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TX Spec Dist Code § 8511.0213 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle G - River Authorities|Chapter 8511 - Nueces River Authority|Subchapter B. Board of Directors; Administrative Provisions|Section 8511.0213. Separation of Policymaking and Management Functions

Text of section effective on April 01, 2023Sec. 8511.0213.  SEPARATION OF POLICYMAKING AND MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS.  The board shall develop and implement policies that clearly separate the board's policymaking responsibilities and the executive director's and staff's management responsibilities.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 914 (H.B. 3530), Sec. 1.03, eff. April 1, 2023.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8511.0214 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle G - River Authorities|Chapter 8511 - Nueces River Authority|Subchapter B. Board of Directors; Administrative Provisions|Section 8511.0214. Public Testimony

Text of section effective on April 01, 2023Sec. 8511.0214.  PUBLIC TESTIMONY.  (a)  The board shall develop and implement policies that provide the public with a reasonable opportunity to appear before the board and to speak on any issue under the authority's jurisdiction.(b)  At each regular board meeting, the board shall include public testimony as a meeting agenda item and allow members of the public to comment on other agenda items and other matters under the authority's jurisdiction. The board may not deliberate on or decide a matter not included in the meeting agenda, except that the board may discuss including the matter on the agenda for a subsequent meeting.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 914 (H.B. 3530), Sec. 1.03, eff. April 1, 2023.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8511.0215 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle G - River Authorities|Chapter 8511 - Nueces River Authority|Subchapter B. Board of Directors; Administrative Provisions|Section 8511.0215. Directors' and Employees' Fidelity Bonds

Text of section effective on April 01, 2023Sec. 8511.0215.  DIRECTORS' AND EMPLOYEES' FIDELITY BONDS.  (a)  The executive director, the treasurer, and each of the authority's officers, agents, or employees who is charged with the collection, custody, or payment of authority money shall execute a fidelity bond.(b)  The board must approve the bond's form, amount, and surety.(c)  The authority shall pay the premiums on the bond.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 914 (H.B. 3530), Sec. 1.03, eff. April 1, 2023.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8511.0216 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle G - River Authorities|Chapter 8511 - Nueces River Authority|Subchapter B. Board of Directors; Administrative Provisions|Section 8511.0216. Authority's Office

Text of section effective on April 01, 2023Sec. 8511.0216.  AUTHORITY'S OFFICE.  The authority shall maintain its principal office inside its boundaries.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 914 (H.B. 3530), Sec. 1.03, eff. April 1, 2023.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8511.0217 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle G - River Authorities|Chapter 8511 - Nueces River Authority|Subchapter B. Board of Directors; Administrative Provisions|Section 8511.0217. Complaints

Text of section effective on April 01, 2023Sec. 8511.0217.  COMPLAINTS.  (a)  The authority shall maintain a system to act promptly and efficiently on complaints filed with the authority.(b)  The authority shall maintain information about:(1)  the parties to the complaint;(2)  the subject matter of the complaint;(3)  a summary of the results of the review or investigation of the complaint; and(4)  the complaint's disposition.(c)  The authority shall periodically notify the parties to the complaint of the complaint's status until final disposition.(d)  The authority shall make information available describing its procedures for complaint investigation and resolution.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 914 (H.B. 3530), Sec. 1.03, eff. April 1, 2023.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8511.0218 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle G - River Authorities|Chapter 8511 - Nueces River Authority|Subchapter B. Board of Directors; Administrative Provisions|Section 8511.0218. Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedures

Text of section effective on April 01, 2023Sec. 8511.0218.  ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCEDURES.  (a)  The board shall develop a policy to encourage the use of appropriate alternative dispute resolution procedures under Chapter 2009, Government Code, to assist in the resolution of internal and external disputes under the authority's jurisdiction.(b)  The authority's procedures relating to alternative dispute resolution must conform, to the extent possible, to any model guidelines issued by the State Office of Administrative Hearings for the use of alternative dispute resolution by state agencies.(c)  The authority shall:(1)  coordinate the implementation of the policy adopted under Subsection (a);(2)  provide training as needed to implement the procedures for alternative dispute resolution; and(3)  collect data concerning the effectiveness of those procedures.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 914 (H.B. 3530), Sec. 1.03, eff. April 1, 2023.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8511.0219 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle G - River Authorities|Chapter 8511 - Nueces River Authority|Subchapter B. Board of Directors; Administrative Provisions|Section 8511.0219. Five-Year Strategic Plan

