CHAPTER 9025. TALLEY RANCH WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 1 OF DENTON COUNTY - Texas Statutes

SPECIAL DISTRICT LOCAL LAWS CODE

TITLE 6. WATER AND WASTEWATER

SUBTITLE I. WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS

CHAPTER 9025. TALLEY RANCH WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT

DISTRICT NO. 1 OF DENTON COUNTY

SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 9025.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "district" means

the Talley Ranch Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 of

Denton County.

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

967, Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.

Sec. 9025.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a water

control and improvement district in Denton County created under

and essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article

XVI, Texas Constitution.

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

967, Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.

Sec. 9025.003. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW. Except as otherwise

provided by this chapter, the following laws apply to the

district:

(1) Chapters 49 and 51, Water Code; and

(2) Section 52(b)(3), Article III, Texas Constitution.

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

967, Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.

SUBCHAPTER B. POWERS AND DUTIES

Sec. 9025.051. ROAD PROJECTS. (a) The district may construct,

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

paved roads, or improvements in aid of those roads, inside the

district.

(b) A road project must meet all applicable construction

standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulatory

ordinances of the municipality in whose corporate limits or

extraterritorial jurisdiction 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 ordinance or

resolution.

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

967, Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.

Sec. 9025.052. COMPLIANCE WITH COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES OR

RESOLUTIONS RELATING TO ROAD PROJECTS. The district shall comply

with all applicable requirements relating to projects authorized

by Section 9025.051 of any ordinance or resolution adopted by the

governing body of:

(1) a county in which the district is located for a project in

the unincorporated area of the county; or

(2) a municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial

jurisdiction the district is located for a project in the

corporate limits or the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the

municipality.

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

967, Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.

SUBCHAPTER C. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 9025.101. TAX TO REPAY BONDS. The district may impose a

tax to pay the principal of and interest on bonds issued for a

project under Section 9025.051.

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

967, Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.

SUBCHAPTER D. BONDS

Sec. 9025.151. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.

(a) The district may issue bonds or other obligations as

provided by Chapters 49 and 51, Water Code, to finance the

construction, maintenance, or operation of projects under Section

9025.051.

(b) The district may not issue bonds authorized for a project

under Section 9025.051 unless the issuance is approved by a vote

of a two-thirds majority of the voters of the district voting at

an election called for that purpose.

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

projects authorized by Section 9025.051 may not exceed one-fourth

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

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

967, Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.