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TX Spec Dist Code § 3859.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3859 - Harris County Improvement District No. 9|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 3859.006. Tort Liability

Sec. 3859.006.  TORT LIABILITY.  The district is a governmental unit under Chapter 101, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, and the operations of the district are essential government functions and are not proprietary functions for any purpose, including the application of Chapter 101, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1288 (H.B. 4110), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3859.007 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3859 - Harris County Improvement District No. 9|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 3859.007. Eligibility for Reinvestment Zones

Sec. 3859.007.  ELIGIBILITY FOR REINVESTMENT ZONES.  All or any part of the area of the district is eligible to be included in a tax increment reinvestment zone created by the City of Houston under Chapter 311, Tax Code.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1288 (H.B. 4110), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3859.008 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3859 - Harris County Improvement District No. 9|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 3859.008. Liberal Construction of Chapter

Sec. 3859.008.  LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER.  This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and purposes stated in this chapter.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1288 (H.B. 4110), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3859.051 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3859 - Harris County Improvement District No. 9|Subchapter B. Board of Directors|Section 3859.051. Board of Directors; Terms

Sec. 3859.051.  BOARD OF DIRECTORS; TERMS.  (a)  The district is governed by a board of 11 directors who serve staggered terms of four years with five or six directors' terms expiring June 1 of each odd-numbered year.(b)  The board by resolution may increase or decrease the number of directors on the board, but only if a majority of the board finds that it is in the best interest of the district to do so.  The board may not:(1)  increase the number of directors to more than 15; or(2)  decrease the number of directors to fewer than five.(c)  Sections 49.053, 49.054, 49.056, 49.057, 49.058, and 49.060, Water Code, apply to the board.(d)  Subchapter D, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, applies to the board to the extent that subchapter does not conflict with this chapter.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1288 (H.B. 4110), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3859.052 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3859 - Harris County Improvement District No. 9|Subchapter B. Board of Directors|Section 3859.052. Appointment of Directors on Increase in Board Size

Sec. 3859.052.  APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS ON INCREASE IN BOARD SIZE.  If the board increases the number of directors under Section 3859.051, the board shall appoint qualified persons to fill the new director positions and shall provide for staggering the terms of the directors serving in the new positions.  On expiration of the term of a director appointed under this section, a succeeding director shall be appointed and qualified as provided by Subchapter D, Chapter 375, Local Government Code.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1288 (H.B. 4110), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3859.101 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3859 - Harris County Improvement District No. 9|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 3859.101. District Powers

Sec. 3859.101.  DISTRICT POWERS.  The district has:(1)  all powers necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district was created;(2)  the rights, powers, privileges, authority, and functions of a district created under Chapter 375, Local Government Code;(3)  the powers, duties, and contracting authority specified by Subchapters H and I, Chapter 49, Water Code;(4)  the powers given to a corporation under Chapter 505, Local Government Code, including the power to own, operate, acquire, construct, lease, improve, and maintain the projects described by that chapter; and(5)  the powers of a housing finance corporation created under Chapter 394, Local Government Code.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1288 (H.B. 4110), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 21.046, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3859.102 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3859 - Harris County Improvement District No. 9|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 3859.102. Nonprofit Corporation

Sec. 3859.102.  NONPROFIT CORPORATION.  (a)  The board by resolution may authorize the creation of a nonprofit corporation to assist and act for the district in implementing a project or providing a service authorized by this chapter.(b)  The nonprofit corporation:(1)  has each power of and is considered for purposes of this chapter to be a local government corporation created under Chapter 431, Transportation Code; and(2)  may implement any project and provide any service authorized by this chapter.(c)  The board shall appoint the board of directors of the nonprofit corporation.  The board of directors of the nonprofit corporation shall serve in the same manner as, for the same term as, and on the same conditions as the board of directors of a local government corporation created under Chapter 431, Transportation Code.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1288 (H.B. 4110), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3859.103 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3859 - Harris County Improvement District No. 9|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 3859.103. Elections

Sec. 3859.103.  ELECTIONS.  (a)  District elections must be held in the manner provided by Subchapter L, Chapter 375, Local Government Code.(b)  The board may submit multiple purposes in a single proposition at an election.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1288 (H.B. 4110), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3859.104 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3859 - Harris County Improvement District No. 9|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 3859.104. Contract for Law Enforcement and Security Services

Sec. 3859.104.  CONTRACT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY SERVICES.  The district may contract with:(1)  Harris County or the City of Houston for the county or city to provide law enforcement and security services for a fee; and(2)  a private entity for the private entity to provide supplemental security services.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1288 (H.B. 4110), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3859.105 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3859 - Harris County Improvement District No. 9|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 3859.105. Economic Development Programs and Other Powers Related to Planning and Development

Sec. 3859.105.  ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AND OTHER POWERS RELATED TO PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.  (a)  The district may establish and provide for the administration of one or more programs to promote state or local economic development and to stimulate business and commercial activity in the district, including programs to:(1)  make loans and grants of public money, including bond proceeds; and(2)  provide district personnel and services.(b)  The district has all of the powers of a municipality under Chapter 380, Local Government Code.(c)  The district is eligible to receive a grant from a municipality under Chapter 380, Local Government Code.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1288 (H.B. 4110), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3859.106 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3859 - Harris County Improvement District No. 9|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 3859.106. Annexation or Exclusion of Territory

