CHAPTER 8243. LANNIUS MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT - Texas Statutes

SPECIAL DISTRICT LOCAL LAWS CODE

TITLE 6. WATER AND WASTEWATER

SUBTITLE F. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICTS

CHAPTER 8243. LANNIUS MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT

Text of effective on April 01, 2011

SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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Sec. 8243.001. 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 Lannius 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. 8243.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a

conservation and reclamation district in Fannin 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. 8243.003. 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. 8243.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The district is

composed of the territory described by Section 2, Chapter 620,

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.

SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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Sec. 8243.051. 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

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Sec. 8243.101. 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.

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Sec. 8243.102. WATER AND SEWER SYSTEMS. The district may:

(1) acquire an existing water system that serves all or part of

the district territory; or

(2) enter into a contract with the owner of a system described

by Subdivision (1) under which the owner agrees:

(A) to operate and maintain all or part of the district's

facilities;

(B) to provide billing for utility service supplied by district

facilities;

(C) not to provide water service to a customer who is subject to

the sanitary sewer service supplied by district facilities but

who has not paid for that sewer service; and

(D) to any other agreement required to assure adequate

maintenance of district facilities and provide money to pay

district obligations.

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

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