 90.59 feet to a point for an angle point.
S 67 51' 26" W, 137.23 feet to a point for an angle point.
S 67 36' 41" W, 287.42 feet to a point for an angle point.
S 67 43' 27" W, 324.71 feet to a point for an angle point.
S 67 19' 49" W, 287.43 feet to a point for an angle point.
S 69 42' 13" W, 271.06 feet to a point for an angle point.
S 61 42' 35" W, 41.74 feet to a point for an angle point.
S 70 10' 31" W, 398.87 feet to a point for an angle point.
S 67 10' 10" W, 72.00 feet to the Place of Beginning and
containing 797.6 acre of land more or less.
SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
Government Code.
(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality.
(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
representatives within the required time.
(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
and accomplished.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.