Sec. 3859.106.  ANNEXATION OR EXCLUSION OF TERRITORY.  The district may annex or exclude land from the district in the manner provided by Subchapter C, Chapter 375, Local Government Code.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1288 (H.B. 4110), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3859.107 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3859 - Harris County Improvement District No. 9|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties|Section 3859.107. No Eminent Domain Power

Sec. 3859.107.  NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER.  The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1288 (H.B. 4110), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3859.151 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3859 - Harris County Improvement District No. 9|Subchapter D. Public Transit System and Parking Facilities|Section 3859.151. Public Transit System; Petition Required

Sec. 3859.151.  PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM; PETITION REQUIRED.  (a)  The district may acquire, lease as lessor or lessee, construct, develop, own, operate, and maintain a public transit system to serve the area within the boundaries of the district.(b)  Before the district may act under Subsection (a), a petition must be filed with the district requesting the action with regard to a public transit system.  The petition must be signed by owners of property representing a majority of either the total assessed value or the area of the real property in the district that abuts the right-of-way in which the public transit system is proposed to be located.  The determination of a majority is based on the property owners along the entire right-of-way of the proposed transit project and may not be calculated on a block-by-block basis.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1288 (H.B. 4110), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3859.152 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3859 - Harris County Improvement District No. 9|Subchapter D. Public Transit System and Parking Facilities|Section 3859.152. Parking Facilities Authorized; Operation by Private Entity; Tax Exemption

Sec. 3859.152.  PARKING FACILITIES AUTHORIZED; OPERATION BY PRIVATE ENTITY; TAX EXEMPTION.  (a)  The district may acquire, lease as lessor or lessee, construct, develop, own, operate, and maintain parking facilities, including:(1)  lots, garages, parking terminals, or other structures or accommodations for the parking of motor vehicles; and(2)  equipment, entrances, exits, fencing, and other accessories necessary for safety and convenience in the parking of vehicles.(b)  A parking facility of the district must be either leased to or operated on behalf of the district by a private entity or an entity other than the district.  The district's parking facilities are a program authorized by the legislature under Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution, and accomplish a public purpose under that section even if leased or operated by a private entity for a term of years.(c)  The district's public parking facilities and any lease to a private entity are exempt from the payment of ad valorem taxes and state and local sales and use taxes.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1288 (H.B. 4110), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3859.153 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3859 - Harris County Improvement District No. 9|Subchapter D. Public Transit System and Parking Facilities|Section 3859.153. Rules

Sec. 3859.153.  RULES.  The district may adopt rules covering its public transit system or its public parking facilities except that a rule relating to or affecting the use of the public right-of-way or a requirement for off-street parking is subject to all applicable municipal charter, code, or ordinance requirements.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1288 (H.B. 4110), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3859.154 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3859 - Harris County Improvement District No. 9|Subchapter D. Public Transit System and Parking Facilities|Section 3859.154. Financing of Public Transit System or Parking Facilities

Sec. 3859.154.  FINANCING OF PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM OR PARKING FACILITIES.  (a)  The district may use any of its resources, including revenue, assessments, taxes, and grant or contract proceeds, to pay the cost of acquiring and operating a public transit system or public parking facilities.(b)  The district may set and impose fees, charges, or tolls for the use of the public transit system or the public parking facilities and may issue bonds or notes to finance the cost of these facilities.(c)  Except as provided by Section 3859.151, if the district pays for or finances the cost of acquiring or operating a public transit system or public parking facilities with resources other than assessments, a petition of property owners or a public hearing is not required.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1288 (H.B. 4110), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3859.155 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3859 - Harris County Improvement District No. 9|Subchapter D. Public Transit System and Parking Facilities|Section 3859.155. Payment in Lieu of Taxes to Other Taxing Unit

Sec. 3859.155.  PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES TO OTHER TAXING UNIT.  If the district's acquisition of property for a parking facility that is leased to or operated by a private entity results in the removal from a taxing unit's tax rolls of real property otherwise subject to ad valorem taxation, the district shall pay to the taxing unit in which the property is located, on or before January 1 of each year, as a payment in lieu of taxes, an amount equal to the ad valorem taxes that otherwise would have been imposed for the preceding tax year on that real property by the taxing unit, without including the value of any improvements constructed on the property.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1288 (H.B. 4110), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3859.201 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3859 - Harris County Improvement District No. 9|Subchapter E. Financial Provisions|Section 3859.201. Authority to Impose Assessments, Ad Valorem Taxes, and Impact Fees

