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TX Spec Dist Code § 8104.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle F - Municipal Utility Districts|Chapter 8104 - Baytown Area Water Authority|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 8104.005. Other Districts Required to Contract With Authority

Sec. 8104.005.  OTHER DISTRICTS REQUIRED TO CONTRACT WITH AUTHORITY.  To encourage the policy provided by Section 8104.004 and to prevent wasteful duplication, each conservation and reclamation district that is created in the authority after June 15, 1973, shall contract with the authority to provide facilities and services that the authority is authorized to provide under this chapter if the authority:(1)  has those facilities and services; or(2)  determines it can provide those facilities and services.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019), Sec. 1.06, eff. April 1, 2007.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8104.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle F - Municipal Utility Districts|Chapter 8104 - Baytown Area Water Authority|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 8104.006. Relationship to Gulf Coast Authority

Sec. 8104.006.  RELATIONSHIP TO GULF COAST AUTHORITY.  The rights, powers, privileges, and functions granted to the authority under this chapter are subject to the powers granted to the Gulf Coast Authority in Chapter 409, Acts of the 61st Legislature, Regular Session, 1969 (Article 7621d-2, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), to provide disposal systems.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019), Sec. 1.06, eff. April 1, 2007.Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 918 (S.B. 1489), Sec. 5, eff. June 15, 2017.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8104.007 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle F - Municipal Utility Districts|Chapter 8104 - Baytown Area Water Authority|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 8104.007. Relationship to Other Districts

Sec. 8104.007.  RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER DISTRICTS.  This chapter does not prevent the organization of or a change in the boundaries of a conservation and reclamation district in the authority as authorized by Section 52, Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019), Sec. 1.06, eff. April 1, 2007.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8104.008 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle F - Municipal Utility Districts|Chapter 8104 - Baytown Area Water Authority|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 8104.008. Rights, Powers, Privileges, and Functions of Municipal Utility Districts

Sec. 8104.008.  RIGHTS, POWERS, PRIVILEGES, AND FUNCTIONS OF MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICTS.  The authority has all of the rights, powers, privileges, and functions provided by the general laws of this state applicable to municipal utility districts, including Chapter 54, Water Code.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019), Sec. 1.06, eff. April 1, 2007.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8104.051 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle F - Municipal Utility Districts|Chapter 8104 - Baytown Area Water Authority|Subchapter B. District Territory|Section 8104.051. District Territory

Sec. 8104.051.  DISTRICT TERRITORY.  (a)  The authority is composed of the territory described by Section 4, Chapter 600, Acts of the 63rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1973, as that territory may have been modified under:(1)  Section 8104.052 or 8104.053 or their predecessor statutes, former Sections 7 and 8, Chapter 600, Acts of the 63rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1973;(2)  Subchapter H, Chapter 54, Water Code;(3)  Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code; or(4)  other law.(b)  The boundaries and field notes of the authority contained in Section 4, Chapter 600, Acts of the 63rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1973, form a closure. A mistake made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect:(1)  the authority's organization, existence, or validity;(2)  the authority's right to issue revenue bonds or revenue refunding bonds for a purpose for which the authority is created or to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds; or(3)  the legality or operation of the authority or the board.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019), Sec. 1.06, eff. April 1, 2007.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8104.052 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle F - Municipal Utility Districts|Chapter 8104 - Baytown Area Water Authority|Subchapter B. District Territory|Section 8104.052. Annexation of Territory; Bonds

Sec. 8104.052.  ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY; BONDS.  (a)  Land may be added or annexed to the authority under Subchapter J, Chapter 49, and Subchapter H, Chapter 54, Water Code:(1)  without the consent of any municipality under Section 42.042, Local Government Code; and(2)  regardless of whether the authority has issued revenue bonds.(b)  A change in the authority's boundaries under this section does not affect the validity of the authority's bonds.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019), Sec. 1.06, eff. April 1, 2007.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8104.053 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle F - Municipal Utility Districts|Chapter 8104 - Baytown Area Water Authority|Subchapter B. District Territory|Section 8104.053. Exclusion of Territory; Hearing

Sec. 8104.053.  EXCLUSION OF TERRITORY; HEARING.  (a)  The board is not required to call or hold a hearing on the exclusion of land or other property from the authority.(b)  The board on its own motion may call and hold one or more hearings on the exclusion of land or other property from the authority in the manner provided by general law.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019), Sec. 1.06, eff. April 1, 2007.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8104.101 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle F - Municipal Utility Districts|Chapter 8104 - Baytown Area Water Authority|Subchapter C. Board of Directors|Section 8104.101. Composition

