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TX Spec Dist Code § 8506.108 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle G - River Authorities|Chapter 8506 - Upper Colorado River Authority|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 8506.108. Sale, Lease, Mortgage, or Other Disposition of Authority Property

Sec. 8506.108.  SALE, LEASE, MORTGAGE, OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF AUTHORITY PROPERTY.  (a)  The authority may not:(1)  mortgage or otherwise encumber authority property of any kind, or any interest in authority property; or(2)  acquire any property or interest in property subject to a mortgage or conditional sale.(b)  Subsection (a) does not prevent pledging authority revenue as authorized by this chapter.(c)  This chapter does not authorize the sale, lease, or other disposition of authority property of any kind, or an interest in authority property, by the authority, by a receiver of any authority property, through a court proceeding, or otherwise.(d)  Notwithstanding Subsection (c), the authority may sell for cash authority property of any kind, or an interest in authority property, if:(1)  the board, by the affirmative vote of six members of the board, determines that the property or interest is not necessary or convenient to the business of the authority and approves the terms of the sale; and(2)  the aggregate value of the properties or interests sold in any year does not exceed $50,000.(e)  It is the intent of the legislature that, except by sale as expressly authorized by this section, authority property or an interest in authority property never come into the ownership or control, directly or indirectly, of any person other than a public authority created under the laws of this state.(f)  Authority property is exempt from forced sale.  The sale of authority property under a judgment rendered in a suit is prohibited.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 855 (S.B. 1162), Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2017.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8506.109 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle G - River Authorities|Chapter 8506 - Upper Colorado River Authority|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 8506.109. Overflow or Inundation of Public Property; Relocation of Roads

Sec. 8506.109.  OVERFLOW OR INUNDATION OF PUBLIC PROPERTY; RELOCATION OF ROADS.  The authority may overflow and inundate any public land or public property and require the relocation of a road or highway in the manner and to the extent permitted to a district organized under general law pursuant to Section 59(a), Article XVI, Texas Constitution.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 855 (S.B. 1162), Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2017.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8506.110 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle G - River Authorities|Chapter 8506 - Upper Colorado River Authority|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 8506.110. Construction, Maintenance, and Operation of Facilities

Sec. 8506.110.  CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, AND OPERATION OF FACILITIES.  The authority may construct, extend, improve, maintain, and reconstruct, cause to be constructed, extended, improved, maintained, and reconstructed, and use and operate facilities of any kind necessary or convenient to the exercise of the authority's powers, rights, privileges, and functions.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 855 (S.B. 1162), Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2017.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8506.111 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle G - River Authorities|Chapter 8506 - Upper Colorado River Authority|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 8506.111. Seal

Sec. 8506.111.  SEAL.  The authority may adopt and use a corporate seal.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 855 (S.B. 1162), Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2017.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8506.112 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle G - River Authorities|Chapter 8506 - Upper Colorado River Authority|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 8506.112. General Contract Powers

Sec. 8506.112.  GENERAL CONTRACT POWERS.  The authority may make a contract or execute an instrument necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers, rights, privileges, and functions conferred on the authority by this chapter.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 855 (S.B. 1162), Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2017.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8506.113 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle G - River Authorities|Chapter 8506 - Upper Colorado River Authority|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 8506.113. Additional Powers Relating to Contracts, Rules, and Regulations

Sec. 8506.113.  ADDITIONAL POWERS RELATING TO CONTRACTS, RULES, AND REGULATIONS.  The authority may enter into and carry out contracts or establish or comply with rules and regulations concerning labor and materials and other related matters in connection with any project the authority considers desirable or as requested by the United States, or any corporation or agency created, designated, or established by the United States, that may assist in the financing of the project.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 855 (S.B. 1162), Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2017.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8506.114 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle G - River Authorities|Chapter 8506 - Upper Colorado River Authority|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 8506.114. Limitations on Powers of Authority

