CHAPTER 8848. LONE WOLF GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT - Texas Statutes

SPECIAL DISTRICT LOCAL LAWS CODE

TITLE 6. WATER AND WASTEWATER

SUBTITLE H. DISTRICTS GOVERNING GROUNDWATER

CHAPTER 8848. LONE WOLF GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT

Text of effective on April 01, 2011

SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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Sec. 8848.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:

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

(2) "Director" means a board member.

(3) "District" means the Lone Wolf Groundwater Conservation

District.

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

1139, Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2011.

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Sec. 8848.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a

groundwater conservation district created under and essential to

accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas

Constitution.

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

1139, Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2011.

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Sec. 8848.003. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC USE AND BENEFIT. (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 works and projects accomplished by the district

under the powers conferred by Section 59, Article XVI, Texas

Constitution.

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

1139, Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2011.

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Sec. 8848.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY. The district's boundaries

are coextensive with the boundaries of Mitchell County unless the

district's territory has been modified under:

(1) Subchapter J, Chapter 36, Water Code; or

(2) other law.

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

1139, Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2011.

SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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Sec. 8848.051. COMPOSITION OF BOARD; TERMS. (a) The district

is governed by a board of five directors.

(b) Directors serve staggered four-year terms.

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

1139, Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2011.

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Sec. 8848.052. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS. (a) Directors are

elected according to the commissioners precinct method as

provided by this section.

(b) One director is elected by the voters of the entire

district. One director is elected from each county commissioners

precinct by the voters of that precinct.

(c) A person shall indicate on the application for a place on

the ballot:

(1) the precinct that the person seeks to represent; or

(2) that the person seeks to represent the district at large.

(d) When the boundaries of the county commissioners precincts

are changed, each director in office on the effective date of the

change or elected to a term of office beginning on or after the

effective date of the change serves in the precinct to which the

director was elected for the entire term to which the director

was elected, even though the change in boundaries places the

person's residence outside the precinct for which the person was

elected.

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

1139, Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2011.

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Sec. 8848.053. ELECTION DATE. On the uniform election date in

May of each even-numbered year, the appropriate number of

directors shall be elected.

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

1139, Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2011.

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Sec. 8848.054. ELIGIBILITY. (a) To be eligible to be a

candidate for or to serve as director at large, a person must be

a registered voter in the district.

(b) To be eligible to be a candidate for or to serve as director

from a county commissioners precinct, a person must be a

registered voter of that precinct, except as provided by Section

8848.052(d).

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

1139, Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2011.

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Sec. 8848.055. COMPENSATION. A director is not entitled to fees

of office.

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

1139, Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2011.

SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES

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Sec. 8848.101. GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT POWERS AND

DUTIES. The district has the rights, powers, privileges,

functions, and duties provided by the general law of this state,

including Chapter 36, Water Code, applicable to groundwater

conservation districts created under Section 59, Article XVI,

Texas Constitution.

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

1139, Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2011.

SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

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Sec. 8848.151. LIMITATION ON TAX RATE FOR DEBT. The district

may impose an ad valorem tax at a rate not to exceed 20 cents for

each $100 of assessed valuation to pay any part of the bonds or

notes issued by the district if a majority of the voters approve:

(1) the authority to impose the tax at the confirmation

election; or

(2) that authority at a separate election called for that

purpose by the board.

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

1139, Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2011.