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TX Water Code § 49.1025 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter D. Election Provisions|Section 49.1025. Qualified Voters in Confirmation Election

Sec. 49.1025.  QUALIFIED VOTERS IN CONFIRMATION ELECTION.  (a)  In this section, "developer of property in the district" has the meaning assigned by Section 49.052(d).(b)  A voter in a confirmation election or an election held jointly with a confirmation election on the same date and in conjunction with the confirmation election to authorize taxes and bonds must be a qualified voter of the district.  For the purposes of an election described by this subsection, a person is not a qualified voter if the person:(1)  on the date of the election:(A)  is a developer of property in the district;(B)  is related within the third degree of affinity or consanguinity to a developer of property in the district;(C)  is an employee of a developer of property in the district; or(D)  has resided in the district less than 30 days; or(2)  received monetary consideration from a developer of property in the district in exchange for the person's vote.(c)  In addition to the procedures for accepting a voter under Section 63.001, Election Code, the election officer shall provide to the voter the form of the affidavit required by this section.  The election officer must receive a completed affidavit before marking the voter as accepted under Section 63.001(e), Election Code.  If the voter does not submit a completed affidavit to the election officer or the information stated on the affidavit demonstrates the voter is not a qualified voter as provided by this section, the voter may be accepted only to vote provisionally under Section 63.011, Election Code.(d)  The district shall submit original or certified copies of voter affidavits to the office of the attorney general in a transcript of the proceedings of the confirmation election.(e)  The office of the attorney general shall prescribe the form of the voter affidavit.(f)  The voter affidavit must require the voter to state under oath:(1)  the address of the voter and that the voter resides in the territory of the district;(2)  the date the voter changed the voter's residence to the address provided under Subdivision (1); and(3)  that the voter, to the best of the voter's knowledge, believes that the voter's registration is effective on the date of the election.(g)  The affidavit must include the following statement:"I am not a developer of property in the district, related within the third degree of affinity or consanguinity to a developer of property in the district, or an employee of a developer of property in the district.  I have not received monetary consideration from a developer of property in the district for my vote in this election."(h)  Compliance with this section or the validity of a voter affidavit may only be challenged in an election contest under Title 14, Election Code.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 848 (H.B. 2358), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2018.|
TX Water Code § 49.103 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter D. Election Provisions|Section 49.103. Terms of Office of Directors

Sec. 49.103.  TERMS OF OFFICE OF DIRECTORS.  (a)  Except as provided by Section 49.102, the members of the board of a district shall serve staggered four-year terms.(b)  Unless a district holds its general election for officers on a date as otherwise provided by statute, after confirmation of a district, an election shall be held on the uniform election date, provided by Section 41.001, Election Code, in May of each even-numbered year to elect the appropriate number of directors.(c)  The permanent directors may assign a position number to each director's office, in which case directors shall thereafter be elected by position and not at large.(d)  A district may provide for the election of all directors, or a majority of directors, from single-member districts, which shall be geographically described within the boundaries of the district in a manner that is equitable for the electors within such districts and within the district generally.(e)  Section 49.002 notwithstanding, in all areas of conflict the provisions of Subsections (a) and (b) shall take precedence over all prior statutory enactments.(f)  This section does not apply to:(1)  any special law district or authority that is not required by the law creating the district or authority to elect its directors by the public;  or(2)  a special utility district operating under Chapter 65.(g)  Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 105, Sec. 32, eff. September 1, 2013.(h)  If authorized by the board in the proceedings calling a director election, the secretary of the board or the secretary's designee, on receipt of the certification required by Section 2.052(b), Election Code, shall post notice that the election is not to be held.  The notice must be posted, on or before the commencement of early voting, at each polling place that would have been used in the election.  If the notice is timely posted:(1)  the board or the board's designee is not required to:(A)  post or publish notice of the election;(B)  prepare or print ballots and election materials;  or(C)  hold early and regular voting;  and(2)  the board shall meet at the earliest practicable time to declare each unopposed candidate elected to office.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1070, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 340, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 2001;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 248, Sec. 9, eff. June 18, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 471 (H.B. 57), Sec. 5, eff. October 1, 2005.Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 91 (S.B. 1303), Sec. 26.006, eff. September 1, 2011.Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 105 (S.B. 902), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2013.Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 105 (S.B. 902), Sec. 32, eff. September 1, 2013.Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 127 (H.B. 999), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Water Code § 49.104 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter D. Election Provisions|Section 49.104. Alternative Election Procedures

