CHAPTER 8198. HARRIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 402 - Texas Statutes

SPECIAL DISTRICT LOCAL LAWS CODE

TITLE 6. WATER AND WASTEWATER

SUBTITLE F. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICTS

CHAPTER 8198. HARRIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 402

SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 8198.001. DEFINITION. "District" means Harris County

Municipal Utility District No. 402.

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

469, Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.

Sec. 8198.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a municipal

utility district in Harris County created under and essential to

accomplish the purposes of Section 52(b)(3), Article III, or

Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

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

469, Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.

Sec. 8198.003. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW. Except as otherwise

provided by this chapter, Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, apply

to the district.

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

469, Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.

SUBCHAPTER B. POWERS AND DUTIES

Sec. 8198.051. ROAD PROJECTS. (a) The district may construct,

acquire, improve, maintain, or operate macadamized, graveled, or

paved roads or turnpikes, or improvements in aid of those roads

or turnpikes, inside the district.

(b) A road project must meet all applicable construction

standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations

of:

(1) each municipality in whose corporate limits or

extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located; and

(2) each county in which the district is located.

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

municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial

jurisdiction the district is located consents by resolution.

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

469, Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.

Sec. 8198.052. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT RESOLUTIONS.

The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any

resolution, adopted by the governing body of a municipality, that

consented to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of

land in the district.

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

469, Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.

SUBCHAPTER C. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 8198.101. TAX TO REPAY BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS. The

district may impose a tax to pay the principal of or interest on

bonds issued under Section 8198.151.

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

469, Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.

SUBCHAPTER D. BONDS

Sec. 8198.151. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS

FOR ROAD PROJECTS. (a) The district may issue bonds or other

obligations as provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to

finance the construction, maintenance, or operation of projects

under Section 8198.051.

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

secured wholly or partly by ad valorem taxation to finance

projects authorized by Section 8198.051 unless the issuance is

approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the voters in the

district or of the defined areas to be benefited by the project

as provided by Subchapter J, Chapter 54, Water Code, voting at an

election called for that purpose. The simple majority vote

approval required by Section 54.808(a), Water Code, does not

apply to an election under this subsection.

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

projects authorized by Section 8198.051 may not exceed one-fourth

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

defined area as provided by Subchapter J, Chapter 54, Water Code.

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

469, Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.