Sec. 8104.101.  COMPOSITION.  The authority is governed by a board of five directors appointed by the Baytown City Council.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019), Sec. 1.06, eff. April 1, 2007.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8104.102 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle F - Municipal Utility Districts|Chapter 8104 - Baytown Area Water Authority|Subchapter C. Board of Directors|Section 8104.102. Eligibility to Serve

Sec. 8104.102.  ELIGIBILITY TO SERVE.  (a)  One director must reside outside the city limits of the city of Baytown but in the authority's boundaries.(b)  A person serving as a director may not serve during the person's term as a member of the Baytown City Council.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019), Sec. 1.06, eff. April 1, 2007.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8104.103 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle F - Municipal Utility Districts|Chapter 8104 - Baytown Area Water Authority|Subchapter C. Board of Directors|Section 8104.103. Terms

Sec. 8104.103.  TERMS.  Directors serve staggered terms of two years with the terms of the directors serving Positions 1 and 2 expiring September 1 of each even-numbered year and the terms of the directors serving Positions 3, 4, and 5 expiring September 1 of each odd-numbered year.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019), Sec. 1.06, eff. April 1, 2007.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8104.104 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle F - Municipal Utility Districts|Chapter 8104 - Baytown Area Water Authority|Subchapter C. Board of Directors|Section 8104.104. Vacancies

Sec. 8104.104.  VACANCIES.  The Baytown City Council shall fill any vacancy occurring on the board by appointing a director for the unexpired term.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019), Sec. 1.06, eff. April 1, 2007.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8104.105 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle F - Municipal Utility Districts|Chapter 8104 - Baytown Area Water Authority|Subchapter C. Board of Directors|Section 8104.105. Officers

Sec. 8104.105.  OFFICERS.  (a)  The board shall elect a president, vice president, secretary, and any other officers the board considers necessary at the board's first meeting:(1)  in September of each year; or(2)  after the annual vacancies are filled as provided by this subchapter and the newly appointed directors are qualified.(b)  When the president is absent or fails or declines to act, the vice president shall perform all duties and exercise all power  this chapter or general law gives the president.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019), Sec. 1.06, eff. April 1, 2007.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8104.106 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle F - Municipal Utility Districts|Chapter 8104 - Baytown Area Water Authority|Subchapter C. Board of Directors|Section 8104.106. Director's Bond

Sec. 8104.106.  DIRECTOR'S BOND.  (a)  A director shall execute a bond for $5,000 conditioned on the faithful performance of the director's duties.(b)  The bond must be recorded in a record kept for that purpose in the authority's office.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019), Sec. 1.06, eff. April 1, 2007.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8104.107 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle F - Municipal Utility Districts|Chapter 8104 - Baytown Area Water Authority|Subchapter C. Board of Directors|Section 8104.107. Voting Requirement

Sec. 8104.107.  VOTING REQUIREMENT.  The concurrence of a majority of the directors who are present and voting at a board meeting is sufficient for matters relating to the authority's business, including:(1)  letting construction work and related matters; and(2)  purchasing existing facilities.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019), Sec. 1.06, eff. April 1, 2007.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8104.108 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle F - Municipal Utility Districts|Chapter 8104 - Baytown Area Water Authority|Subchapter C. Board of Directors|Section 8104.108. Signature for Board Actions

Sec. 8104.108.  SIGNATURE FOR BOARD ACTIONS.  An order adopted or other action taken at a board meeting at which the president is absent may be signed by:(1)  the vice president; or(2)  the president with board authorization.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019), Sec. 1.06, eff. April 1, 2007.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8104.151 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle F - Municipal Utility Districts|Chapter 8104 - Baytown Area Water Authority|Subchapter D. Other Administrative Provisions|Section 8104.151. General Manager

Sec. 8104.151.  GENERAL MANAGER.  (a)  The city manager of the City of Baytown is the authority's general manager.(b)  If the position of city manager is abolished, the chief executive officer of the City of Baytown or the officer's designee is the authority's general manager.(c)  The authority's general manager serves without compensation paid by the board.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019), Sec. 1.06, eff. April 1, 2007.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8104.152 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle F - Municipal Utility Districts|Chapter 8104 - Baytown Area Water Authority|Subchapter D. Other Administrative Provisions|Section 8104.152. Powers and Duties of General Manager

