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TX Loc Govt Code § 375.305 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 12 - Planning and Development|Subtitle A - Municipal Planning and Development|Chapter 375 - Municipal Management Districts in General|Subchapter O. Defense Adjustment Management Authority|Section 375.305. Hearing on Creation of Authority

Sec. 375.305.  HEARING ON CREATION OF AUTHORITY.  (a)  Not earlier than the 60th day or later than the 30th day before the date the governing body of the municipality creates the authority, the governing body of the municipality shall hold two public hearings to consider the creation of the proposed authority.  The municipality must publish notice of each public hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the area of the proposed authority at least seven days before each public hearing.(b)  The notice required by Subsection (a) must state:(1)  the name of the proposed authority;(2)  the date, time, and place for the public hearing;(3)  the boundaries of the proposed authority, including a map of the proposed authority; and(4)  the powers of the proposed authority, including the power to levy assessments and to impose a sales and use tax.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 961, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 334 (S.B. 1105), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2005.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 375.306 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 12 - Planning and Development|Subtitle A - Municipal Planning and Development|Chapter 375 - Municipal Management Districts in General|Subchapter O. Defense Adjustment Management Authority|Section 375.306. Board of Directors

Sec. 375.306.  BOARD OF DIRECTORS.  (a)  The board consists of 11 directors.(b)  The municipality shall appoint four members of the board.(c)  The county in which the municipality is primarily located shall appoint four members of the board.(d)  School districts whose boundaries overlap with an authority by 5,000 or more acres shall collectively appoint three members of the board.(e)  Except for the presiding officer, directors are appointed for terms of two years.  Terms of directors may be staggered, and directors may serve successive terms.(f)  A vacancy on the board is filled for the unexpired term by the governing body of the entity that appointed the director who served in the vacant position.(g)  The mayor of the municipality and the county judge of the county in which the authority is primarily located shall, alternately, appoint one director to serve as presiding officer, with the first appointment to be made by the mayor of the municipality.  The presiding officers shall serve for a term of four years beginning on January 1 of the year following the appointment.  The board may elect an assistant presiding officer to preside in the absence of the presiding officer or when there is a vacancy in that office.  The board may elect other officers as it considers appropriate.(h)  Sections 375.061, 375.063, 375.066, and 375.068 and the limitations of Section 375.072(c) do not apply to this subchapter.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 961, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 334 (S.B. 1105), Sec. 3, eff. June 17, 2005.Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 663 (S.B. 1493), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 375.307 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 12 - Planning and Development|Subtitle A - Municipal Planning and Development|Chapter 375 - Municipal Management Districts in General|Subchapter O. Defense Adjustment Management Authority|Section 375.307. Qualifications of Directors

Sec. 375.307.  QUALIFICATIONS OF DIRECTORS.  (a)  At least three directors appointed by the municipality and at least three directors appointed by the county must:(1)  reside in the authority; or(2)  own property in the authority.(b)  Representatives or agents of a school district whose boundaries overlap with an authority or of an institution of higher education that operates facilities within an authority may serve on the board.(c)  To be qualified to serve as a director appointed by the municipality or the county, a person who does not meet the qualifications of Subsection (a) must be:(1)  an owner of stock, whether beneficial or otherwise, of a corporate owner of property in the authority;(2)  an owner of a beneficial interest in a trust that owns property in the authority; or(3)  an agent, employee, or tenant of a person who:(A)  owns property in the authority; or(B)  is covered by Subdivision (1) or (2).|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 961, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 663 (S.B. 1493), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2011.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 375.308 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 12 - Planning and Development|Subtitle A - Municipal Planning and Development|Chapter 375 - Municipal Management Districts in General|Subchapter O. Defense Adjustment Management Authority|Section 375.308. Powers of the Authority; Municipality

Sec. 375.308.  POWERS OF THE AUTHORITY;  MUNICIPALITY.  (a)  An authority:(1)  may plan, design, implement, develop, construct, and finance eligible projects as defined in this subchapter;  and(2)  has the powers of a municipality under Chapter 378, as added by Chapter 1221, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, and Chapter 380.(b)  An authority may not:(1)  issue bonds or notes without the prior approval of the governing body of the municipality that created the authority;(2)  seek a charter for or operate, within the boundaries of the authority, an open-enrollment charter school authorized by Subchapter D, Chapter 12, Education Code;  or(3)  levy ad valorem property taxes.(c)  A municipality may not seek a charter for or operate an open-enrollment charter school authorized by Subchapter D, Chapter 12, Education Code, within the boundaries of the authority.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 961, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 375.3085 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 12 - Planning and Development|Subtitle A - Municipal Planning and Development|Chapter 375 - Municipal Management Districts in General|Subchapter O. Defense Adjustment Management Authority|Section 375.3085. Annexation or Disannexation

