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TX Loc Govt Code § 383.050 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 12 - Planning and Development|Subtitle B - County Planning and Development|Chapter 383 - County Development Districts|Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions; Board of Directors|Section 383.050. Management of District

Sec. 383.050.  MANAGEMENT OF DISTRICT.  (a)  The board has control over and shall manage the affairs of the district and shall employ any person, firm, partnership, or corporation the board considers necessary for conducting the affairs of the district, including engineers, attorneys, financial advisors, a general manager, a utility operator, bookkeepers, auditors, and secretaries.(b)  The board shall determine the term of office and the compensation of any employee and consultant by contract or by resolution of the board.(c)  The board may remove any employee.(d)  The board may require an officer or employer to execute a bond payable to the district and conditioned on the faithful performance of the person's duties.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 23.05, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 383.051 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 12 - Planning and Development|Subtitle B - County Planning and Development|Chapter 383 - County Development Districts|Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions; Board of Directors|Section 383.051. Director Interested in Contract

Sec. 383.051.  DIRECTOR INTERESTED IN CONTRACT.  (a)  A director who is financially interested in a contract with the district or a director who is an employee of a person who or firm that is financially interested in a contract with the district shall disclose that fact to the other directors.  The disclosure shall be entered into the minutes of the meeting.(b)  An interested director may not vote on the acceptance of the contract or participate in the discussion on the contract.(c)  The failure of a director to disclose the director's financial interest in a contract and to have the disclosure entered in the minutes invalidates the contract.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 23.05, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 383.052 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 12 - Planning and Development|Subtitle B - County Planning and Development|Chapter 383 - County Development Districts|Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions; Board of Directors|Section 383.052. District Office

Sec. 383.052.  DISTRICT OFFICE.  The board shall designate and establish a district office in the county.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 995, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Renumbered from Tax Code Sec. 312.625(a) and amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 23.05, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 383.053 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 12 - Planning and Development|Subtitle B - County Planning and Development|Chapter 383 - County Development Districts|Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions; Board of Directors|Section 383.053. Meetings and Notice

Sec. 383.053.  MEETINGS AND NOTICE.  (a)  The board may establish regular meetings to conduct district business and may hold special meetings at other times as the business of the district requires.(b)  Notice of the time, place, and purpose of a meeting of the board shall be given by posting the notice at a place convenient to the public in the district.  A copy of the notice shall be furnished to a clerk of the county, who shall post it on a bulletin board in the county courthouse used for that purpose.(c)  Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, Chapter 551, Government Code, applies to the meetings of the board.  Any interested person may attend any meeting of the board.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 995, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Renumbered from Tax Code Sec. 312.625(b) to (d) and amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 23.05, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 383.061 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 12 - Planning and Development|Subtitle B - County Planning and Development|Chapter 383 - County Development Districts|Subchapter D. Powers and Duties|Section 383.061. General Powers of District

Sec. 383.061.  GENERAL POWERS OF DISTRICT.  (a)  A district may acquire and dispose of projects and has all of the other powers, authority, rights, and duties that will permit accomplishment of the purposes for which the district was created.(b)  The district has the powers of a municipal management district created under Chapter 375 to the extent not inconsistent with this chapter.(c)  The district has the power to provide for general promotion and tourist advertising of the district and its vicinity and to conduct a marketing program to attract visitors, any of which may be conducted by the district pursuant to contracts for professional services with persons or organizations selected by the district.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 995, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Renumbered from Tax Code Sec. 312.628 and amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 23.05, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 383.062 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 12 - Planning and Development|Subtitle B - County Planning and Development|Chapter 383 - County Development Districts|Subchapter D. Powers and Duties|Section 383.062. Suits

Sec. 383.062.  SUITS.  A district, after it is created and confirmed, through its directors may sue and be sued in any court of this state in the name of the district.  Service of process in any suit may be made by serving any two directors.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 995, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Renumbered from Tax Code Sec. 312.627(b) and amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 23.05, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 383.063 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 12 - Planning and Development|Subtitle B - County Planning and Development|Chapter 383 - County Development Districts|Subchapter D. Powers and Duties|Section 383.063. Eminent Domain