Sec. 49.104.  ALTERNATIVE ELECTION PROCEDURES.  (a)  Notwithstanding the provisions and requirements of the Election Code and general laws, any two or more districts situated in the same county and in which substantially all of the land is being or has been developed as part of a single community development plan and which are served by common water supply and waste disposal systems may by mutual agreement designate a common election office and common early and regular polling places within one or more of the districts, but outside the boundaries of one or more of the districts, for the conduct of director election proceedings and early and regular balloting in director elections.  This alternative election procedure may only be used if the common election office and polling places so designated:(1)  are within buildings open to the public;(2)  are within the boundaries of at least one of the districts;(3)  meet the requirements of the Election Code and general laws as polling places;  and(4)  are located not more than five miles from any portion of the boundaries of any of the participating districts.(b)  Such districts may also agree on and designate a common election officer and common early and regular voting officials for some or all of the director elections to be simultaneously conducted at a common location, any of whom may be nonelective employees of one or more of the districts, so long as the early and regular voting officials are qualified voters within at least one of the districts.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 49.1045 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter D. Election Provisions|Section 49.1045. Certification of Election Results in Less Populous Districts

Sec. 49.1045.  CERTIFICATION OF ELECTION RESULTS IN LESS POPULOUS DISTRICTS.  (a)  This section applies only to a district that:(1)  has 10 or fewer registered voters; and(2)  holds an election jointly with a county in which the district is wholly or partly located.(b)  A district may provide for an inquiry into and certification of the voting results of an election under this section if:(1)  the election results indicate that the number of votes cast in the election was greater than the number of registered voters in the district;(2)  the board determines that the election results are likely to be disputed in court; and(3)  the board can determine from the official list of registered voters prepared by the county voter registrar or county elections administrator for the district election which voters were qualified to vote in the district election and can determine from the signature roster from the joint election who voted in the joint election.(c)  To certify the district votes, the board by rule shall adopt a procedure to determine for each person who signed the signature roster as a voter in the joint election:(1)  whether the person's address on the day of the election was in the district; and(2)  how the person voted in the district election.(d)  The certified votes are the official election results.(e)  Certification of the results under this section does not preclude the filing of an election contest.|Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 105 (S.B. 902), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Water Code § 49.105 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter D. Election Provisions|Section 49.105. Vacancies

Sec. 49.105.  VACANCIES.  (a)  Except as otherwise provided in this code, a vacancy on the board and in other offices shall be filled for the unexpired term by appointment of the board not later than the 60th day after the date the vacancy occurs.(b)  If the board has not filled a vacancy by appointment before the 61st day after the date the vacancy occurs, a petition, signed by more than 10 percent of the registered voters of the district, requesting the board to fill the vacancy by appointment may be presented to the board.(c)  If the number of directors is reduced to fewer than a majority or if a vacancy continues beyond the 90th day after the date the vacancy occurs, the vacancy or vacancies may be filled by appointment by the commission if the district is required by Section 49.181 to obtain commission approval of its bonds or by the county commissioners court if the district was created by the county commissioners court, regardless of whether a petition has been presented to the board under Subsection (b).  An appointed director shall serve for the unexpired term of the director he or she is replacing.(d)  In the event of a failure to elect one or more members of the board of a district resulting from the absence of, or failure to vote by, the qualified voters in an election held by the district, the current members of the board or temporary board holding the positions not filled at such election shall be deemed to have been elected and shall serve an additional term of office, or, in the case of a temporary board member deemed elected under this subsection, the initial term of office.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1354, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 105 (S.B. 902), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Water Code § 49.106 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter D. Election Provisions|Section 49.106. Bond Elections

