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TX Spec Dist Code § 8815.057 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle H - Districts Governing Groundwater|Chapter 8815 - Central Harris County Regional Water Authority|Subchapter B. Board of Directors|Section 8815.057. Meetings and Actions of Board

Sec. 8815.057.  MEETINGS AND ACTIONS OF BOARD.  (a)  The board may meet as many times each year as the board considers appropriate.(b)  Directors are public officials and are entitled to governmental immunity for their actions in their capacity as directors and officers of the authority.(c)  Directors may receive fees of office and reimbursement of expenses as provided by Section 49.060, Water Code.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 656 (H.B. 3181), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8815.058 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle H - Districts Governing Groundwater|Chapter 8815 - Central Harris County Regional Water Authority|Subchapter B. Board of Directors|Section 8815.058. General Manager

Sec. 8815.058.  GENERAL MANAGER.  (a)  The board may employ a general manager of the authority or contract with a person to perform the duties of a general manager.  The board may delegate to the general manager full authority to manage and operate the affairs of the authority subject only to orders of the board.(b)  The board may delegate to the general manager the authority to employ all persons necessary for the proper handling of the business and operation of the authority and to determine the compensation to be paid to all employees, other than the general manager.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 656 (H.B. 3181), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8815.101 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle H - Districts Governing Groundwater|Chapter 8815 - Central Harris County Regional Water Authority|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 8815.101. General Powers and Duties

Sec. 8815.101.  GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.  (a)  The authority may:(1)  provide for the conservation, preservation, protection, recharge, and prevention of waste of groundwater, and for the reduction of groundwater withdrawals as necessary to develop, implement, or enforce a groundwater reduction plan, in a manner consistent with the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and facilitate compliance with subsidence district rules, orders, regulations, or requirements;(2)  acquire or develop surface water and groundwater supplies from sources inside or outside the boundaries of the authority, conserve, store, transport, treat, purify, distribute, sell, and deliver water to or among persons inside and outside the boundaries of the authority, and allocate water among persons participating in the authority's groundwater reduction plan whether they are located inside or outside the authority's boundaries;(3)  enter into contracts with persons inside or outside the authority on terms and conditions the board considers desirable, fair, and advantageous for the performance of its rights, powers, and authority under this chapter;(4)  coordinate water services provided inside, outside, or into the authority; and(5)  administer and enforce this chapter.(b)  The following laws do not apply to the authority:(1)  Chapter 36, Water Code;(2)  Section 49.052, Water Code; and(3)  Sections 49.451-49.455, Water Code.(c)  The authority has all the rights, powers, privileges, authority, functions, and duties necessary and convenient to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.(d)  The authority's rights, powers, privileges, authority, functions, and duties are subject to the continuing right of supervision of the state, to be exercised by and through the commission.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 656 (H.B. 3181), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 244 (H.B. 960), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8815.102 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle H - Districts Governing Groundwater|Chapter 8815 - Central Harris County Regional Water Authority|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 8815.102. Authority Rules

Sec. 8815.102.  AUTHORITY RULES.  The authority may adopt and enforce rules reasonably required to implement this chapter, including rules governing procedures before the board and rules regarding implementation, enforcement, and any other matters related to the authority's water supply or groundwater reduction plan.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 656 (H.B. 3181), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8815.103 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle H - Districts Governing Groundwater|Chapter 8815 - Central Harris County Regional Water Authority|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 8815.103. Fees, User Fees, Rates, and Charges