Sec. 375.3085.  ANNEXATION OR DISANNEXATION.  (a)  The board may vote to annex or disannex territory to an authority.(b)  Not earlier than the 60th or later than the 30th day before the date the board votes on the annexation or disannexation, the board shall hold two public hearings to consider the annexation or disannexation.  The board must publish notice of each public hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the area of the proposed annexed or disannexed territory at least seven days before each public hearing.(c)  The notice must state:(1)  the date, time, and place for the public hearing; and(2)  the amended boundaries of the authority, including a map of the proposed annexation or disannexation of territory in the authority.(d)  If the board approves the proposed annexation or disannexation, the board shall submit the action to the governing body of the municipality for approval.  The annexation or disannexation takes effect on the date the governing body of the municipality approves the annexation or disannexation by ordinance.(e)  Section 375.043 does not apply to the authority.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 334 (S.B. 1105), Sec. 4, eff. June 17, 2005.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 375.309 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 12 - Planning and Development|Subtitle A - Municipal Planning and Development|Chapter 375 - Municipal Management Districts in General|Subchapter O. Defense Adjustment Management Authority|Section 375.309. Municipal Annexation of Area in an Authority

Sec. 375.309.  MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION OF AREA IN AN AUTHORITY.  (a)  A municipality that creates an authority under this subchapter may annex all or part of the territory located in the authority under Chapter 43.(b)  Annexation of territory located in the authority does not affect the operation of the authority.(c)  Creation of an authority does not:(1)  affect the power of the municipality to designate all or part of an area in the authority as an industrial authority;(2)  limit a power of the municipality conferred by Chapter 42;  or(3)  impose a duty on or affect the power of the municipality to provide municipal services to any area in the municipality or its extraterritorial jurisdiction that is in the authority.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 961, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 375.310 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 12 - Planning and Development|Subtitle A - Municipal Planning and Development|Chapter 375 - Municipal Management Districts in General|Subchapter O. Defense Adjustment Management Authority|Section 375.310. Authority Plan

Sec. 375.310.  AUTHORITY PLAN.  (a)  An authority may only develop or construct public improvements or eligible projects in areas designated in an authority plan approved by the board and the governing body of the municipality that created the authority.(b)  The plan must include the information required for a municipal reinvestment zone under Sections 311.011(b) and (c), Tax Code, for the area of the authority.  For the purposes of applying those sections, the area of the authority affected constitutes a zone.(c)  The authority shall generate the plan based on the economic development needs of the property owners and constituents in the authority.(d)  After approval by the board, the authority shall submit the plan to the municipality for approval.  Before taking action to approve or reject the plan, the municipality shall make a copy of the proposed plan available to the public and hold hearings and publish notice of the hearings in the manner required by Section 375.305.  The notice of the public hearings must state where a copy of the proposed plan is available for inspection.(e)  The board may amend and submit the approved plan to the governing body of the municipality for approval.(f)  Before approving the authority's plan or any amendment, the municipality shall publish notice and hold hearings as required by Subsection (d).|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 961, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 334 (S.B. 1105), Sec. 5, eff. June 17, 2005.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 375.311 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 12 - Planning and Development|Subtitle A - Municipal Planning and Development|Chapter 375 - Municipal Management Districts in General|Subchapter O. Defense Adjustment Management Authority|Section 375.311. Sales and Use Tax

Sec. 375.311.  SALES AND USE TAX.  (a)  An authority may impose a sales and use tax to support or finance public infrastructure projects and eligible projects authorized under this subchapter if the tax is authorized by a majority of the qualified voters of the authority voting at an election held for that purpose in the manner provided by Sections 375.241 and 375.242.(b)  If an authority adopts the tax authorized by Subsection (a), a tax is imposed on the receipts from the sale at retail of taxable items within the authority at the rate approved by the voters.  The rate must be equal to one-eighth, one-fourth, three-eighths, or one-half of one percent.(c)  Chapter 321, Tax Code, governs the imposition, computation, administration, governance, and abolition of a tax imposed under this section.(d)  If any territory in the authority is annexed by the municipality, the municipality's sales and use tax applies in the annexed area.  If the authority's sales and use tax rate, when combined with any other sales and use tax applicable in the authority, exceeds two percent, the authority's sales and use tax is abolished upon annexation.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 961, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 375.312 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 12 - Planning and Development|Subtitle A - Municipal Planning and Development|Chapter 375 - Municipal Management Districts in General|Subchapter O. Defense Adjustment Management Authority|Section 375.312. Zoning and Planning