Sec. 49.106.  BOND ELECTIONS.  (a)  Before an election is held to authorize the issuance of bonds, other than refunding bonds, there shall be filed in the office of the district and open to inspection by the public an engineer's report covering the land, improvements, facilities, plants, equipment, and appliances to be purchased or constructed and their estimated cost, together with maps, plats, profiles, and data fully showing and explaining the report.  The engineer's report is not:(1)  part of the proposition or propositions to be voted on;  or(2)  a contract with the voters.(b)  Notice of a bond election shall contain the proposition or propositions to be voted on, which includes the estimate of the probable cost of design, construction, purchase, and acquisition of improvements and additions thereto, and incidental expenses connected with such improvements and the issuance of bonds.(c)  A bond election may be held on the same day as any other district election.  The bond election may be called by a separate election order or as a part of any other election order.  The board may submit multiple purposes in a single proposition at an election.(d)  A bond election may be called as a result of an agreement to annex additional territory into the district.(e)  A district's authorization to issue bonds resulting from an election held under this section, or any other law that allows for the qualified voters of a district to authorize the issuance of bonds by a district, remains in effect after the election unless the district is dissolved or is annexed by another district.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1070, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1423, Sec. 5, eff. June 17, 2001;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 248, Sec. 10, eff. June 18, 2003.|
TX Water Code § 49.109 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter D. Election Provisions|Section 49.109. Agent During Election Period

Sec. 49.109.  AGENT DURING ELECTION PERIOD.  The board may appoint a person, including a district officer, employee, or consultant, to serve as the district's agent under Section 31.123, Election Code.|Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 105 (S.B. 902), Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Water Code § 49.110 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter D. Election Provisions|Section 49.110. Election Judge

Sec. 49.110.  ELECTION JUDGE.  (a)  The notice requirements for the appointment of a presiding election judge under Section 32.009, Election Code, do not apply to an election held by a district.(b)  To serve as an election judge in an election held by a district, a person must be a registered voter of the county in which the district is wholly or partly located.  To the extent of any conflict with Section 32.051, Election Code, this section controls.|Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 105 (S.B. 902), Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Water Code § 49.111 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter D. Election Provisions|Section 49.111. Exemptions From Use of Accessible Voting Systems

Sec. 49.111.  EXEMPTIONS FROM USE OF ACCESSIBLE VOTING SYSTEMS.  (a)  Notwithstanding Sections 61.012 and 61.013, Election Code, a district is exempt from the acquisition, lease, or use of an electronic voting system for an election if:(1)  the election is a confirmation election or an election held jointly with a confirmation election on the same date and in conjunction with the confirmation election, except for an election in which a federal office appears on the ballot;(2)  the most recently scheduled district directors' election was not held, as provided by Section 2.053(b), Election Code; or(3)  fewer than 250 voters voted at the most recently held district directors' election.(b)  A district eligible for the exemption under Subsection (a) must publish notice in a newspaper of general circulation in an area that includes the district or mail notice to each voter in the district regarding the district's intention to hold an election without providing a voting station that meets the requirements for accessibility under 42 U.S.C. Section 15481(a)(3) on election day and during the period for early voting by personal appearance.  The notice must be published or mailed not later than the later of:(1)  the 75th day before the date of the election; or(2)  the date on which the district adopts the order calling the election.(c)  The notice required by Subsection (b) must:(1)  provide that any voter in the district may request the use of a voting station that meets the accessibility requirements for voting by a person with a disability; and(2)  provide information on how to submit such a request.(d)  The district shall comply with a request for an accessible voting station if the request is received not later than the 45th day before the date of the election.|Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 105 (S.B. 902), Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Water Code § 49.112 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter D. Election Provisions|Section 49.112. Cancellation of Election; Removal of Ballot Measure