Sec. 8104.152.  POWERS AND DUTIES OF GENERAL MANAGER.  (a)  The general manager is the authority's chief executive officer.(b)  The general manager, under policies established by the board, shall:(1)  administer the board's directives;(2)  keep the authority's records, including minutes of board meetings;(3)  coordinate with state, federal, and local agencies;(4)  develop plans and programs for the board's approval;(5)  formulate a budget for the authority's fiscal year, as provided by this chapter, subject to the approval of the board and the Baytown City Council;(6)  hire, supervise, train, and discharge the authority's employees;(7)  contract for or retain technical, scientific, legal, fiscal, and other professional services; and(8)  perform other duties assigned by the board.(c)  At the board's direction, the general manager may execute a contract, including a construction contract, the board enters into for the authority.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019), Sec. 1.06, eff. April 1, 2007.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8104.153 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle F - Municipal Utility Districts|Chapter 8104 - Baytown Area Water Authority|Subchapter D. Other Administrative Provisions|Section 8104.153. Bond of General Manager and Certain Employees

Sec. 8104.153.  BOND OF GENERAL MANAGER AND CERTAIN EMPLOYEES.  (a)  The general manager and each employee of the authority charged with the collection, custody, or payment of the authority's money shall execute a fidelity bond.(b)  The board must approve the form, amount, and surety of each bond.(c)  The authority shall pay the premium on each bond.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019), Sec. 1.06, eff. April 1, 2007.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8104.154 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle F - Municipal Utility Districts|Chapter 8104 - Baytown Area Water Authority|Subchapter D. Other Administrative Provisions|Section 8104.154. Contract With City of Baytown for Administrative Functions

Sec. 8104.154.  CONTRACT WITH CITY OF BAYTOWN FOR ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS.  (a)  In this section, "administrative functions" has the meaning assigned by Section 791.003, Government Code.(b)  The authority shall offer to enter into an interlocal contract under Chapter 791, Government Code, with the City of Baytown for the performance of administrative functions.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019), Sec. 1.06, eff. April 1, 2007.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8104.201 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle F - Municipal Utility Districts|Chapter 8104 - Baytown Area Water Authority|Subchapter E. Powers and Duties|Section 8104.201. Water Supply and Distribution

Sec. 8104.201.  WATER SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION.  The authority may:(1)  acquire surface water or groundwater supplies from sources in or outside of the authority; and(2)  conserve, store, transport, treat, purify, distribute, sell, and deliver surface water or groundwater to a public or private corporation, a political subdivision of this state, or any other person in or outside of the authority.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019), Sec. 1.06, eff. April 1, 2007.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8104.202 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle F - Municipal Utility Districts|Chapter 8104 - Baytown Area Water Authority|Subchapter E. Powers and Duties|Section 8104.202. Facilities for Water Transportation and Distribution

Sec. 8104.202.  FACILITIES FOR WATER TRANSPORTATION AND DISTRIBUTION.  (a)  The authority may construct, maintain, and operate a canal, lateral, ditch, levee, pipeline, or other facility to transport and distribute water, together with a service road or other facility incidental to or designed for use in connection with transportation and distribution of water, under, along, and across a:(1)  railroad;(2)  railroad right-of-way;(3)  canal;(4)  stream;(5)  pipeline;(6)  utility line;(7)  street or alley in a municipality, subject to reasonable regulation by the municipality; or(8)  public road or highway.(b)  In crossing a facility described by Subsection (a), the authority:(1)  may not impair the use of the facility; and(2)  shall promptly restore the facility to its former condition of usefulness.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019), Sec. 1.06, eff. April 1, 2007.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8104.203 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle F - Municipal Utility Districts|Chapter 8104 - Baytown Area Water Authority|Subchapter E. Powers and Duties|Section 8104.203. Waste Services

Sec. 8104.203.  WASTE SERVICES.  The authority may collect and transport the domestic, industrial, or communal waste of an entity described by Section 8104.201(2), for the purposes provided by Chapter 30, Water Code, or for other purposes.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019), Sec. 1.06, eff. April 1, 2007.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8104.204 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle F - Municipal Utility Districts|Chapter 8104 - Baytown Area Water Authority|Subchapter E. Powers and Duties|Section 8104.204. Contracts

