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TX Spec Dist Code § 3887.104 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3887 - Guadalupe County Development and Management District|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 3887.104. Rules; Enforcement

Sec. 3887.104.  RULES; ENFORCEMENT.  (a)  The district may adopt rules:(1)  to administer or operate the district;(2)  for the use, enjoyment, availability, protection, security, and maintenance of the district's property and facilities; or(3)  to provide for public safety and security in the district.(b)  The district may enforce its rules by injunctive relief.(c)  To the extent a district rule conflicts with a county rule, order, or regulation, the county rule, order, or regulation controls.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1078 (H.B. 4755), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3887.105 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3887 - Guadalupe County Development and Management District|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 3887.105. Name Change

Sec. 3887.105.  NAME CHANGE.  The board by resolution may change the district's name.  The board shall give written notice of the change to the county and any municipality in which the district is wholly or partly located.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1078 (H.B. 4755), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3887.106 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3887 - Guadalupe County Development and Management District|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 3887.106. Use of Roadway, Park, or Other Public Area or Facility of District

Sec. 3887.106.  USE OF ROADWAY, PARK, OR OTHER PUBLIC AREA OR FACILITY OF DISTRICT.  (a)  The board by rule may regulate the private use of a public roadway, open space, park, sidewalk, or similar public area or facility in the district.  To the extent the district rules conflict with a rule, order, or regulation of the county or of a municipality in which the district is wholly or partly located, the rule, order, or regulation of the county or municipality controls.  A rule may provide for the safe and orderly use of public roadways, open spaces, parks, sidewalks, and similar public areas or facilities in the district.(b)  The board may require a permit for a parade, demonstration, celebration, entertainment event, or similar nongovernmental activity in or on a public roadway, open space, park, sidewalk, or similar public area or facility that is owned by the district.  The board may charge a fee for the permit application or for public safety or security services for such facilities in an amount the board considers necessary.(c)  The board may require a permit or franchise agreement with a vendor, concessionaire, exhibitor, or similar private or commercial person or organization for the limited use of the area or facility owned by the district on terms and on payment of a permit or franchise fee the board may impose.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1078 (H.B. 4755), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3887.107 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3887 - Guadalupe County Development and Management District|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 3887.107. Adding or Removing Territory

Sec. 3887.107.  ADDING OR REMOVING TERRITORY.  (a)  The board may add or remove territory under Subchapter J, Chapter 49, and Section 54.016, Water Code, except that  the addition or removal of the territory must be approved by the owners of the territory being added or removed.(b)  A reference to a tax in Subchapter J, Chapter 49, or Section 54.016, Water Code, means an ad valorem tax.(c)  Territory may not be removed from the district if bonds or other obligations of the district payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes or assessments levied or assessed on the territory are outstanding.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1078 (H.B. 4755), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3887.108 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3887 - Guadalupe County Development and Management District|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 3887.108. Economic Development

Sec. 3887.108.  ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.  The district may create economic development and other programs pursuant to Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution, including the imposition and collection of ad valorem taxes for such purposes if approved by the voters of the district at an election, including the economic development powers that:(1)  Chapter 380, Local Government Code, provides to a municipality with a population of more than 100,000; and(2)  Chapter 1509, Government Code, provides to any municipality.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1078 (H.B. 4755), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3887.109 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3887 - Guadalupe County Development and Management District|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 3887.109. Terms of Employment; Compensation

Sec. 3887.109.  TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT; COMPENSATION.  The board may employ and establish the terms of employment and compensation of an executive director or general manager and any other district employees the board considers necessary.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1078 (H.B. 4755), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3887.110 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3887 - Guadalupe County Development and Management District|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 3887.110. No Eminent Domain Power

Sec. 3887.110.  NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER.  The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1078 (H.B. 4755), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3887.151 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3887 - Guadalupe County Development and Management District|Subchapter D. General Financial Provisions|Section 3887.151. General Powers Regarding Financial Matters

