CHAPTER 8230. LUMBERTON MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT - Texas Statutes

SPECIAL DISTRICT LOCAL LAWS CODE

TITLE 6. WATER AND WASTEWATER

SUBTITLE F. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICTS

CHAPTER 8230. LUMBERTON MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT

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SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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Sec. 8230.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:

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

(2) "Director" means a member of the board.

(3) "District" means the Lumberton Municipal Utility District.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch.

1139, Sec. 1.04, eff. April 1, 2011.

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Sec. 8230.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a

conservation and reclamation district in Hardin County created

under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch.

1139, Sec. 1.04, eff. April 1, 2011.

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Sec. 8230.003. 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 boundaries of

the district will benefit from the works and projects

accomplished by the district under the powers conferred by

Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

(c) The creation of the district is essential to accomplish the

purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch.

1139, Sec. 1.04, eff. April 1, 2011.

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Sec. 8230.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The district is

composed of the territory described by Section 2, Chapter 388,

Acts of the 63rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1973, as that

territory may have been modified under:

(1) Subchapter H, Chapter 54, Water Code;

(2) Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code; or

(3) other law.

(b) The boundaries and field notes of the district form a

closure. A mistake in copying the field notes in the legislative

process or another mistake in the field notes does not affect:

(1) the district's organization, existence, or validity;

(2) the district's right to issue any type of bond for a purpose

for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and

interest on the bond;

(3) the district's right to impose a tax; or

(4) the legality or operation of the district or its governing

body.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch.

1139, Sec. 1.04, eff. April 1, 2011.

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Sec. 8230.005. CERTAIN LAWS INAPPLICABLE TO CREATION OF

DISTRICT. The district was created notwithstanding any provision

of Section 212.003, Local Government Code, Chapter 42 or 43,

Local Government Code, or Section 54.016, Water Code, and to the

extent of the creation of the district only, those provisions

shall have no application.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch.

1139, Sec. 1.04, eff. April 1, 2011.

SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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Sec. 8230.051. COMPOSITION OF BOARD. The board of directors is

composed of five elected directors.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch.

1139, Sec. 1.04, eff. April 1, 2011.

SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES

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Sec. 8230.101. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS. The district

has the rights, powers, privileges, and functions conferred and

imposed by general law applicable to a municipal utility district

created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution,

including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch.

1139, Sec. 1.04, eff. April 1, 2011.