Sec. 49.112.  CANCELLATION OF ELECTION; REMOVAL OF BALLOT MEASURE.  Before the first day of early voting by personal appearance, the board by order or resolution may cancel an election called at the discretion of the district or may remove from the ballot a measure included at the discretion of the district.  A copy of the order or resolution must be posted during the period for early voting by personal appearance and on election day at each polling place that is used or that would have been used in the election.|Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 105 (S.B. 902), Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Water Code § 49.113 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter D. Election Provisions|Section 49.113. Notice for Filing for Place on Ballot

Sec. 49.113.  NOTICE FOR FILING FOR PLACE ON BALLOT.  A notice required by Section 141.040, Election Code, must be posted at the district's administrative office in the district or at the public place established by the district under Section 49.063 of this chapter not later than the 30th day before the deadline for a candidate to file an application for a place on the ballot of a district directors' election.|Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 105 (S.B. 902), Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Water Code § 49.151 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter E. Fiscal Provisions|Section 49.151. Expenditures

Sec. 49.151.  EXPENDITURES.  (a)  Except as hereinafter provided, a district's money may be disbursed only by check, draft, order, or other instrument that shall be signed by at least a majority of the directors.(b)  The board may by resolution allow the general manager, treasurer, bookkeeper, or other employee of the district to sign disbursements.(c)  The board may allow disbursements of district money to be transferred by federal reserve wire system or by electronic means.  The board by resolution may allow the wire or electronic transfers to accounts in the name of the district or accounts not in the name of the district.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1423, Sec. 8, eff. June 17, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 105 (S.B. 902), Sec. 12, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Water Code § 49.152 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter E. Fiscal Provisions|Section 49.152. Purposes for Borrowing Money

Sec. 49.152.  PURPOSES FOR BORROWING MONEY.  The district may issue bonds, notes, or other obligations to borrow money for any corporate purpose or combination of corporate purposes only in compliance with the methods and procedures provided by this chapter or by other applicable law.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1354, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Water Code § 49.153 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter E. Fiscal Provisions|Section 49.153. Revenue Notes

Sec. 49.153.  REVENUE NOTES.  (a)  The board, without the necessity of an election, may borrow money on negotiable or nonnegotiable notes of the district to be paid solely from the revenues derived from the ownership of all or any designated part of the district's works, plants, improvements, facilities, or equipment after deduction of the reasonable cost of maintaining and operating the facilities.(b)  The notes may be first or subordinate lien notes within the discretion of the board, but no obligation may ever be a charge on the property of the district or on taxes levied or collected by the district but shall be solely a charge on the revenues pledged for the payment of the obligation.  No part of the obligation may ever be paid from taxes levied or collected by the district.(c)  Except as provided by Subsection (e), a district may not execute a note for a term longer than three years unless the commission issues an order approving the note.(d)  This section does not apply to special water authorities.(e)  Subsection (c) does not apply to:(1)  a note issued to and approved by:(A)  the Farmers Home Administration;(B)  the United States Department of Agriculture;(C)  the Texas Water Development Board;(D)  the North American Development Bank; or(E)  a federally chartered instrumentality of the United States authorized under 12 U.S.C. Section 2128(f) to provide financing for water and waste disposal facilities, provided that the district that executes the note is located wholly in a county that:(i)  does not contain a municipality that has a population of more than 750,000; and(ii)  is not adjacent to a county described by Subparagraph (i); or(2)  a district described by Section 49.181(h).|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1070, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 248, Sec. 11, eff. June 18, 2003;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 608, Sec. 7, eff. June 20, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 207 (H.B. 4), Sec. 2.19, eff. September 1, 2013.|