Sec. 8506.114.  LIMITATIONS ON POWERS OF AUTHORITY.  (a)  Notwithstanding any right or permit to use the water of the Colorado River and its tributaries for the generation of hydroelectric power that was issued by the former State Board of Water Engineers, was in existence as of May 2, 1935, and is acquired by the authority, the impounding and use of the floodwaters of the Colorado River and its tributaries for the generation of hydroelectric power by the authority or a person who succeeds to the rights and privileges conferred on the authority by this chapter are subject to the rights of any other person who before May 2, 1935, was impounding or as of that date was putting to beneficial use any water for the purposes described by Sections 11.024(1) and (2), Water Code, if the person:(1)  before May 2, 1935, received a permit for that use from the former State Board of Water Engineers; or(2)  by law was permitted before May 2, 1935, to impound water for those purposes.(b)  This chapter may not be construed to subject to condemnation by the authority or any successor of the authority, or by any person who succeeds to the rights and privileges conferred on the authority by this chapter, any water:(1)  impounded or to be impounded inside or outside the authority under any law authorizing water to be impounded or under any permit granted to a municipal corporation or body politic; or(2)  impounded or permitted to be impounded or used outside the authority under a permit granted to any person.(c)  This chapter may not be construed to deprive any person of the right to impound the water of the Colorado River or its tributaries for domestic or municipal purposes or to repeal any law granting such a right to a person.(d)  The rights of the authority to impound, use, or sell the water of the Colorado River and its tributaries for the generation of hydroelectric power are subordinate and inferior to the rights of:(1)  municipalities situated in the watershed of the Colorado River and its tributaries to build dams and impound floodwaters for municipal purposes; and(2)  any residents of this state or bodies politic to build dams and impound the floodwaters in the watershed of the Colorado River and its tributaries for domestic purposes and for the purposes of irrigation.(e)  The title to any right, property, license, franchise, or permit acquired by the authority is subject to the limitations imposed by Subsection (d).|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 855 (S.B. 1162), Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2017.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8506.115 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle G - River Authorities|Chapter 8506 - Upper Colorado River Authority|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 8506.115. Public Use of Authority's Land

Sec. 8506.115.  PUBLIC USE OF AUTHORITY'S LAND.  (a)  The authority may not prevent free public use of its land for recreational purposes, hunting, or fishing except:(1)  at such points where, in the opinion of the board, the use would interfere with the proper conduct of the business;(2)  in connection with the enforcement of sanitary regulations; or(3)  to protect the public's health.(b)  All public rights-of-way not traversing the areas to be flooded by the impounded waters shall remain open as a way of free public passage to and from the lakes created, and a charge may not be made to the public for the right to engage in hunting, fishing, boating, or swimming thereon.(c)  On notice by a resident of this state of a violation of this section, the attorney general shall institute the proper legal proceedings to require the authority or its successor to comply with this section.(d)  If the authority sells any of the authority's land bordering a lake created under this chapter, the authority shall retain in each tract a strip 80 feet wide abutting the high-water line of the lake for the purpose of passage and use by the public for public sports and amusements.  This subsection does not apply to a sale of land by the authority to a state or federal agency to be used for game or fish sanctuaries, preserves, or for propagation purposes.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 855 (S.B. 1162), Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2017.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8506.116 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle G - River Authorities|Chapter 8506 - Upper Colorado River Authority|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 8506.116. Complaints

Sec. 8506.116.  COMPLAINTS.  (a)  The authority shall maintain a system to promptly and efficiently act on complaints filed with the authority.  The authority shall maintain information about parties to the complaint, the subject matter of the complaint, a summary of the results of the review or investigation of the complaint, and its disposition.(b)  The authority shall make information available describing its procedures for complaint investigation and resolution.(c)  The authority shall periodically notify the complaint parties of the status of the complaint until final disposition.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 269 (H.B. 1921), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8506.151 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle G - River Authorities|Chapter 8506 - Upper Colorado River Authority|Subchapter D. General Financial Provisions|Section 8506.151. Disbursement of Money