Sec. 8104.204.  CONTRACTS.  (a)  The authority may:(1)  contract with a public or private corporation, a political subdivision of this state, including the City of Baytown, or any other person, on terms the board considers desirable, fair, and advantageous, for the performance of the authority's rights and powers under this chapter; and(2)  contract with another person to transport that person's water.(b)  Before the authority enters into a contract under this section, other than a contract between the authority and the City of Baytown, the Baytown City Council must approve the contract.(c)  The period of a contract under Subsection (a)(1) may not exceed 40 years.  The contract may provide that it continues in effect until bonds issued by the authority to finance the cost of facilities authorized by this chapter and refunding bonds issued in place of those bonds are paid.(d)  Section 552.014, Local Government Code, applies to any contract between the authority and a municipality, including the City of Baytown.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019), Sec. 1.06, eff. April 1, 2007.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 3.77(23), eff. April 1, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8104.205 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle F - Municipal Utility Districts|Chapter 8104 - Baytown Area Water Authority|Subchapter E. Powers and Duties|Section 8104.205. Consent Required for Waste Treatment and Disposal Facilities

Sec. 8104.205.  CONSENT REQUIRED FOR WASTE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES.  Before acquiring or constructing a waste treatment or disposal facility, the authority must obtain the consent of the:(1)  Gulf Coast Authority; or(2)  Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, if the consent of the Gulf Coast Authority is unreasonably withheld or delayed.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019), Sec. 1.06, eff. April 1, 2007.Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 918 (S.B. 1489), Sec. 6, eff. June 15, 2017.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8104.206 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle F - Municipal Utility Districts|Chapter 8104 - Baytown Area Water Authority|Subchapter E. Powers and Duties|Section 8104.206. Acquisition of Water Rights Not Prevented

Sec. 8104.206.  ACQUISITION OF WATER RIGHTS NOT PREVENTED.  This chapter does not prevent the authority from acquiring water rights under any law or permit if the acquisition is approved by order or later permit from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019), Sec. 1.06, eff. April 1, 2007.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8104.207 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle F - Municipal Utility Districts|Chapter 8104 - Baytown Area Water Authority|Subchapter E. Powers and Duties|Section 8104.207. Election Not Required to Approve Contracts

Sec. 8104.207.  ELECTION NOT REQUIRED TO APPROVE CONTRACTS.  The authority is not required to hold an election to approve a contract with a political subdivision for services described by this chapter.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019), Sec. 1.06, eff. April 1, 2007.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8104.208 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle F - Municipal Utility Districts|Chapter 8104 - Baytown Area Water Authority|Subchapter E. Powers and Duties|Section 8104.208. Cost of Relocating Property

Sec. 8104.208.  COST OF RELOCATING PROPERTY.  (a)  In this section, "sole expense" means the actual cost of relocating, raising, lowering, rerouting, changing the grade of, or altering the construction of a facility described by Subsection (b) in providing comparable replacement without enhancement of the facility, after deducting from that cost the net salvage value of the old facility.(b)  If the authority, in the exercise of the power of eminent domain, the power of relocation, or any other power granted under this chapter, makes necessary the relocating, raising, rerouting, changing the grade of, or altering the construction of a highway, a railroad, an electric transmission line, a pipeline, or a telephone or telegraph property or facility, the necessary relocation, raising, rerouting, changing the grade of, or alteration of construction shall be accomplished at the sole expense of the authority.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019), Sec. 1.06, eff. April 1, 2007.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8104.251 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle F - Municipal Utility Districts|Chapter 8104 - Baytown Area Water Authority|Subchapter F. General Financial Provisions|Section 8104.251. Fiscal Year

Sec. 8104.251.  FISCAL YEAR.  The authority's fiscal year is from October 1 to September 30, unless the board changes the fiscal year.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019), Sec. 1.06, eff. April 1, 2007.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8104.252 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle F - Municipal Utility Districts|Chapter 8104 - Baytown Area Water Authority|Subchapter F. General Financial Provisions|Section 8104.252. Authority Depository

Sec. 8104.252.  AUTHORITY DEPOSITORY.  (a)  With the prior approval of the Baytown City Council, the board shall select one or more banks in this state to act as depository for the authority's money.(b)  To the extent that money in a depository bank is not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the money shall be secured in the manner provided by law for the security of the City of Baytown's money.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019), Sec. 1.06, eff. April 1, 2007.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8104.253 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle F - Municipal Utility Districts|Chapter 8104 - Baytown Area Water Authority|Subchapter F. General Financial Provisions|Section 8104.253. Investment Authority

Sec. 8104.253.  INVESTMENT AUTHORITY.  The authority may invest:(1)  money held in any sinking fund, reserve fund, or other fund; or(2)  money not required for immediate use or disbursement in the securities as provided by this chapter.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019), Sec. 1.06, eff. April 1, 2007.|