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TX Spec Dist Code § 3984.0308 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3984 - Fort Bend County Management District No. 3|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 3984.0308. Law Enforcement Services

Sec. 3984.0308.  LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES.  Section 49.216, Water Code, applies to the district.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1259 (H.B. 4676), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2019.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3984.0309 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3984 - Fort Bend County Management District No. 3|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 3984.0309. Membership in Charitable Organizations

Sec. 3984.0309.  MEMBERSHIP IN CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS.  The district may join and pay dues to a charitable or nonprofit organization that performs a service or provides an activity consistent with the furtherance of a district purpose.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1259 (H.B. 4676), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2019.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3984.0310 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3984 - Fort Bend County Management District No. 3|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 3984.0310. Economic Development Programs

Sec. 3984.0310.  ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.  (a)  The district may engage in activities that accomplish the economic development purposes of the district.(b)  The district may establish and provide for the administration of one or more programs to promote state or local economic development and to stimulate business and commercial activity in the district, including programs to:(1)  make loans and grants of public money; and(2)  provide district personnel and services.(c)  The district may create economic development programs and exercise the economic development powers provided to municipalities by:(1)  Chapter 380, Local Government Code; and(2)  Subchapter A, Chapter 1509, Government Code.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1259 (H.B. 4676), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2019.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3984.0311 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3984 - Fort Bend County Management District No. 3|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 3984.0311. Strategic Partnership Agreement

Sec. 3984.0311.  STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT.  The district may negotiate and enter into a written strategic partnership agreement with a municipality under Section 43.0751, Local Government Code.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1259 (H.B. 4676), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2019.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3984.0312 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3984 - Fort Bend County Management District No. 3|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 3984.0312. Regional Participation Agreement

Sec. 3984.0312.  REGIONAL PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT.  The district may negotiate and enter into a written regional participation agreement with a municipality under Section 43.0754, Local Government Code.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1259 (H.B. 4676), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2019.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3984.0313 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3984 - Fort Bend County Management District No. 3|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 3984.0313. Parking Facilities

Sec. 3984.0313.  PARKING FACILITIES.  (a)  The district may acquire, lease as lessor or lessee, construct, develop, own, operate, and maintain parking facilities or a system of parking facilities, including lots, garages, parking terminals, or other structures or accommodations for parking motor vehicles off the streets and related appurtenances.(b)  The district's parking facilities serve the public purposes of the district and are owned, used, and held for a public purpose even if leased or operated by a private entity for a term of years.(c)  The district's parking facilities are parts of and necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street or road improvement.(d)  The development and operation of the district's parking facilities may be considered an economic development program.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1259 (H.B. 4676), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2019.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3984.0314 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3984 - Fort Bend County Management District No. 3|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 3984.0314. Adding or Excluding Land

Sec. 3984.0314.  ADDING OR EXCLUDING LAND.  (a)  The district may add land in the manner provided by Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code.(b)  The district may exclude land in the manner provided by Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code.  Section 375.044(b), Local Government Code, does not apply to the district.(c)  The district may include and exclude land as provided by Sections 54.739-54.747, Water Code.  A reference in those sections to a "tax" means an ad valorem tax for the purposes of this subsection.(d)  If the district adopts a sales and use tax authorized at an election held under Section 3984.0602 and subsequently includes new territory in the district under this section, the district:(1)  is not required to hold another election to approve the imposition of the sales and use tax in the included territory; and(2)  shall impose the sales and use tax in the included territory as provided by Chapter 321, Tax Code.(e)  If the district adopts a sales and use tax authorized at an election held under Section 3984.0602 and subsequently excludes territory in the district under this section, the sales and use tax is inapplicable to the excluded territory, as provided by Chapter 321, Tax Code, but is applicable to the territory remaining in the district.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1259 (H.B. 4676), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2019.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3984.0315 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3984 - Fort Bend County Management District No. 3|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 3984.0315. Disbursements and Transfers of Money

Sec. 3984.0315.  DISBURSEMENTS AND TRANSFERS OF MONEY.  The board by resolution shall establish the number of directors' signatures and the procedure required for a disbursement or transfer of district money.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1259 (H.B. 4676), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2019.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3984.0316 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3984 - Fort Bend County Management District No. 3|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 3984.0316. Audit Exemption

Sec. 3984.0316.  AUDIT EXEMPTION.  (a)  The district may elect to complete an annual financial report in lieu of an annual audit under Section 375.096(a)(6), Local Government Code, if:(1)  the district had no bonds or other long-term (more than one year) liabilities outstanding during the fiscal period;(2)  the district did not have gross receipts from operations, loans, taxes, assessments, or contributions in excess of $250,000 during the fiscal period; and(3)  the district's cash and temporary investments were not in excess of $250,000 during the fiscal period.(b)  Each annual financial report prepared in accordance with this section must be open to public inspection and accompanied by an affidavit signed by a duly authorized representative of the district attesting to the accuracy and authenticity of the financial report.(c)  The annual financial report and affidavit shall be substantially similar in form to the annual financial report and affidavit forms prescribed by the executive director of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality under Section 49.198, Water Code.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1259 (H.B. 4676), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2019.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3984.0317 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3984 - Fort Bend County Management District No. 3|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 3984.0317. No Eminent Domain Power