Sec. 375.312.  ZONING AND PLANNING.  (a)  An authority has the power of a municipality under Chapters 211 and 212 in the area of the authority, including an area of the authority that is in the boundaries of a municipality's limited purpose jurisdiction.  On annexation of an area of the authority for full purposes by a municipality, the authority's power to regulate the area under Chapter 211 or 212 expires.  The authority regains the power in an area if the municipality disannexes the area.(b)  The board may divide the authority into distinct areas as provided by Section 211.005 to accomplish the purposes of this chapter and Chapter 211.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 961, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 334 (S.B. 1105), Sec. 6, eff. June 17, 2005.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 375.313 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 12 - Planning and Development|Subtitle A - Municipal Planning and Development|Chapter 375 - Municipal Management Districts in General|Subchapter O. Defense Adjustment Management Authority|Section 375.313. Regional Development Agreements

Sec. 375.313.  REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS.  (a)  An authority may enter into regional development agreements with its creating municipality, other municipalities, counties, school districts, institutions of higher education, other political subdivisions, and private interests to:(1)  promote and advance long-term economic development in the authority;  or(2)  achieve the purposes for the authority's creation and to implement the powers provided to the authority under this chapter.(b)  An authority, a municipality, a school district whose boundary overlaps with a portion of an authority, or an institution of higher education may enter into an agreement to:(1)  fund improvements to school facilities and teacher compensation of school districts or institutions of higher education in the authority;  and(2)  develop programs provided for in Section 379A.051.(c)  Any agreement entered into with a school district under this section shall be designed in such a way that the school district funding under Title 2, Education Code, shall be not less than the school district would have received had the school district not entered into the agreement.  This provision may be waived by a school district board of trustees by specific action suspending the provisions of this subsection.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 961, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 375.314 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 12 - Planning and Development|Subtitle A - Municipal Planning and Development|Chapter 375 - Municipal Management Districts in General|Subchapter O. Defense Adjustment Management Authority|Section 375.314. Dissolution of the Authority

Sec. 375.314.  DISSOLUTION OF THE AUTHORITY.  (a)  The governing body of the municipality that created an authority under this subchapter may dissolve the authority.(b)  Before dissolution, the municipality shall publish notice and hold public hearings on the proposed dissolution in the manner provided in Section 375.305.(c)  On dissolution, the municipality shall assume the assets, debts, and other obligations of the authority.(d)  Subchapter M does not apply to this subchapter.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 961, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 375.315 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 12 - Planning and Development|Subtitle A - Municipal Planning and Development|Chapter 375 - Municipal Management Districts in General|Subchapter O. Defense Adjustment Management Authority|Section 375.315. Effectiveness Study; Report

Sec. 375.315.  EFFECTIVENESS STUDY; REPORT.  (a)  The board of an authority shall study the effectiveness of the authority.(b)  Not later than December 31 of each even-numbered year, the board of an authority shall report to the legislature on the effectiveness of the authority.  The report must:(1)  compare utility and infrastructure development in:(A)  the authority since the authority's creation; and(B)  areas in the municipality that created the authority that are not in the authority;(2)  identify methods for improving residential, commercial, and industrial development in the authority;(3)  identify limitations and impediments to development in the authority;(4)  identify methods to improve the authority's accountability to property owners in the authority; and(5)  identify any competitive advantage opportunities of the authority.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 663 (S.B. 1493), Sec. 3, eff. June 17, 2011.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 375.351 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 12 - Planning and Development|Subtitle A - Municipal Planning and Development|Chapter 375 - Municipal Management Districts in General|Subchapter P. Consolidation of Districts|Section 375.351. Consolidation of Districts