Sec. 8815.103.  FEES, USER FEES, RATES, AND CHARGES.  (a)  The authority may establish fees, user fees, rates, and charges and classifications of payers of fees and rates as necessary to enable the authority to fulfill the authority's purposes and regulatory functions provided by this chapter.  The authority may impose fees, user fees, rates, and charges on any person within the authority.(b)  The authority may charge the owner of a well located within the authority's boundaries a fee or user fee according to the amount of water pumped from the well.(c)  The board shall make reasonable efforts to send member districts written notice of the date, time, and location of the meeting at which the board intends to adopt a proposed charge under Subsection (b) and the amount of the proposed charge.  The board's failure to comply with this subsection does not invalidate a charge adopted by the board under Subsection (b).(d)  The board shall exempt from the charge under Subsection (b) classes of wells that are not subject to any groundwater reduction requirement imposed by the subsidence district.  If any of those classes of wells become subject to a groundwater reduction requirement imposed by the subsidence district, the authority may impose the charge under Subsection (b) on those classes.  The board by rule may exempt any other classes of wells from the charge under Subsection (b).  The board may not apply the charge under Subsection (b) to a well:(1)  with a casing diameter of less than five inches that serves only a single-family dwelling; or(2)  regulated under Chapter 27, Water Code.(e)  The authority may establish fees, user fees, rates, and charges that are sufficient to:(1)  achieve water conservation;(2)  prevent waste of water;(3)  serve as a disincentive to pumping groundwater;(4)  develop, implement, or enforce a groundwater reduction plan;(5)  accomplish the purposes of this chapter, including making available alternative water supplies;(6)  enable the authority to meet operation and maintenance expenses;(7)  pay the principal of and interest on notes, bonds, and other obligations issued in connection with the exercise of the authority's general powers and duties; and(8)  satisfy all rate covenants relating to the issuance of notes, bonds, and other obligations.(f)  The authority may charge rates established by the authority for water purchased from the authority.(g)  The authority may impose fees, user fees, or charges for the importation of water into the authority's boundaries from a source located outside the authority's boundaries.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 656 (H.B. 3181), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8815.104 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle H - Districts Governing Groundwater|Chapter 8815 - Central Harris County Regional Water Authority|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 8815.104. Purchase of Water From Another Entity

Sec. 8815.104.  PURCHASE OF WATER FROM ANOTHER ENTITY.  (a)  If the authority purchases water from another entity for resale to local governments, the authority shall use its best efforts in negotiating with the entity to determine the amount of capital costs included in any rates or charges paid by the authority.  The authority shall determine the amount of expected capital costs of its own system.(b)  The authority shall provide each member district information regarding the share of the capital costs to be paid by the member district, as determined by the authority, and shall provide each member district the opportunity, in a manner and by a procedure determined by the authority, to fund its share of the capital costs with proceeds from the sale of bonds or fees and charges collected by the member districts.  A member district may use any lawful source of revenue, including bond funds, to pay any sums due to the authority.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 656 (H.B. 3181), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8815.106 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle H - Districts Governing Groundwater|Chapter 8815 - Central Harris County Regional Water Authority|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 8815.106. Interest and Penalties

Sec. 8815.106.  INTEREST AND PENALTIES.  The board may require the payment of interest on any late or unpaid fees, user fees, rates, charges, and special assessments due the authority, but the interest rate may not exceed the interest rate permitted by Section 2251.025, Government Code. The board may also impose penalties for the failure to make a complete or timely payment to the authority.  In addition, the board may exclude a member district or other person, or any territory or well owned or controlled by a member district or other person, from the authority's groundwater reduction plan for failure to make a complete or timely payment to the authority.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 656 (H.B. 3181), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8815.107 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle H - Districts Governing Groundwater|Chapter 8815 - Central Harris County Regional Water Authority|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 8815.107. Administrative Penalty; Civil Action; Injunction

Sec. 8815.107.  ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY; CIVIL ACTION; INJUNCTION.  (a)  A person who violates a rule or order of the authority is subject to an administrative penalty of not more than $5,000, as determined by the board, for each violation or each day of a continuing violation.  The person shall pay the penalty to the authority.(b)  The authority may bring an action in a district court against a member district or other district, other political subdivision, or other person located in the authority's territory or included in the authority's groundwater reduction plan to:(1)  recover any fees, rates, charges, assessments, collection expenses, attorney's fees, interest, penalties, or administrative penalties due the authority; or(2)  enforce the authority's rules or orders.(c)  The authority may bring an action for injunctive relief in a district court in the county where a violation of an authority rule or order occurs or is threatened to occur.  The court may grant to the authority, without bond or other undertaking, a prohibitory or mandatory injunction that the facts warrant, including a temporary restraining order, temporary injunction, or permanent injunction.(d)  The authority may bring an action for an administrative penalty and injunctive relief in the same proceeding.(e)  Governmental immunity from suit or liability of a district or other political subdivision is waived for the purposes of an action described by this section.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 656 (H.B. 3181), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 244 (H.B. 960), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2011.Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 244 (H.B. 960), Sec. 3, eff. June 17, 2011.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8815.108 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle H - Districts Governing Groundwater|Chapter 8815 - Central Harris County Regional Water Authority|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 8815.108. Water Supply or Drought Contingency Plans