Sec. 3984.0317.  NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER.  The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1259 (H.B. 4676), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2019.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3984.0401 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3984 - Fort Bend County Management District No. 3|Subchapter D. Assessments|Section 3984.0401. Petition Required for Financing Services and Improvements With Assessments

Sec. 3984.0401.  PETITION REQUIRED FOR FINANCING SERVICES AND IMPROVEMENTS WITH ASSESSMENTS.  (a)  The board may not finance a service or improvement project with assessments under this chapter unless a written petition requesting that service or improvement has been filed with the board.(b)  A petition filed under Subsection (a) must be signed by the owners of a majority of the assessed value of real property in the district subject to assessment according to the most recent certified tax appraisal roll for the county.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1259 (H.B. 4676), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2019.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3984.0402 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3984 - Fort Bend County Management District No. 3|Subchapter D. Assessments|Section 3984.0402. Method of Notice for Hearing

Sec. 3984.0402.  METHOD OF NOTICE FOR HEARING.  The district may mail the notice required by Section 375.115(c), Local Government Code, by certified or first class United States mail.  The board shall determine the method of notice.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1259 (H.B. 4676), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2019.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3984.0403 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3984 - Fort Bend County Management District No. 3|Subchapter D. Assessments|Section 3984.0403. Assessments; Liens for Assessments

Sec. 3984.0403.  ASSESSMENTS; LIENS FOR ASSESSMENTS.  (a)  The board by resolution may impose and collect an assessment for any purpose authorized by this chapter in all or any part of the district.(b)  An assessment, a reassessment, or an assessment resulting from an addition to or correction of the assessment roll by the district, penalties and interest on an assessment or reassessment, an expense of collection, and reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the district:(1)  are a first and prior lien against the property assessed;(2)  are superior to any other lien or claim other than a lien or claim for county, school district, or municipal ad valorem taxes; and(3)  are the personal liability of and a charge against the owners of the property even if the owners are not named in the assessment proceedings.(c)  The lien is effective from the date of the board's resolution imposing the assessment until the date the assessment is paid.  The board may enforce the lien in the same manner that the board may enforce an ad valorem tax lien against real property.(d)  The board may make a correction to or deletion from the assessment roll that does not increase the amount of assessment of any parcel of land without providing notice and holding a hearing in the manner required for additional assessments.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1259 (H.B. 4676), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2019.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3984.0501 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3984 - Fort Bend County Management District No. 3|Subchapter E. Taxes and Bonds|Section 3984.0501. Tax Election Required

Sec. 3984.0501.  TAX ELECTION REQUIRED.  The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapter 49, Water Code, or, if applicable, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1259 (H.B. 4676), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2019.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3984.0502 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3984 - Fort Bend County Management District No. 3|Subchapter E. Taxes and Bonds|Section 3984.0502. Operation and Maintenance Tax

Sec. 3984.0502.  OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.  (a)  If authorized by a majority of the district voters voting at an election under Section 3984.0501, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in the manner provided by Section 49.107, Water Code, for any district purpose, including to:(1)  maintain and operate the district;(2)  construct or acquire improvements; or(3)  provide a service.(b)  The board shall determine the operation and maintenance tax rate.  The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.(c)  Section 49.107(h), Water Code, does not apply to the district.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1259 (H.B. 4676), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2019.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3984.0503 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3984 - Fort Bend County Management District No. 3|Subchapter E. Taxes and Bonds|Section 3984.0503. Authority to Borrow Money and to Issue Bonds and Other Obligations

Sec. 3984.0503.  AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY AND TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.  (a)  The district may borrow money on terms determined by the board.(b)  The district may, by competitive bid or negotiated sale, issue bonds, notes, or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, assessments, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources of money, to pay for any authorized district purpose.(c)  The limitation on the outstanding principal amount of bonds, notes, or other obligations provided by Section 49.4645, Water Code, does not apply to the district.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1259 (H.B. 4676), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2019.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3984.0504 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3984 - Fort Bend County Management District No. 3|Subchapter E. Taxes and Bonds|Section 3984.0504. Bonds Secured by Revenue or Contract Payments

Sec. 3984.0504.  BONDS SECURED BY REVENUE OR CONTRACT PAYMENTS.  The district may issue, without an election, bonds secured by:(1)  revenue other than ad valorem taxes, including contract revenues; or(2)  contract payments, provided that the requirements of Section 49.108, Water Code, have been met.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1259 (H.B. 4676), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2019.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3984.0505 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3984 - Fort Bend County Management District No. 3|Subchapter E. Taxes and Bonds|Section 3984.0505. Bonds Secured by Ad Valorem Taxes; Elections