Text of section effective on April 01, 2023Sec. 8511.0219.  FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN. (a)  The authority shall adopt and promptly publish on the authority's Internet website a written strategic plan that:(1)  sets the authority's goals for the following five years;(2)  establishes the authority's mission; and(3)  describes the anticipated activities that the authority will perform in the Nueces River Basin over the following five years.(b)  The authority shall update the strategic plan regularly and publish the updated versions of the plan on the authority's Internet website.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 914 (H.B. 3530), Sec. 1.03, eff. April 1, 2023.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8511.0301 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle G - River Authorities|Chapter 8511 - Nueces River Authority|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 8511.0301. General Powers and Duties

Text of section effective on April 01, 2023Sec. 8511.0301.  GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.  (a)  The authority shall:(1)  administer this chapter; and(2)  use its facilities and powers to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.(b)  The authority may:(1)  exercise the powers, rights, privileges, and functions in this chapter;(2)  exercise all powers, rights, and privileges necessary or convenient for accomplishing the purposes of this chapter; and(3)  perform any other act necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers, rights, privileges, or functions conferred by this chapter or other laws.(c)  The board may provide for any expenditures it considers essential or useful in the authority's maintenance, operation, and administration.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 914 (H.B. 3530), Sec. 1.03, eff. April 1, 2023.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8511.0303 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle G - River Authorities|Chapter 8511 - Nueces River Authority|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 8511.0303. Use of Bed and Banks of Nueces River and Its Tributaries

Text of section effective on April 01, 2023Sec. 8511.0303.  USE OF BED AND BANKS OF NUECES RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES.  Subject to the commission's approval, the authority may use the bed and banks of the Nueces River and its tributary streams for any purpose necessary to accomplish the authority's plans for storing, controlling, conserving, transporting, and distributing storm water, floodwater, and appropriated flow waters for useful purposes.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 914 (H.B. 3530), Sec. 1.03, eff. April 1, 2023.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8511.0304 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle G - River Authorities|Chapter 8511 - Nueces River Authority|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 8511.0304. Master Plan

Text of section effective on April 01, 2023Sec. 8511.0304.  MASTER PLAN.  (a) The authority shall prepare and file with the commission a master plan for the maximum development of the soil and water resources of the entire Nueces River watershed, including plans for the complete use, for all economically beneficial purposes, of the watershed's water resources.  The authority may amend the master plan as appropriate to accomplish the purposes of this section.(b)  After the master plan or any amendments to the plan have been filed with the commission, notice of the application of any person who desires to acquire the right to use state water that is in the Nueces River watershed shall be provided to the authority.  After public hearing as provided by law, the commission may grant or deny the proposed application in the manner required by law, notwithstanding any contrary provision of the master plan or any amendments to the plan.(c)  Each work constructed by the authority shall be constructed and operated in a manner that, in the greatest practicable degree, conforms to the master plan and any amendments to the plan.(d)  This section may not be construed to interfere with any improvement of the Nueces River or its tributaries or with a grant or loan in aid of any improvement made by the United States or by this state.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 914 (H.B. 3530), Sec. 1.03, eff. April 1, 2023.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8511.0305 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle G - River Authorities|Chapter 8511 - Nueces River Authority|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 8511.0305. Water Conservation Program

Text of section effective on April 01, 2023Sec. 8511.0305.  WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAM.  The board shall adopt and implement a program of water conservation that:(1)  incorporates the practices, techniques, and technologies that will reduce water consumption, reduce water loss or waste, improve efficiency in water use, or increase water recycling and reuse so that a water supply is available for future or alternative uses; and(2)  the commission and development board determine meets reasonably anticipated local needs and conditions.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 914 (H.B. 3530), Sec. 1.03, eff. April 1, 2023.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8511.0306 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle G - River Authorities|Chapter 8511 - Nueces River Authority|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 8511.0306. Forestation and Reforestation

Text of section effective on April 01, 2023Sec. 8511.0306.  FORESTATION AND REFORESTATION.  The authority may forest, reforest, or aid in foresting or reforesting the watershed of the Nueces River and its tributaries.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 914 (H.B. 3530), Sec. 1.03, eff. April 1, 2023.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8511.0307 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle G - River Authorities|Chapter 8511 - Nueces River Authority|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 8511.0307. Groundwater