Sec. 3887.151.  GENERAL POWERS REGARDING FINANCIAL MATTERS.  Except as provided in an agreement executed pursuant to Section 3887.160, the district may:(1)  impose an ad valorem tax on all taxable property in the district, including industrial, commercial, and residential property, to pay for an improvement project of the types authorized by Section 52, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and to secure the payment of bonds issued for such purposes;(2)  impose an assessment on property in the district to pay the cost or the cost of maintenance of any authorized district improvement in the manner provided for:(A)  a district under Subchapters A, E, and F, Chapter 375, Local Government Code; or(B)  a municipality or county under Subchapter A, Chapter 372, Local Government Code;(3)  provide or secure the payment or repayment of any bond, note, or other temporary or permanent obligation or reimbursement or other contract with any person, and the costs and expenses of the establishment, administration, and operation of the district and the district's costs or share of the costs or revenue of an improvement project or district contractual obligation or indebtedness by or through:(A)  the imposition of an ad valorem tax or an assessment, user fee, concession fee, or rental charge; or(B)  any other revenue or resources of the district, or other revenues, including revenues from a tax increment reinvestment zone created by a municipality in which all or a portion of the territory of the district has been annexed;(4)  establish user charges related to the operation of storm-water facilities, including the regulation of storm water for the protection of water quality in the district;(5)  establish user charges for the use of potable and nonpotable water of the district;(6)  undertake separately or jointly with other persons, including a municipality or the county, all or part of the cost of an improvement project, including an improvement project:(A)  for improving, enhancing, and supporting public safety and security, fire protection and emergency medical services, and law enforcement in and adjacent to the district; or(B)  that confers a general benefit on the entire district or a special benefit on a definable part of the district; and(7)  enter into a tax abatement agreement in accordance with the general laws of this state authorizing and applicable to tax abatement agreements by municipalities.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1078 (H.B. 4755), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3887.152 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3887 - Guadalupe County Development and Management District|Subchapter D. General Financial Provisions|Section 3887.152. Borrowing Money

Sec. 3887.152.  BORROWING MONEY.  The district may borrow money for a district purpose by issuing or executing bonds, notes, credit agreements, or other obligations of any kind found by the board to be necessary or appropriate for a district purpose.  The bond, note, credit agreement, or other obligation must be secured by and payable from ad valorem taxes, assessments, or any combination thereof or from other district revenue.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1078 (H.B. 4755), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3887.153 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3887 - Guadalupe County Development and Management District|Subchapter D. General Financial Provisions|Section 3887.153. Impact Fees and Assessments; Exemption

Sec. 3887.153.  IMPACT FEES AND ASSESSMENTS; EXEMPTION.  (a)  The district may impose an impact fee or assessment on property in the district, including an impact fee or assessment on residential or commercial property, only in the manner provided by Subchapter A, Chapter 372, or Subchapter F, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, for a municipality, county, or public improvement district, according to the benefit received by the property.(b)  An impact fee for residential property must be for the limited purpose of providing capital funding for:(1)  public water and wastewater facilities;(2)  drainage and storm-water facilities; and(3)  streets and alleys.(c)  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; and(2)  are superior to any other lien or claim other than a lien or claim for county, school district, or municipal ad valorem taxes.(d)  The lien of an assessment against property runs with the land.  The portion of an assessment payment obligation that has not yet come due is not eliminated by the foreclosure of an ad valorem tax lien, and any purchaser of property in a foreclosure of an ad valorem tax lien takes the property subject to the assessment payment obligations that have not yet come due and to the lien and terms of the lien's payment under the applicable assessment ordinance or order.(e)  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.(f)  The district may not impose an impact fee on the property, including equipment and facilities, of a public utility provider in the district.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1078 (H.B. 4755), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3887.154 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3887 - Guadalupe County Development and Management District|Subchapter D. General Financial Provisions|Section 3887.154. Residential Property Not Exempt

Sec. 3887.154.  RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY NOT EXEMPT.  Section 375.161, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1078 (H.B. 4755), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3887.155 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3887 - Guadalupe County Development and Management District|Subchapter D. General Financial Provisions|Section 3887.155. Maintenance and Operation Tax; Election

Sec. 3887.155.  MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION TAX; ELECTION.  (a)  The district may impose a tax for maintenance and operation purposes, including for:(1)  planning, constructing, acquiring, maintaining, repairing, and operating all improvement projects, including land, plants, works, facilities, improvements, appliances, and equipment of the district; and(2)  paying costs of services, engineering and legal fees, and organization and administrative expenses.(b)  The district may not impose a maintenance and operation tax unless the tax is approved by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.  The proposition in a maintenance and operation tax election may be for a specific maximum rate or for an unlimited rate.  If a maximum tax rate is approved, the board may impose the tax at any rate that does not exceed the approved rate.(c)  A maintenance and operation tax election may be held at the same time and in conjunction with any other district election.  The election may be called by a separate election order or as part of any other election order.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1078 (H.B. 4755), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3887.156 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3887 - Guadalupe County Development and Management District|Subchapter D. General Financial Provisions|Section 3887.156. Use of Surplus Maintenance and Operation Money

Sec. 3887.156.  USE OF SURPLUS MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION MONEY.  If the district has surplus maintenance and operation tax money that is not needed for the purposes for which it was collected, the money may be used for any authorized purpose.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1078 (H.B. 4755), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3887.157 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3887 - Guadalupe County Development and Management District|Subchapter D. General Financial Provisions|Section 3887.157. Bonds and Other Obligations; Municipal Approval

