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TX Water Code § 49.055 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions|Section 49.055. Sworn Statement, Bond, and Oath of Office

Sec. 49.055.  SWORN STATEMENT, BOND, AND OATH OF OFFICE.  (a)  As soon as practicable after a director is elected or appointed, that director shall make the sworn statement prescribed by the constitution for public office.(b)  As soon as practicable after a director has made the sworn statement, and before beginning to perform the duties of office, that director shall take the oath of office prescribed by the constitution for public officers.(c)  Before beginning to perform the duties of office, each director shall execute a bond for $10,000 payable to the district and conditioned on the faithful performance of that director's duties.  All bonds of the directors shall be approved by the board and paid for by the district.(d)  The sworn statement shall be filed as prescribed by the constitution.  The bond and oath shall be filed with the district and retained in its records.  A duplicate original of the oath shall also be filed with the secretary of state within 10 days after its execution and need not be filed before the new director begins to perform the duties of office.(e)  This section does not apply to special water authorities.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 249, Sec. 2, eff. Aug. 30, 1999.|
TX Water Code § 49.056 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions|Section 49.056. General Manager

Sec. 49.056.  GENERAL MANAGER.  (a)  The board may employ or contract with a person to perform such services as general manager for the district as the board may from time to time specify.  The board may delegate to the general manager full authority to manage and operate the affairs of the district 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 district and to determine the compensation to be paid all employees other than the general manager.(c)  Except as provided by Section 49.052, a director may be employed as general manager of the district, but the compensation of a general manager who also serves as a director shall be established by the other directors.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 49.058 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions|Section 49.058. Conflicts of Interest

Sec. 49.058.  CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.  A director of a district is subject to the provisions of Chapter 171, Local Government Code, relating to the regulation of conflicts of interest of officers of local governments.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 49.059 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions|Section 49.059. Tax Assessor and Collector

Sec. 49.059.  TAX ASSESSOR AND COLLECTOR.  (a)  A district may employ or contract with any person to serve as its tax assessor and collector who is:(1)  an individual certified as a registered Texas assessor-collector; or(2)  a firm, organization, association, partnership, corporation, or other legal entity if an individual certified as a registered Texas assessor-collector owns an interest in or is employed by the firm, organization, association, partnership, corporation, or other legal entity.(b)  A tax assessor and collector employed or contracted for under this section is not required to be a natural person.(c)  A firm, organization, association, partnership, corporation, or other legal entity serving as district tax assessor and collector shall give a bond as required by Section 49.057 for a natural person.(d)  No person may serve as tax assessor and collector of a district providing potable water or sewer utility services to household users if that person:(1)  is a natural person related within the third degree of affinity or consanguinity to any developer of property in the district, a member of the board, or the manager, engineer, or attorney for the district;(2)  is or was within two years immediately preceding the assumption of assessment and collection duties with the district an employee of any developer of property in the district or any director, manager, engineer, or attorney for the district;(3)  owns an interest in or is employed by any corporation organized for the purpose of tax assessment and collection services, a substantial portion of the stock of which is owned by a developer of property within the district or any director, manager, engineer, or attorney for the district; or(4)  is directly or through a corporation developing land in the district or is a director, engineer, or attorney for the district.(e)  Within 60 days after the board determines a relationship or employment exists which constitutes a disqualification under Subsection (d), it shall replace the person serving as tax assessor and collector with a person who would not be disqualified.(f)  Any person who wilfully violates the provisions of Subsection (d) is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000.(g)  As used in this section, "developer of property in the district" has the same meaning as in Section 49.052(d).|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 105 (S.B. 902), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Water Code § 49.060 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions|Section 49.060. Fees of Office; Reimbursement

Sec. 49.060.  FEES OF OFFICE;  REIMBURSEMENT.  (a)  A director is entitled to receive fees of office of not more than $150 a day for each day the director actually spends performing the duties of a director.  In this subsection, "performing the duties of a director" means substantive performance of the management or business of the district, including participation in board and committee meetings and other activities involving the substantive deliberation of district business and in pertinent educational programs.  The phrase does not include routine or ministerial activities such as the execution of documents, self-preparation for meetings, or other activities requiring a minimal amount of time.(a-1)  A district, by resolution of the board, shall set a limit on the fees of office that a director may receive in a year.  Except for a district that is a special water authority engaged in the distribution and sale of electric energy to the public, a district may not set the annual limit at an amount greater than $7,200.(b)  Each director is also entitled to receive reimbursement of actual expenses reasonably and necessarily incurred while engaging in activities on behalf of the district.(c)  In order to receive fees of office and to receive reimbursement for expenses, each director shall file with the district a verified statement showing the number of days actually spent in the service of the district and a general description of the duties performed for each day of service.(d)  Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 736, Sec. 2.(e)  Section 49.002 notwithstanding, in all areas of conflict the provisions of this section shall take precedence over all prior statutory enactments.  If the enactment of this section results in an increase in the fees of office for any district, that district's fees of office shall not increase unless the board adopts a resolution authorizing payment of the higher fees.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 695, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1423, Sec. 3, eff. June 17, 2001;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 736, Sec. 1, 2, eff. June 20, 2003.|
TX Water Code § 49.061 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions|Section 49.061. Seal