Text of section effective on April 01, 2023Sec. 8511.0307.  GROUNDWATER.  (a)  The authority may conduct surveys and studies of the groundwater supplies in the authority to:(1)  determine the location and quantity of groundwater available for irrigation and other purposes; and(2)  develop and ascertain other information that in the authority's judgment may be necessary to fully develop irrigation and other water uses from the groundwater in the authority.(b)  With the approval and under the supervision of the commission, the authority may appropriate storm water and floodwater to recharge underground freshwater-bearing sand and aquifers in the Nueces River Basin.(c)  The authority shall cooperate with the Edwards Aquifer Authority, or its lawful successor, and any other groundwater conservation district inside the authority's boundaries in any groundwater recharge project in an area where a groundwater conservation district has jurisdiction.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 914 (H.B. 3530), Sec. 1.03, eff. April 1, 2023.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8511.0308 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle G - River Authorities|Chapter 8511 - Nueces River Authority|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 8511.0308. Water Quality Control

Text of section effective on April 01, 2023Sec. 8511.0308.  WATER QUALITY CONTROL.  (a)  The authority may exercise the powers vested in a river authority by Chapters 5, 7, 17, 26, and 30, Water Code, and Chapter 366, Health and Safety Code.(b)  The authority may perform the licensing and other functions authorized to be delegated to a local government by the commission in connection with the regulation of private sewage facilities under Chapter 366, Health and Safety Code.(c)  The authority may serve as the entity to provide regional or area-wide waste collection, treatment, and disposal systems as provided by Subchapter C, Chapter 26, Water Code.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 914 (H.B. 3530), Sec. 1.03, eff. April 1, 2023.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8511.0309 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle G - River Authorities|Chapter 8511 - Nueces River Authority|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 8511.0309. Solid Waste Services

Text of section effective on April 01, 2023Sec. 8511.0309.  SOLID WASTE SERVICES.  The authority may acquire, construct, maintain, and provide facilities, equipment, and disposal sites to provide solid waste collection, transportation, treatment, and disposal services inside the authority, charge for the services, and enter into a contract for the services with any person.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 914 (H.B. 3530), Sec. 1.03, eff. April 1, 2023.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8511.0310 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle G - River Authorities|Chapter 8511 - Nueces River Authority|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 8511.0310. Applicability of Certain Environmental Laws

Text of section effective on April 01, 2023Sec. 8511.0310.  APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS.  The authority may exercise the powers and functions vested in a river authority by Chapter 383, Health and Safety Code.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 914 (H.B. 3530), Sec. 1.03, eff. April 1, 2023.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8511.0311 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle G - River Authorities|Chapter 8511 - Nueces River Authority|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 8511.0311. Parks and Recreational Facilities

Text of section effective on April 01, 2023Sec. 8511.0311.  PARKS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.  The authority may:(1)  acquire land adjacent to or in the vicinity of the Nueces River or any of its tributaries for park and recreational purposes; and(2)  acquire, construct, and maintain park and recreational facilities on the land.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 914 (H.B. 3530), Sec. 1.03, eff. April 1, 2023.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8511.0312 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle G - River Authorities|Chapter 8511 - Nueces River Authority|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 8511.0312. Permits and Licenses

Text of section effective on April 01, 2023Sec. 8511.0312.  PERMITS AND LICENSES.  In the manner provided by Chapters 5, 11, and 12, Water Code, the authority may apply for any permit, license, franchise, or other grant of authority it may require from the commission, the development board, or any other federal, state, or local governmental agency in exercising its powers and accomplishing the purposes under this chapter.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 914 (H.B. 3530), Sec. 1.03, eff. April 1, 2023.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8511.0313 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle G - River Authorities|Chapter 8511 - Nueces River Authority|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 8511.0313. Service Contracts and Charges

Text of section effective on April 01, 2023Sec. 8511.0313.  SERVICE CONTRACTS AND CHARGES.  (a)  The authority may enter into a service contract and may adopt resolutions and orders establishing rates and providing for the collection of fees and charges for:(1)  the sale or use of water;(2)  water transmission, treatment, and storage facility services;(3)  solid and liquid waste collection, treatment, and disposal services and facilities;(4)  the use of park and recreational facilities;(5)  the sale of power and electric energy; and(6)  other services or facilities sold, provided, or supplied by the authority.(b)  The fees and charges must be sufficient to produce revenue adequate to:(1)  pay expenses necessary for the operation and maintenance of the authority's properties and facilities;(2)  pay the principal of or the interest on any bonds or other obligations issued by the authority when due and payable;(3)  fulfill any reserve or other fund obligations of the authority in connection with the bonds or other obligations; and(4)  pay any other expenses the board may consider necessary and proper for the authority's operations.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 914 (H.B. 3530), Sec. 1.03, eff. April 1, 2023.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8511.0314 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle G - River Authorities|Chapter 8511 - Nueces River Authority|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 8511.0314. Use of Revenue and Property