Sec. 3887.157.  BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS; MUNICIPAL APPROVAL.  (a)  Subject to the requirements of Sections 3887.159 and 3887.160, the district by competitive bid or negotiated sale may issue bonds, notes, or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes or from assessments in the manner provided by Subchapter A, Chapter 372, or Subchapter J, Chapter 375, Local Government Code.(b)  In exercising the district's borrowing power, the district may issue a bond or other obligation in the form of a bond, note, certificate of participation or other instrument evidencing a proportionate interest in payments to be made by the district, or any other type of obligation.(c)  In addition to the sources of money described by Subchapter A, Chapter 372, and Subchapter J, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, district bonds may be secured and made payable, wholly or partly, by a pledge of any part of the money the district receives from system or improvement revenues or from any other source.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1078 (H.B. 4755), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3887.158 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3887 - Guadalupe County Development and Management District|Subchapter D. General Financial Provisions|Section 3887.158. Bond Maturity

Sec. 3887.158.  BOND MATURITY.  Bonds may mature not more than 40 years from their date of issue.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1078 (H.B. 4755), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3887.159 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3887 - Guadalupe County Development and Management District|Subchapter D. General Financial Provisions|Section 3887.159. Taxes for Bonds and Other Obligations

Sec. 3887.159.  TAXES FOR BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.  (a)  At the time bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes are issued:(1)  the board shall impose 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; and(2)  the district annually shall impose an ad valorem tax on all taxable property in the district in an amount sufficient to:(A)  pay the interest on the bonds or other obligations as the interest becomes due;(B)  create a sinking fund for the payment of the principal of the bonds or other obligations when due or the redemption price at any earlier required redemption date; and(C)  pay the expenses of imposing the taxes.(b)  Bonds or other obligations that are secured by and payable from ad valorem taxes may not be issued unless the bonds and the imposition of the taxes are approved by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.(c)  The district shall hold an election required by this section in the manner provided by Chapter 54, Water Code, and the Election Code.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1078 (H.B. 4755), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3887.160 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3887 - Guadalupe County Development and Management District|Subchapter D. General Financial Provisions|Section 3887.160. Development and Operating Agreement Required to Undertake Improvement Projects, Impose Taxes or Assessments, and Borrow Money, Including Bonds

Sec. 3887.160.  DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATING AGREEMENT REQUIRED TO UNDERTAKE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, IMPOSE TAXES OR ASSESSMENTS, AND BORROW MONEY, INCLUDING BONDS.  (a)  After the district's board of directors is organized, but before the district may undertake any improvement project, issue bonds, impose taxes, impose assessments or fees, or borrow money, the district must negotiate and execute with the county a mutually approved and accepted development and operating agreement, including any pre-annexation agreements, and any limitations regarding the plans and rules for:(1)  the exercise of the powers granted to the district under this chapter, including the organization, development, and operation of the district;(2)  the selection and description of improvement projects that may be undertaken and financed by the district and the ownership, operation, and maintenance of the improvement projects;(3)  the terms, conditions, methods, means, and amounts of financing authorized by this chapter that the district may undertake in providing improvement projects; and(4)  the amounts, methods, and times of reimbursement to the county for costs and expenses, if any, incurred by the county with respect to the development and operation of the district and the financing of improvement projects by the district.(b)  An agreement required by this section may not be effective until its terms and execution are approved by the board by order or resolution.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1078 (H.B. 4755), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3887.201 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3887 - Guadalupe County Development and Management District|Subchapter E. Dissolution|Section 3887.201. Dissolution by Board Order

Sec. 3887.201.  DISSOLUTION BY BOARD ORDER.  (a)  The board, with the approval of the county, by order may dissolve the district.(b)  The board may not dissolve a district until:(1)  the district's outstanding indebtedness and all contractual obligations that are payable from ad valorem taxes or assessments have been paid, satisfied, or discharged; and(2)  if, at the time of dissolution, the district is not situated wholly or partly within a municipality, the county agrees to accept title to all district property and to provide the level of services provided by the district as of the date of dissolution.(c)  If the district is located wholly or partly within a municipality, the municipality may dissolve the district by ordinance at any time after all outstanding debt and contractual obligations of the district that are payable from ad valorem taxes have been paid, satisfied, and discharged.  If the district has outstanding debt that is payable from assessments or other district revenue, other than ad valorem taxes, and the municipality dissolves the district, the municipality assumes, subject to the appropriation and availability of funds, the obligations of the district, including any bonds or other indebtedness payable from assessments or district revenue other than ad valorem taxes.(d)  If a municipality dissolves the district, the board shall transfer ownership of all district property to the municipality.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1078 (H.B. 4755), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3889.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3889 - Gulfton Area Municipal Management District|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 3889.001. Definitions

Sec. 3889.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Board" means the district's board of directors.(2)  "City" means the City of Houston, Texas.(3)  "Director" means a board member.(4)  "District" means the Gulfton Area Municipal Management District.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1192 (H.B. 3828), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3889.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3889 - Gulfton Area Municipal Management District|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 3889.002. Creation and Nature of District

Sec. 3889.002.  CREATION AND NATURE OF DISTRICT.  The district is a special district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1192 (H.B. 3828), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.|