CHAPTER 8123. PARKER CREEK MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT OF ROCKWALL COUNTY - Texas Statutes

SPECIAL DISTRICT LOCAL LAWS CODE

TITLE 6. WATER AND WASTEWATER

SUBTITLE F. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICTS

CHAPTER 8123. PARKER CREEK MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT

OF ROCKWALL COUNTY

SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 8123.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the board of directors of the district.

(2) "District" means the Parker Creek Municipal Utility District

of Rockwall County.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch.

902, Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.

Sec. 8123.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a municipal

utility district in Rockwall County created under and essential

to accomplish the purposes of Section 52, Article III, and

Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch.

902, Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.

Sec. 8123.003. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.

The district has the powers and duties provided by the general

law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code,

applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section

59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch.

902, Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.

SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES

Sec. 8123.102. ROAD PROJECTS. (a) The district may construct,

acquire, improve, maintain, or operate paved roads and

enhancements or improvements to those roads in or adjacent to the

district.

(b) A road project authorized by this section must meet or

exceed all applicable construction standards mutually agreed upon

by the district and any municipality in whose corporate

boundaries or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is

located.

(c) The district may contract for a road project in the manner

provided by Subchapter I, Chapter 49, Water Code.

(d) The district may not undertake a road project unless each

municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial

jurisdiction the district is located consents by ordinance or

resolution. If the district is located outside the

extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the district may

not undertake a road project unless each county in which the

district is located consents by ordinance or resolution.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch.

902, Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.

Amended by:

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch.

1349, Sec. 2, eff. June 15, 2007.

SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL POWERS

Sec. 8123.151. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.

(a) The district may issue bonds in accordance with Chapters 49

and 54, Water Code, and to finance the construction, operation,

or maintenance of a project under Section 8123.102.

(b) District bonds or other obligations are payable wholly or

partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, grants, other

district money, or any combination of those sources of money.

(c) The district may not issue bonds or other obligations

secured wholly or partly by ad valorem taxation to finance

projects authorized by Section 8123.102 unless the issuance is

approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of district voters

voting at an election called for that purpose.

(d) Bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance

projects authorized by Section 8123.102 may not exceed one-fourth

of the assessed value of the real property in the district.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch.

902, Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.

Amended by:

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch.

1349, Sec. 3, eff. June 15, 2007.

Sec. 8123.152. TAX TO REPAY BONDS. The district may impose a

tax to pay the principal of and interest on bonds issued under

Section 8123.151.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch.

902, Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.

Amended by:

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch.

1349, Sec. 4, eff. June 15, 2007.

Sec. 8123.153. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX. The district may

impose a tax for any district operation and maintenance purpose

in the manner provided by Section 49.107, Water Code.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch.

902, Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.

Amended by:

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch.

1349, Sec. 5, eff. June 15, 2007.