Text of section effective on April 01, 2023Sec. 8511.0314.  USE OF REVENUE AND PROPERTY.  The use of any authority money or property for any purpose not provided by this chapter is prohibited.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 914 (H.B. 3530), Sec. 1.03, eff. April 1, 2023.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8511.0315 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle G - River Authorities|Chapter 8511 - Nueces River Authority|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 8511.0315. Acquisition, Maintenance, and Operation of Property

Text of section effective on April 01, 2023Sec. 8511.0315.  ACQUISITION, MAINTENANCE, AND OPERATION OF PROPERTY.  The authority may purchase, lease, acquire by gift, maintain, use, and operate property of any kind inside or outside the authority that is appropriate for the exercise of its functions.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 914 (H.B. 3530), Sec. 1.03, eff. April 1, 2023.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8511.0316 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle G - River Authorities|Chapter 8511 - Nueces River Authority|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 8511.0316. Acquisition, Construction, Maintenance, and Operation of Facilities

Text of section effective on April 01, 2023Sec. 8511.0316.  ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, AND OPERATION OF FACILITIES.  The authority may acquire in any manner, construct, extend, improve, maintain, reconstruct, use, and operate facilities inside or outside the authority that are necessary or convenient for the exercise of its powers, rights, duties, and functions.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 914 (H.B. 3530), Sec. 1.03, eff. April 1, 2023.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8511.0317 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle G - River Authorities|Chapter 8511 - Nueces River Authority|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 8511.0317. Eminent Domain

Text of section effective on April 01, 2023Sec. 8511.0317.  EMINENT DOMAIN.  (a) The authority may exercise the power of eminent domain under Chapter 21, Property Code, to acquire property of any kind inside or outside the authority that is appropriate for the exercise of its functions.(b)  The authority's authority under this section to exercise the power of eminent domain expired on September 1, 2013, unless the authority submitted a letter to the comptroller in accordance with Section 2206.101(b), Government Code, not later than December 31, 2012.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 914 (H.B. 3530), Sec. 1.03, eff. April 1, 2023.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8511.0318 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle G - River Authorities|Chapter 8511 - Nueces River Authority|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 8511.0318. Cost of Relocating or Altering Property

Text of section effective on April 01, 2023Sec. 8511.0318.  COST OF RELOCATING OR ALTERING PROPERTY.  (a)  In this section, "sole expense" means the actual cost of relocating, raising, 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 derived from the old facility.(b)  If the authority's exercise of the power of eminent domain, the power of relocation, or any other power makes necessary relocating, raising, rerouting, changing the grade of, or altering the construction of a highway, railroad, electric transmission line, telephone or telegraph property or facility, or pipeline, the necessary action shall be accomplished at the authority's sole expense.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 914 (H.B. 3530), Sec. 1.03, eff. April 1, 2023.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8511.0319 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle G - River Authorities|Chapter 8511 - Nueces River Authority|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 8511.0319. Disposition of Property

Text of section effective on April 01, 2023Sec. 8511.0319.  DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY.  The authority may:(1)  sell any property or interest in property of any kind owned by the authority by installments or otherwise, including a sale in any manner prescribed or permitted by:(A)  Chapter 383, Health and Safety Code;(B)  Section 552.014, Local Government Code; or(C)  Chapter 30, Water Code; or(2)  lease, exchange, or otherwise dispose of any property described by Subdivision (1) or interest in property.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 914 (H.B. 3530), Sec. 1.03, eff. April 1, 2023.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8511.0320 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle G - River Authorities|Chapter 8511 - Nueces River Authority|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 8511.0320. General Contract Powers

Text of section effective on April 01, 2023Sec. 8511.0320.  GENERAL CONTRACT POWERS.  The authority may enter into a contract or execute an instrument that is necessary or convenient for the exercise of its powers, rights, duties, and functions.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 914 (H.B. 3530), Sec. 1.03, eff. April 1, 2023.|