Sec. 383.063.  EMINENT DOMAIN.  (a)  A district that is not located within a municipality may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire land or interests in land in the district considered necessary by the board for the purpose of providing water and sewer services to an authorized project.(b)  The power of eminent domain shall be exercised in the manner provided by Chapter 21, Property Code.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 995, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Renumbered from Tax Code Sec. 312.630 and amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 23.05, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 383.064 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 12 - Planning and Development|Subtitle B - County Planning and Development|Chapter 383 - County Development Districts|Subchapter D. Powers and Duties|Section 383.064. Expenditures

Sec. 383.064.  EXPENDITURES.  A district's money may be disbursed only by check, draft, order, or another instrument that must be signed by at least three directors.  The general manager, treasurer, or other employee of the district, if authorized by resolution of the board, may sign checks, drafts, orders, or other instruments on any district operation account and these need not be signed by any other person.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 995, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Renumbered from Tax Code Sec. 312.631 and amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 23.05, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 383.065 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 12 - Planning and Development|Subtitle B - County Planning and Development|Chapter 383 - County Development Districts|Subchapter D. Powers and Duties|Section 383.065. Purposes for Borrowing Money

Sec. 383.065.  PURPOSES FOR BORROWING MONEY.  The district may borrow money for any corporate purpose or combination of corporate purposes.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 995, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Renumbered from Tax Code Sec. 312.632 and amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 23.05, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 383.066 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 12 - Planning and Development|Subtitle B - County Planning and Development|Chapter 383 - County Development Districts|Subchapter D. Powers and Duties|Section 383.066. Repayment of Organizational Expenses

Sec. 383.066.  REPAYMENT OF ORGANIZATIONAL EXPENSES.  (a)  The directors may pay:(1)  all costs and expenses necessarily incurred in the creation and organization of the district;(2)  the cost of investigation and making plans;(3)  the cost of the engineer's report;(4)  project designer fees;(5)  legal fees;  and(6)  other incidental expenses.(b)  A director may reimburse any person for money advanced for the costs, fees, and expenses described by Subsection (a).(c)  Payments under this section may be made from money obtained from the issuance of notes or the sale of bonds first issued by the district or from other district revenues.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 995, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Renumbered from Tax Code Sec. 312.633 and amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 23.05, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 383.081 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 12 - Planning and Development|Subtitle B - County Planning and Development|Chapter 383 - County Development Districts|Subchapter E. Bonds|Section 383.081. Issuance of Bonds

Sec. 383.081.  ISSUANCE OF BONDS.  The district may issue bonds for the purpose of defraying all or part of the cost of any project as provided in this chapter.  Sections 375.201 through 375.208 apply to a district to the extent not inconsistent with this chapter.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 995, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Renumbered from Tax Code Sec. 312.634 and amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 23.05, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 383.082 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 12 - Planning and Development|Subtitle B - County Planning and Development|Chapter 383 - County Development Districts|Subchapter E. Bonds|Section 383.082. Manner of Repayment of Bonds

Sec. 383.082.  MANNER OF REPAYMENT OF BONDS.  The board may provide for the payment of principal of and interest and redemption price on bonds:(1)  from taxes;(2)  by pledging all or any part of the designated revenues, license fees, or other compensation from a project or any part of a project, including revenues and receipts derived by the district from the lease or sale of the project;(3)  by pledging all or any part of any grant, donation, revenue, or income received or to be received from any public or private source;  or(4)  from a combination of such sources.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 995, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Renumbered from Tax Code Sec. 312.635 and amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 23.05, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 383.083 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 12 - Planning and Development|Subtitle B - County Planning and Development|Chapter 383 - County Development Districts|Subchapter E. Bonds|Section 383.083. Use of Bond Proceeds