Sec. 8506.151.  DISBURSEMENT OF MONEY.  The authority may disburse its money only by a check, draft, order, or other instrument signed by a person authorized to sign the instrument by the bylaws or a resolution in which at least five directors concur.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 855 (S.B. 1162), Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2017.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8506.152 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle G - River Authorities|Chapter 8506 - Upper Colorado River Authority|Subchapter D. General Financial Provisions|Section 8506.152. Accounts, Contracts, and Other Records; Public Inspection

Sec. 8506.152.  ACCOUNTS, CONTRACTS, AND OTHER RECORDS; PUBLIC INSPECTION.  (a)  The authority shall keep complete and accurate accounts conforming to approved methods of bookkeeping.(b)  The accounts and all contracts, documents, and records of the authority shall be kept at the principal office of the authority.(c)  The contracts shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable times.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 855 (S.B. 1162), Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2017.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8506.153 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle G - River Authorities|Chapter 8506 - Upper Colorado River Authority|Subchapter D. General Financial Provisions|Section 8506.153. Filing of Copies of Audit Report

Sec. 8506.153.  FILING OF COPIES OF AUDIT REPORT.  Copies of the audit report prepared under Subchapter G, Chapter 49, Water Code, shall be certified to by the accountant who performed the audit and filed:(1)  as required by Section 49.194, Water Code; and(2)  with the comptroller.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 855 (S.B. 1162), Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2017.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8506.154 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle G - River Authorities|Chapter 8506 - Upper Colorado River Authority|Subchapter D. General Financial Provisions|Section 8506.154. Rates and Other Charges

Sec. 8506.154.  RATES AND OTHER CHARGES.  (a)  The board shall establish and collect rates and other charges for the sale or use of water, water connections, power, electric energy, or other services sold, provided, or supplied by the authority.(b)  The rates and charges must be reasonable, nondiscriminatory, and sufficient to provide revenue adequate to:(1)  pay all expenses necessary to the operation and maintenance of the properties and facilities of the authority;(2)  pay the interest on and the principal of all bonds issued under this chapter or its predecessor statute when and as they become due and payable;(3)  pay all sinking fund or reserve fund payments agreed to be made with respect to bonds issued under this chapter or its predecessor statute and payable out of that revenue when and as they become due and payable; and(4)  fulfill the terms of any agreements made with the holders of bonds issued under this chapter or its predecessor statute or with any person in their behalf.(c)  The rates and charges may not exceed what may be necessary to fulfill the obligations imposed on the authority by this chapter.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 855 (S.B. 1162), Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2017.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8506.155 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle G - River Authorities|Chapter 8506 - Upper Colorado River Authority|Subchapter D. General Financial Provisions|Section 8506.155. Use of Excess Revenue

Sec. 8506.155.  USE OF EXCESS REVENUE.  If the authority receives revenue in excess of that required for the purposes specified by Section 8506.154(b), the board may:(1)  use the excess revenue to:(A)  establish a reasonable depreciation and emergency fund; or(B)  retire bonds issued under this chapter or its predecessor statute by purchase and cancellation or redemption; or(2)  apply the excess revenue to any corporate purpose.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 855 (S.B. 1162), Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2017.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8506.156 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle G - River Authorities|Chapter 8506 - Upper Colorado River Authority|Subchapter D. General Financial Provisions|Section 8506.156. Tax or Assessment or Pledge of Credit of State Not Authorized by Chapter

Sec. 8506.156.  TAX OR ASSESSMENT OR PLEDGE OF CREDIT OF STATE NOT AUTHORIZED BY CHAPTER.  This chapter does not authorize the authority to:(1)  levy or collect a tax or assessment;(2)  create any debt payable out of taxes or assessments; or(3)  in any way pledge the credit of this state.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 855 (S.B. 1162), Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2017.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8506.201 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle G - River Authorities|Chapter 8506 - Upper Colorado River Authority|Subchapter E. Obligations Relating to Borrowed Money or Grants|Section 8506.201. Loans and Grants