Sec. 49.061.  SEAL.  The directors shall adopt a seal for the district.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 49.063 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions|Section 49.063. Notice of Meetings

Sec. 49.063.  NOTICE OF MEETINGS.  (a)  Notice of meetings of the board shall be given as set forth in the open meetings law, Chapter 551, Government Code, except that if a district does not have a meeting place within the district, the district shall post notice of its meeting at a public place within the district specified by the board in a written resolution, rather than at its administrative office.  The board shall specify such public place to be a bulletin board or other place within the district which is reasonably available to the public.(b)  The validity of an action taken at a board meeting is not affected by:(1)  failure to provide notice of the meeting if the meeting is a regular meeting;(2)  an insubstantial defect in notice of the meeting; or(3)  failure of a county clerk to timely or properly post or maintain public access to a notice of the meeting if notice of the meeting is furnished to the county clerk in sufficient time for posting under Section 551.043(a) or 551.045, Government Code.(c)  This subsection applies only to notice for the district's first meeting of each calendar year.  A district that does not have a meeting place within the district shall include in the notice required under Subsection (a) a description of the petition process under Section 49.062(c).|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 105 (S.B. 902), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2013.Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 907 (S.B. 554), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Water Code § 49.0631 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions|Section 49.0631. District Information on Water Bill

Sec. 49.0631.  DISTRICT INFORMATION ON WATER BILL.  A district providing potable water or sewer service shall as a part of the district's billing process include on a district's bill to a customer the following statement: "For more information about the district, including information about the district's board and board meetings, please go to the Comptroller's Special Purpose District Public Information Database or (district's Internet website if the district maintains an Internet website, or, if the district does not maintain an Internet website, the Internet website or websites the district uses to comply with Section 2051.202, Government Code, and Section 26.18, Tax Code)."  The statement may be altered to provide the current Internet website address of the database created under Section 403.0241, Government Code, the district, or the Internet website or websites the district uses to comply with Section 2051.202, Government Code, and Section 26.18, Tax Code.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 105 (S.B. 239), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2019.Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 647 (H.B. 1154), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Water Code § 49.064 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions|Section 49.064. Meetings

Sec. 49.064.  MEETINGS.  The board shall hold such regular and special meetings as may be necessary for the proper conduct of the district's business.  All meetings shall be conducted in accordance with the open meetings law, Chapter 551, Government Code.  A meeting of a committee of the board, or a committee composed of representatives of more than one board, where less than a quorum of any one board is present is not subject to the provisions of the open meetings law, Chapter 551, Government Code.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 49.065 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions|Section 49.065. Records

Sec. 49.065.  RECORDS.  (a)  The board shall keep a complete account of all its meetings and proceedings and shall preserve its minutes, contracts, records, notices, accounts, receipts, and other records in a safe place.(b)  The records of each district are the property of the district and are subject to the open records law, Chapter 552, Government Code.(c)  The preservation, microfilming, destruction, or other disposition of the records of each district is subject to the requirements of Chapter 201, Local Government Code, and rules adopted under that chapter.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 49.066 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions|Section 49.066. Suits

Sec. 49.066.  SUITS.  (a)  A district may sue and be sued in the courts of this state in the name of the district by and through its board.  A suit for contract damages may be brought against a district only on a written contract of the district approved by the district's board.  All courts shall take judicial notice of the creation of the district and of its boundaries.(b)  Any court in the state rendering judgment for debt against a district may order the board to levy, assess, and collect taxes or assessments to pay the judgment.(c)  The president or the general manager of any district shall be the agent of the district on whom process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served upon the district may be served.(d)  Except as provided in Subsection (e), no suit may be instituted in any court of this state contesting:(1)  the validity of the creation and boundaries of a district created under this code;(2)  any bonds or other obligations created under this code;  or(3)  the validity or the authorization of a contract with the United States by the district.(e)  The matters listed in Subsection (d) may be judicially inquired into at any time and determined in any suit brought by the State of Texas through the attorney general.  The action shall be brought on good cause shown, except where otherwise provided by other provisions of this code or by the Texas Constitution.  It is specifically provided, however, that no such proceeding shall affect the validity of or security for any bonds or other obligations theretofore issued by a district if such bonds or other obligations have been approved by the attorney general as provided by Section 49.184.(f)  A district or water supply corporation shall not be required to give bond for appeal, injunction, or costs in any suit to which it is a party and shall not be required to deposit more than the amount of any award in any eminent domain proceeding.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1354, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Water Code § 49.067 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions|Section 49.067. Contracts