Sec. 383.083.  USE OF BOND PROCEEDS.  The district may use bond proceeds to:(1)  pay interest on the bonds during and after the period of the acquisition or construction of a project;(2)  pay administrative and operating expenses;(3)  create a reserve fund for the payment of principal and interest on the bonds;  and(4)  pay all expenses incurred or that will be incurred in the issuance, sale, and delivery of the bonds.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 995, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Renumbered from V.T.C.A, Tax Code Sec. 312.636 and amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 23.05, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 383.084 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 12 - Planning and Development|Subtitle B - County Planning and Development|Chapter 383 - County Development Districts|Subchapter E. Bonds|Section 383.084. Adding and Excluding Land From the District

Sec. 383.084.  ADDING AND EXCLUDING LAND FROM THE DISTRICT.  (a)  Before the board issues bonds, the board, on its own motion or on request of a landowner in the district, may petition the commissioners court for the addition of land to or exclusion of land from the district.(b)  If the commissioners court unanimously determines from the evidence that the best interests of the persons and property in the district will be served by adding or excluding land, the commissioners court shall enter in its records the appropriate findings and order adding or excluding land.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 995, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Renumbered from Tax Code Sec. 312.638 and amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 23.05, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 383.101 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 12 - Planning and Development|Subtitle B - County Planning and Development|Chapter 383 - County Development Districts|Subchapter F. Sales and Use Tax|Section 383.101. Sales and Use Tax

Sec. 383.101.  SALES AND USE TAX.  (a)  A district may impose a sales and use tax for the benefit of the district if authorized by a majority of the qualified voters of the district voting at an election called for that purpose.  The sales and use tax, if adopted, does not count toward the limitation imposed by Chapter 323, Tax Code, on any sales and use tax that has been levied by the county.(b)  If a district adopts the tax, there is imposed a tax on the receipts from the sale at retail of taxable items in the district at a rate of up to one-half of one percent.  There is also imposed an excise tax on the use, storage, or other consumption in the district of taxable items purchased, leased, or rented from a retailer during the period that the tax is effective in the district.  The rate of the excise tax is the same as the rate of the sales tax portion of the tax applied to the sales price of the taxable items and is included in the sales tax.(c)  For purposes of this section, "taxable items" includes all items subject to any sales and use tax that is imposed by the county if the county has imposed a sales and use tax.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 995, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Renumbered from Tax Code Sec. 312.637(a), (b) and amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 23.05, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 383.102 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 12 - Planning and Development|Subtitle B - County Planning and Development|Chapter 383 - County Development Districts|Subchapter F. Sales and Use Tax|Section 383.102. Imposition, Computation, Administration, and Governance of Tax

Sec. 383.102.  IMPOSITION, COMPUTATION, ADMINISTRATION, AND GOVERNANCE OF TAX.  (a)  Chapter 323, Tax Code, to the extent not inconsistent with this chapter, governs the imposition, computation, administration, and governance of the tax under this subchapter, except that Sections 323.101(b) and (e), Tax Code, and Sections 323.209, 323.401 through 323.406, and 323.505, Tax Code, do not apply.(b)  Chapter 323, Tax Code, does not apply to the use and allocation of revenues under this chapter.(c)  In applying the procedures under Chapter 323, Tax Code, the district's name shall be substituted for "the county" and "board of directors" is substituted for "commissioners court."|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 995, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Renumbered from Tax Code Sec. 312.637(c) and amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 23.05, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 383.103 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 12 - Planning and Development|Subtitle B - County Planning and Development|Chapter 383 - County Development Districts|Subchapter F. Sales and Use Tax|Section 383.103. Tax Rates

Sec. 383.103.  TAX RATES.  The permissible rates for a local sales and use tax levied under this chapter are one-fourth of one percent, three-eighths of one percent, and one-half of one percent.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 995, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Renumbered from Tax Code Sec. 312.637(d) and amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 23.05, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 383.104 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 12 - Planning and Development|Subtitle B - County Planning and Development|Chapter 383 - County Development Districts|Subchapter F. Sales and Use Tax|Section 383.104. Abolition of or Change in Tax Rate