Sec. 3984.0505.  BONDS SECURED BY AD VALOREM TAXES; ELECTIONS.  (a)  If authorized at an election under Section 3984.0501, the district may issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.(b)  Section 375.243, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district.(c)  At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct annual ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, for each year that all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.(d)  All or any part of any facilities or improvements that may be acquired by a district by the issuance of its bonds may be submitted as a single proposition or as several propositions to be voted on at the election.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1259 (H.B. 4676), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2019.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3984.0506 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3984 - Fort Bend County Management District No. 3|Subchapter E. Taxes and Bonds|Section 3984.0506. Consent of Municipality Required

Sec. 3984.0506.  CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.  (a)  The board may not hold an election under Section 3984.0501, issue bonds, or incur any debt until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district.(b)  This section applies only to the district's first issuance of bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1259 (H.B. 4676), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2019.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3984.0601 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3984 - Fort Bend County Management District No. 3|Subchapter F. Sales and Use Tax|Section 3984.0601. Applicability of Certain Tax Code Provisions

Sec. 3984.0601.  APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN TAX CODE PROVISIONS.  (a)  Chapter 321, Tax Code, governs the imposition, computation, administration, enforcement, and collection of the sales and use tax authorized by this subchapter except to the extent Chapter 321, Tax Code, is inconsistent with this chapter.(b)  A reference in Chapter 321, Tax Code, to a municipality or the governing body of a municipality is a reference to the district or the board, respectively.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1259 (H.B. 4676), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2019.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3984.0602 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3984 - Fort Bend County Management District No. 3|Subchapter F. Sales and Use Tax|Section 3984.0602. Election; Adoption of Tax

Sec. 3984.0602.  ELECTION; ADOPTION OF TAX.  (a)  The district may adopt a sales and use tax if authorized by a majority of the voters of the district voting at an election held for that purpose.(b)  The board by order may call an election to authorize the adoption of the sales and use tax.  The election may be held on any uniform election date and in conjunction with any other district election.(c)  The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the proposition: "Authorization of a sales and use tax in the Fort Bend County Management District No. 3 at a rate not to exceed ____ percent" (insert rate of one or more increments of one-eighth of one percent).|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1259 (H.B. 4676), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2019.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3984.0603 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3984 - Fort Bend County Management District No. 3|Subchapter F. Sales and Use Tax|Section 3984.0603. Sales and Use Tax Rate

Sec. 3984.0603.  SALES AND USE TAX RATE.  (a)  On or after the date the results are declared of an election held under Section 3984.0602, at which the voters approved imposition of the tax authorized by this subchapter, the board shall determine and adopt by resolution or order the initial rate of the tax, which must be in one or more increments of one-eighth of one percent.(b)  After the election held under Section 3984.0602, the board may increase or decrease the rate of the tax by one or more increments of one-eighth of one percent.(c)  The initial rate of the tax or any rate resulting from subsequent increases or decreases may not exceed the lesser of:(1)  the maximum rate authorized by the district voters at the election held under Section 3984.0602; or(2)  a rate that, when added to the rates of all sales and use taxes imposed by other political subdivisions with territory in the district, would result in the maximum combined rate prescribed by Section 321.101(f), Tax Code, at any location in the district.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1259 (H.B. 4676), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2019.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3984.0604 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3984 - Fort Bend County Management District No. 3|Subchapter F. Sales and Use Tax|Section 3984.0604. Tax After Municipal Annexation

Sec. 3984.0604.  TAX AFTER MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION.  (a)  This section applies to the district after a municipality annexes part of the territory in the district and imposes the municipality's sales and use tax in the annexed territory.(b)  If at the time of annexation the district has outstanding debt or other obligations payable wholly or partly from district sales and use tax revenue, Section 321.102(g), Tax Code, applies to the district.(c)  If at the time of annexation the district does not have outstanding debt or other obligations payable wholly or partly from district sales and use tax revenue, the district may:(1)  exclude the annexed territory from the district, if the district has no outstanding debt or other obligations payable from any source; or(2)  reduce the sales and use tax in the annexed territory by resolution or order of the board to a rate that, when added to the sales and use tax rate imposed by the municipality in the annexed territory, is equal to the sales and use tax rate imposed by the district in the district territory that was not annexed by the municipality.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1259 (H.B. 4676), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2019.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3984.0605 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3984 - Fort Bend County Management District No. 3|Subchapter F. Sales and Use Tax|Section 3984.0605. Notification of Rate Change

Sec. 3984.0605.  NOTIFICATION OF RATE CHANGE.  The board shall notify the comptroller of any changes made to the tax rate under this subchapter in the same manner the municipal secretary provides notice to the comptroller under Section 321.405(b), Tax Code.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1259 (H.B. 4676), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2019.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3984.0606 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3984 - Fort Bend County Management District No. 3|Subchapter F. Sales and Use Tax|Section 3984.0606. Use of Revenue

Sec. 3984.0606.  USE OF REVENUE.  Revenue from the sales and use tax imposed under this subchapter is for the use and benefit of the district and may be used for any district purpose.  The district may pledge all or part of the revenue to the payment of bonds, notes, or other obligations, and that pledge of revenue may be in combination with other revenue, including tax revenue, available to the district.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1259 (H.B. 4676), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2019.|