Sec. 49.067.  CONTRACTS.  (a)  A district shall contract, and be contracted with, in the name of the district.(b)  Notwithstanding any other law, a contract for technical, scientific, legal, fiscal, or other professional services must be approved by the board unless specifically delegated by board action.  The terms and conditions of such a contract, including the terms for payment, are subject to the decision of the board unless specifically delegated by board action.  The board through such action cannot abrogate its fiscal responsibility.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 248, Sec. 7, eff. June 18, 2003.|
TX Water Code § 49.068 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions|Section 49.068. Contracts With Governmental Agencies

Sec. 49.068.  CONTRACTS WITH GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES.  (a)  The provisions of this chapter pertaining to bids and the Local Government Code notwithstanding, a district may purchase property from any governmental entity by negotiated contract without the necessity of securing appraisals or advertising for bids.(b)  The provisions of other law or a home-rule municipal charter notwithstanding, a municipality may contract with a district.  The term of a contract under this subsection may be of unlimited duration.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 248, Sec. 8, eff. June 18, 2003.|
TX Water Code § 49.069 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions|Section 49.069. Employee Benefits

Sec. 49.069.  EMPLOYEE BENEFITS.  (a)  The board may provide for and administer retirement, disability, and death compensation funds for the employees of the district.(b)  The board may establish a public retirement system in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 810, Government Code.  The board may also provide for a deferred compensation plan described by Section 457 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. Section 457).(c)  The board may include hospitalization and medical benefits to its employees as part of the compensation paid to the officers and employees and may adopt any plan, rule, or regulation in connection with it and amend or change the plan, rule, or regulation as it may determine.(d)  The board may establish a sick leave pool for employees of the district in the same manner as that authorized for the creation of a sick leave pool for state employees by Subchapter A, Chapter 661, Government Code.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1354, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Water Code § 49.070 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions|Section 49.070. Workers' Compensation

Sec. 49.070.  WORKERS' COMPENSATION.  The board may become a subscriber under Title 5, Labor Code (Texas Workers' Compensation Act), with any insurance company authorized to write the policies in the State of Texas.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 49.071 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions|Section 49.071. District Name Change

Sec. 49.071.  DISTRICT NAME CHANGE.  (a)  On petition by a district showing reasonable grounds for a name change, the commission by order may change the name of the district to the name requested by the district.  The new name must be generally descriptive of the location of the district followed by the type of district as provided by the title of the chapter of the Water Code governing the district.  If a district is located wholly within one county that contains more than one district of that type, the district may be differentiated, if necessary, by adding to the new name the proper consecutive number.  The new name may not be the same as the name of any other district in the county.(b)  A name change takes effect on the date of issuance of the commission order making the name change.(c)  Not later than the 30th day after the date of issuance of the commission order making the name change, the district shall publish notice of the name change in a newspaper or newspapers of general circulation in the county or counties in which the district is located.  Within that same period, the district shall also give notice of the name change by mail to utility customers or permittees, if any, and, to the extent practicable, to the holders of bonds, obligations, and other indebtedness of the district.  Failure of the district to comply with this subsection does not affect the validity of the name change.(d)  A change in the name of a district does not affect bonds, obligations, or other indebtedness of the district existing before the name change occurred.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 49.072 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions|Section 49.072. Limitation on Future Employment

Sec. 49.072.  LIMITATION ON FUTURE EMPLOYMENT.  (a)  A person who has served as a director of a district may not contract with that district or be employed by an organization to which the district has awarded a contract for one year following the date on which the person ceased to serve as a director.(b)  This section does not apply to a person who has served as a director of a district that performs agricultural irrigation functions under Chapter 51, 55, or 58 if the person, when serving as a director, was required to own land as a qualification for office.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 469, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Water Code § 49.101 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter D. Election Provisions|Section 49.101. General

Sec. 49.101.  GENERAL.  All elections shall be generally conducted in accordance with the Election Code except as otherwise provided for by this code.  Write-in candidacies for any district office shall be governed by Subchapter C, Chapter 146, Election Code.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|