Sec. 383.104.  ABOLITION OF OR CHANGE IN TAX RATE.  (a)  The board by order may decrease or abolish the local sales and use tax rate or may call an election to increase, decrease, or abolish the local sales and use tax rate.(b)  At the election, the ballots shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition:  "The increase (decrease) in the local sales and use tax rate of (name of district) to (percentage) to be used for the promotion and development of tourism" or "The abolition of the district sales and use tax used for the promotion and development of tourism."  The increase or decrease in the tax rate is effective if it is approved by a majority of the votes cast.  In calling and holding the election, the board shall use the procedure for the confirmation and tax election set forth in this chapter.(c)  The district's sales and use tax is automatically discontinued by operation of law if no tax revenue is collected within the district before the first anniversary of the date the tax took effect.  The comptroller shall notify the board and the commissioners court of the county in which the district is located of the discontinuance of the tax.  The district may authorize a new sales and use tax by following the procedures provided by this subchapter for imposition of the tax.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 995, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Renumbered from Tax Code Sec. 312.637(e), (f) and amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 23.05, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1263, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 383.105 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 12 - Planning and Development|Subtitle B - County Planning and Development|Chapter 383 - County Development Districts|Subchapter F. Sales and Use Tax|Section 383.105. Use of Tax

Sec. 383.105.  USE OF TAX.  Taxes collected under this subchapter may be used only for the purposes for which the district was created, and the district may pledge the revenue derived from the taxes imposed under this subchapter to the payment of bonds issued by the district.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 995, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Renumbered from Tax Code Sec. 312.637(g) and amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 23.05, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 383.106 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 12 - Planning and Development|Subtitle B - County Planning and Development|Chapter 383 - County Development Districts|Subchapter F. Sales and Use Tax|Section 383.106. Limitation on Adoption of Tax

Sec. 383.106.  LIMITATION ON ADOPTION OF TAX.  (a)  A district may adopt a tax under this subchapter only if as a result of adoption of the tax the combined rate of all local sales and use taxes imposed by political subdivisions having territory in the district will not exceed two percent.(b)  If, as a result of the imposition or increase in a sales and use tax by a municipality in which there is located a district with an existing sales and use tax or as a result of the annexation by a municipality of the territory in a district with an existing sales and use tax, the overlapping local sales and use taxes in the area in the district will exceed two percent, the district's sales and use tax rate is automatically reduced to a rate that when added to the combined rate of local sales and use taxes will equal two percent.(c)  If a district's tax rate is reduced in accordance with Subsection (b), the municipality shall make payments to the district equal to the amounts that would have been collected by the district had the municipality not imposed or increased its sales and use tax or annexed the area in the district, less amounts that the district collects following the municipality's levy of or increase in its sales and use tax or annexation of the area in the district.  The payment shall be made by the municipality to the district within 10 days after the date of receipt of the money from the comptroller's office and shall continue only for so long as any bonds of the district are outstanding.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 995, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  Renumbered from Tax Code Sec. 312.637(h) and amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 23.05, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 383.111 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 12 - Planning and Development|Subtitle B - County Planning and Development|Chapter 383 - County Development Districts|Subchapter G. Competitive Bidding|Section 383.111. Competitive Bidding

Sec. 383.111.  COMPETITIVE BIDDING.  Sections 375.221 and 375.223 apply to a district created under this chapter.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 995, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Renumbered from Tax Code Sec. 312.629 and amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 23.05, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 383.112 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 12 - Planning and Development|Subtitle B - County Planning and Development|Chapter 383 - County Development Districts|Subchapter G. Competitive Bidding|Section 383.112. Exemption

Sec. 383.112.  EXEMPTION.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, any contract between the district and a governmental entity or nonprofit corporation created under the Development Corporation Act (Subtitle C1, Title 12) is not subject to the competitive bidding requirements of this chapter.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 995, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Renumbered from Tax Code Sec. 312.629 and amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 23.05, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 3.28, eff. April 1, 2009.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 383.121 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 12 - Planning and Development|Subtitle B - County Planning and Development|Chapter 383 - County Development Districts|Subchapter H. Dissolution|Section 383.121. Dissolution of District

Sec. 383.121.  DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT.  A district may be dissolved only as provided by this subchapter.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 995, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Renumbered from Tax Code Sec. 312.639(a) and amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 23.05, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|