Sec. 8815.108.  WATER SUPPLY OR DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLANS.  The authority by rule may develop, prepare, revise, adopt, implement, enforce, and manage comprehensive water supply or drought contingency plans for the authority, or any portion of the authority.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 656 (H.B. 3181), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8815.109 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle H - Districts Governing Groundwater|Chapter 8815 - Central Harris County Regional Water Authority|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 8815.109. Groundwater Reduction Plan

Sec. 8815.109.  GROUNDWATER REDUCTION PLAN.  (a)  Notwithstanding any other law, regardless of whether the authority enters into contracts with local governments located within its boundaries, and regardless of whether the authority holds any well permit issued by the subsidence district under Chapter 8801, the authority by rule may wholly or partly develop, prepare, revise, adopt, implement, enforce, manage, or participate in a groundwater reduction plan that is applicable only to the authority or a groundwater reduction plan that is applicable to the authority and one or more persons outside the authority.  The authority may require that any groundwater reduction plan that the authority wholly or partly develops, prepares, revises, adopts, implements, enforces, or manages or in which the authority participates be the exclusive groundwater reduction plan that is binding and mandatory on some or all of the territory, member districts or other persons, or wells located within the authority.  A groundwater reduction plan may:(1)  specify the measures to be taken to reduce groundwater withdrawals;(2)  identify alternative sources of water to be provided to those affected;(3)  identify the rates, terms, and conditions under which alternative sources of water will be provided, which may be changed from time to time as considered necessary by the authority;(4)  specify the dates and extent to which member districts or other persons within the authority's boundaries shall reduce or cease reliance on groundwater and accept water from alternative sources;(5)  include other terms and measures that are consistent with the powers and duties of the authority;(6)  exceed the minimum requirements imposed by the subsidence district, including any applicable groundwater reduction requirements; and(7)  be amended from time to time at the discretion of the authority.(b)  Fees, user fees, rates, charges, and special assessments of the authority may be imposed under this chapter for a person's participation in and benefit derived from the authority's groundwater reduction plan or a groundwater reduction plan in which the authority participates.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 656 (H.B. 3181), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8815.110 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle H - Districts Governing Groundwater|Chapter 8815 - Central Harris County Regional Water Authority|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 8815.110. Acquisition, Construction, and Operation of Systems

Sec. 8815.110.  ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND OPERATION OF SYSTEMS.  (a)  The authority may:(1)  acquire by purchase, gift, lease, contract, or any other legal means a water treatment or supply system, or any other works, plants, improvements, or facilities necessary or convenient to accomplish the purposes of the authority, or any interest of the authority, inside or outside the authority's boundaries;(2)  design, finance, operate, maintain, or construct a water treatment or supply system or any other works, plants, improvements, or facilities necessary or convenient to accomplish the purposes of the authority and provide water services inside or outside the authority's boundaries;(3)  lease or sell a water treatment or supply system or any other works, plants, improvements, or facilities necessary or convenient to accomplish the purposes of the authority that the authority constructs or acquires inside or outside the authority's boundaries;(4)  contract with any person to operate or maintain a water treatment or supply system the person owns; or(5)  acquire water rights under any law or permit.(b)  Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the provisions of Chapter 49, Water Code, pertaining to competitive bidding apply to the authority.(c)  The authority may contract, according to terms and conditions the board considers desirable, fair, and advantageous, with a person outside the authority's boundaries:(1)  to allow the person to be included in a groundwater reduction plan adopted or implemented wholly or partly by the authority or in a groundwater reduction plan in which the authority participates;(2)  to sell water to the person; or(3)  to sell the person available excess capacity or additional capacity of the authority's water treatment or supply system.(d)  The authority by rule may require that the plans and specifications of water lines to be constructed within the authority that are designed or intended to serve more than one member district or more than one person owning or holding a well permit issued by the subsidence district be approved by the authority before the commencement of construction of the water lines.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 656 (H.B. 3181), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8815.111 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle H - Districts Governing Groundwater|Chapter 8815 - Central Harris County Regional Water Authority|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 8815.111. Sale or Reuse of Water or By-Product