Sec. 8506.201.  LOANS AND GRANTS.  The authority may:(1)  borrow money for the authority's corporate purposes;(2)  borrow money or accept a grant from the United States and, in connection with the loan or grant, enter into any agreement the United States or the corporation or agency may require; and(3)  make and issue bonds for money borrowed, in the manner and to the extent provided by Sections 8506.204, 8506.205, 8506.206, 8506.207, and 8506.208.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 855 (S.B. 1162), Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2017.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8506.202 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle G - River Authorities|Chapter 8506 - Upper Colorado River Authority|Subchapter E. Obligations Relating to Borrowed Money or Grants|Section 8506.202. State Pledge Regarding Rights and Remedies of Bondholders

Sec. 8506.202.  STATE PLEDGE REGARDING RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF BONDHOLDERS.  This chapter does not deprive this state of its power to regulate and control rates or charges to be collected for the use of water, water connections, power, electric energy, or another service.  The state pledges to and agrees with the purchasers and successive holders of the bonds issued under this chapter that the state will not limit or alter the power this chapter gives the authority to establish and collect rates and charges that will produce revenue sufficient to pay the items specified by Section 8506.154(b) or in any way impair the rights or remedies of the holders of the bonds, or of any person in their behalf, until the following are fully met and discharged:(1)  the bonds;(2)  the interest on the bonds;(3)  interest on unpaid installments of interest;(4)  all costs and expenses in connection with any action or proceedings by or on behalf of the bondholders; and(5)  all other obligations of the authority in connection with the bonds.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 855 (S.B. 1162), Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2017.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8506.203 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle G - River Authorities|Chapter 8506 - Upper Colorado River Authority|Subchapter E. Obligations Relating to Borrowed Money or Grants|Section 8506.203. Obligation Payable From Revenue

Sec. 8506.203.  OBLIGATION PAYABLE FROM REVENUE.  A debt, liability, or obligation of the authority for the payment of money, however entered into or incurred and whether arising from an express or implied contract or otherwise, is payable solely:(1)  out of the revenue received by the authority with respect to its properties, subject to any prior lien on the revenue conferred by any resolution previously adopted as provided by this chapter authorizing the issuance of bonds; or(2)  if the board so determines, out of the proceeds of sale by the authority of bonds payable solely from revenue described by Subdivision (1).|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 855 (S.B. 1162), Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2017.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8506.204 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle G - River Authorities|Chapter 8506 - Upper Colorado River Authority|Subchapter E. Obligations Relating to Borrowed Money or Grants|Section 8506.204. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds

Sec. 8506.204.  POWER TO ISSUE REVENUE BONDS.  (a)  The authority may issue revenue bonds for any corporate purpose in any amount authorized by the directors but not to exceed an aggregate principal amount of $6 million.(b)  The bonds may be secured only by a pledge of the amounts granted or donated by this state or out of any other current revenue of the district, which amounts shall be paid to the legal holders of the bonds.(c)  The bonds must be authorized by a board resolution.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 855 (S.B. 1162), Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2017.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8506.205 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle G - River Authorities|Chapter 8506 - Upper Colorado River Authority|Subchapter E. Obligations Relating to Borrowed Money or Grants|Section 8506.205. Terms of Issuance

Sec. 8506.205.  TERMS OF ISSUANCE.  Authority bonds may be:(1)  sold for cash;(2)  issued on terms the board determines in exchange for property of any kind, or any interest in property, that the board considers necessary or convenient for the corporate purpose for which the bonds are issued; or(3)  issued in exchange for like principal amounts of other obligations of the authority, whether matured or unmatured.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 855 (S.B. 1162), Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2017.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8506.206 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle G - River Authorities|Chapter 8506 - Upper Colorado River Authority|Subchapter E. Obligations Relating to Borrowed Money or Grants|Section 8506.206. Deposit of Proceeds

Sec. 8506.206.  DEPOSIT OF PROCEEDS.  The proceeds of sale of authority bonds shall be deposited in one or more banks or trust companies, and shall be paid out according to the terms, on which the authority and the purchasers of the bonds agree.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 855 (S.B. 1162), Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2017.|