Sec. 375.351.  CONSOLIDATION OF DISTRICTS.  (a)  Two or more districts may consolidate into one district under this subchapter if none of the districts to be consolidated has issued bonds or notes secured by assessments or ad valorem taxes, or has levied taxes.(b)  To initiate a consolidation, the board of a district shall adopt a resolution proposing a consolidation and deliver a copy of the resolution to the board of each district with which consolidation is proposed.(c)  A consolidation under this subchapter occurs if the board of each involved district adopts a resolution containing the terms and conditions for the consolidation.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1155 (H.B. 3009), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 375.352 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 12 - Planning and Development|Subtitle A - Municipal Planning and Development|Chapter 375 - Municipal Management Districts in General|Subchapter P. Consolidation of Districts|Section 375.352. Terms and Conditions for Consolidation

Sec. 375.352.  TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR CONSOLIDATION.  (a)  The terms and conditions for consolidation must include:(1)  adoption of a name for the consolidated district;(2)  the number and apportionment of directors to serve on the board of the consolidated district;(3)  the effective date of the consolidation;(4)  an agreement on finances for the consolidated district, including disposition of funds, property, and other assets of each district; and(5)  an agreement on governing the districts during the transition period, including selection of officers.(b)  The terms and conditions for consolidation may include any terms or conditions to which the board of each district agrees.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1155 (H.B. 3009), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 375.353 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 12 - Planning and Development|Subtitle A - Municipal Planning and Development|Chapter 375 - Municipal Management Districts in General|Subchapter P. Consolidation of Districts|Section 375.353. Notice and Hearing on Consolidation

Sec. 375.353.  NOTICE AND HEARING ON CONSOLIDATION.  (a)  Each district's board shall publish notice and hold a public hearing in its district regarding the terms and conditions for consolidation of the districts.(b)  Notice of the hearing must be published one time in a newspaper of general circulation in the area of each district at least seven days before the date of the hearing.(c)  After the hearing, the board by resolution may approve the terms and conditions for consolidation and enter an order consolidating the districts.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1155 (H.B. 3009), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 375.354 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 12 - Planning and Development|Subtitle A - Municipal Planning and Development|Chapter 375 - Municipal Management Districts in General|Subchapter P. Consolidation of Districts|Section 375.354. Governing Consolidated Districts

Sec. 375.354.  GOVERNING CONSOLIDATED DISTRICTS.  (a)  After two or more districts are consolidated, they become one district and are governed as one district.(b)  During the transition period, the officers of each district shall continue to act jointly as officers of the original districts to settle the affairs of their respective districts.(c)  The consolidated district may exercise the powers of the districts being consolidate within the respective boundaries of the original districts.  For land annexed into the consolidated district, the consolidated district may exercise any of the powers of the original districts.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1155 (H.B. 3009), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 375.355 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 12 - Planning and Development|Subtitle A - Municipal Planning and Development|Chapter 375 - Municipal Management Districts in General|Subchapter P. Consolidation of Districts|Section 375.355. Debts of Original Districts

Sec. 375.355.  DEBTS OF ORIGINAL DISTRICTS.  (a)  After two or more districts are consolidated, the consolidated district shall protect the debts of the original districts and shall assure that the debts are not impaired.  If the consolidated district has taxing authority, the debts may be paid by taxes levied on the land in the original districts as if they had not consolidated or from contributions from the consolidated district on terms stated in the consolidation agreement.(b)  If the consolidated district has taxing authority and assumes the bonds, notes, and other obligations of the original districts, taxes may be levied uniformly on all taxable property within the consolidated district to pay the debts.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1155 (H.B. 3009), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 375.356 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 12 - Planning and Development|Subtitle A - Municipal Planning and Development|Chapter 375 - Municipal Management Districts in General|Subchapter P. Consolidation of Districts|Section 375.356. Assessment and Collection of Taxes

Sec. 375.356.  ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF TAXES.  If the consolidated district has taxing authority, the district shall assess and collect taxes on all property in the district uniformly, for maintenance and operation of the district.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1155 (H.B. 3009), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 375.357 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 12 - Planning and Development|Subtitle A - Municipal Planning and Development|Chapter 375 - Municipal Management Districts in General|Subchapter P. Consolidation of Districts|Section 375.357. Filing of Order With County Clerk and Executive Director

Sec. 375.357.  FILING OF ORDER WITH COUNTY CLERK AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.  A consolidation order issued by the board shall be kept in the records of the consolidated district, recorded in the office of the county clerk in each of the counties in the consolidated district, and filed with the executive director of the commission.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1155 (H.B. 3009), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|