Sec. 8815.111.  SALE OR REUSE OF WATER OR BY-PRODUCT.  The authority may store, sell, or reuse:(1)  water; or(2)  any by-product from the authority's operations.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 656 (H.B. 3181), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8815.112 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle H - Districts Governing Groundwater|Chapter 8815 - Central Harris County Regional Water Authority|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 8815.112. Contracts

Sec. 8815.112.  CONTRACTS.  (a)  The authority may enter into a contract with a person for the performance of a purpose or function of the authority, including a contract to design, construct, finance, lease, own, manage, operate, or maintain works, improvements, facilities, plants, equipment, or appliances necessary to accomplish a purpose or function of the authority.  A contract may be of unlimited duration.(b)  The authority may purchase, acquire, finance, or lease an interest in a project used for a purpose or function of the authority.(c)  The authority may contract for:(1)  the purchase, sale, or lease of water or water rights;(2)  the performance of activities within the powers of the authority through the purchase, construction, or installation of works, improvements, facilities, plants, equipment, or appliances; or(3)  the design, construction, ownership, management, maintenance, or operation of any works, improvements, facilities, plants, equipment, or appliances of the authority or another person.(d)  The authority may purchase surplus property from this state, the United States, or another public entity through a negotiated contract without bids.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 656 (H.B. 3181), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8815.113 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle H - Districts Governing Groundwater|Chapter 8815 - Central Harris County Regional Water Authority|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 8815.113. Cooperation With and Assistance of Other Governmental Entities

Sec. 8815.113.  COOPERATION WITH AND ASSISTANCE OF OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES.  (a)  In implementing this chapter, the board may cooperate with and request the assistance of the Texas Water Development Board, the commission, the United States Geological Survey, the subsidence district, other local governments, and other agencies of the United States and this state.(b)  The subsidence district may enter into an interlocal contract with the authority to carry out the authority's purposes and may carry out the governmental functions and services specified in the interlocal contract.(c)  The board shall endeavor to coordinate with the City of Houston to develop a plan for a system to distribute surface water in an economical and efficient manner to the authority.(d)  In an attempt to minimize costs associated with preparing a groundwater reduction plan, the board shall consider the usefulness of water supply studies and plans prepared by or on behalf of the North Harris County Regional Water Authority, the West Harris County Regional Water Authority, the City of Houston, or other governmental entities to the extent those studies or plans are available and applicable to the authority.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 656 (H.B. 3181), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8815.114 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle H - Districts Governing Groundwater|Chapter 8815 - Central Harris County Regional Water Authority|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 8815.114. Gifts and Grants

Sec. 8815.114.  GIFTS AND GRANTS.  The authority may accept a gift or grant from money collected by the subsidence district under Chapter 8801 to fund the construction, maintenance, or operation of a water treatment or supply system.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 656 (H.B. 3181), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8815.115 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle H - Districts Governing Groundwater|Chapter 8815 - Central Harris County Regional Water Authority|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 8815.115. Expenditures

Sec. 8815.115.  EXPENDITURES.  (a)  The authority's money may be disbursed only by check, draft, order, federal reserve wire system, or other instrument or authorization.(b)  Disbursements of the authority must be signed by at least a majority of the directors.  Notwithstanding any other law, the board by resolution may allow the general manager, treasurer, bookkeeper, or other employee of the authority to sign disbursements, except as limited by Subsection (c).(c)  The board by resolution may allow disbursements to be transferred by federal reserve wire system to accounts in the name of the authority without the necessity of any directors signing the disbursement.  Disbursements of the authority's money by federal reserve wire system to any accounts not in the name of the authority must be signed by at least a majority of the directors.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 656 (H.B. 3181), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8815.116 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle H - Districts Governing Groundwater|Chapter 8815 - Central Harris County Regional Water Authority|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 8815.116. Ad Valorem Taxation

Sec. 8815.116.  AD VALOREM TAXATION.  The authority may not impose an ad valorem tax.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 656 (H.B. 3181), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.|