Sec. 3859.201.  AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE ASSESSMENTS, AD VALOREM TAXES, AND IMPACT FEES.  The district may impose, assess, charge, or collect an assessment, an ad valorem tax, an impact fee, or another fee in accordance with Chapter 49, Water Code, for a purpose specified by Chapter 375, Local Government Code, or as needed to exercise a power or function or to accomplish a purpose or duty for which the district was created.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1288 (H.B. 4110), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3859.202 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3859 - Harris County Improvement District No. 9|Subchapter E. Financial Provisions|Section 3859.202. Maintenance Tax

Sec. 3859.202.  MAINTENANCE TAX.  (a)  If authorized at an election held in accordance with Section 3859.103, the district may impose an annual ad valorem tax on taxable property in the district to maintain, restore, replace, or operate the district and improvements that the district constructs or acquires or the district's facilities, works, or services.(b)  The board shall determine the tax rate.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1288 (H.B. 4110), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3859.203 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3859 - Harris County Improvement District No. 9|Subchapter E. Financial Provisions|Section 3859.203. Assessment in Part of District

Sec. 3859.203.  ASSESSMENT IN PART OF DISTRICT.  An assessment may be imposed on only a part of the district if only that part will benefit from the service or improvement.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1288 (H.B. 4110), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3859.204 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3859 - Harris County Improvement District No. 9|Subchapter E. Financial Provisions|Section 3859.204. Petition Required for Assessment and for Financing Services and Improvements

Sec. 3859.204.  PETITION REQUIRED FOR ASSESSMENT AND FOR FINANCING SERVICES AND IMPROVEMENTS.  (a)  The board may not impose an assessment or finance a service or improvement project under this chapter unless a written petition requesting the improvement or service has been filed with the board.(b)  The petition must be signed by:(1)  the owners of a majority of the assessed value of real property in the district or in the area of the district that will be subject to the assessment as determined by the most recent certified tax appraisal roll for Harris County; or(2)  at least 25 persons who own real property in the district or the area of the district that will be subject to the assessment, if more than 25 persons own real property in the district or area that will be subject to the assessment as determined by the most recent certified tax appraisal roll for Harris County.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1288 (H.B. 4110), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3859.205 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3859 - Harris County Improvement District No. 9|Subchapter E. Financial Provisions|Section 3859.205. Assessments Considered Taxes

Sec. 3859.205.  ASSESSMENTS CONSIDERED TAXES.  For purposes of a title insurance policy issued under Title 11, Insurance Code, an assessment is a tax.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1288 (H.B. 4110), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3859.206 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3859 - Harris County Improvement District No. 9|Subchapter E. Financial Provisions|Section 3859.206. Liens for Assessments; Suits to Recover Assessments

Sec. 3859.206.  LIENS FOR ASSESSMENTS; SUITS TO RECOVER ASSESSMENTS.  (a)  An assessment imposed on property under this chapter is a personal obligation of the person who owns the property on January 1 of the year for which the assessment is imposed.  If the person transfers title to the property, the person is not relieved of the obligation.(b)  On January 1 of the year for which an assessment is imposed on a property, a lien attaches to the property to secure the payment of the assessment and any interest accrued on the assessment.  The lien has the same priority as a lien for district taxes.(c)  Not later than the fourth anniversary of the date on which a delinquent assessment became due, the district may file suit to foreclose the lien or to enforce the obligation for the assessment, or both, and for any interest accrued.(d)  In addition to recovering the amount of the assessment and any accrued interest, the district may recover reasonable costs, including attorney's fees, that the district incurs in foreclosing the lien or enforcing the obligation.  The costs may not exceed an amount equal to 20 percent of the assessment and interest.(e)  If the district does not file a suit in connection with a delinquent assessment on or before the last date on which the district may file suit under Subsection (c), the assessment and any interest accrued is considered paid.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1288 (H.B. 4110), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3859.207 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3859 - Harris County Improvement District No. 9|Subchapter E. Financial Provisions|Section 3859.207. Property of Certain Utilities Exempt From Assessment and Impact Fees

Sec. 3859.207.  PROPERTY OF CERTAIN UTILITIES EXEMPT FROM ASSESSMENT AND IMPACT FEES.  The district may not impose an impact fee or assessment on the property, including equipment or facilities, of:(1)  an electric utility as defined by Section 31.002, Utilities Code;(2)  a gas utility as defined by Section 101.003 or 121.001, Utilities Code;(3)  a telecommunications provider as defined by Section 51.002, Utilities Code; or(4)  a cable operator as defined by 47 U.S.C. Section 522.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1288 (H.B. 4110), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3859.208 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3859 - Harris County Improvement District No. 9|Subchapter E. Financial Provisions|Section 3859.208. Use of Electrical or Optical Lines

Sec. 3859.208.  USE OF ELECTRICAL OR OPTICAL LINES.  (a)  The district may impose an assessment to pay the cost of:(1)  burying or removing electrical power lines, telephone lines, cable or fiber optic lines, or any other type of electrical or optical line;(2)  removing poles and any elevated lines using the poles; and(3)  reconnecting the lines described by Subdivision (2) to the buildings or other improvements to which the lines were connected.(b)  The district may acquire, operate, or charge fees for the use of the district conduits for:(1)  another person's:(A)  telecommunications network;(B)  fiber-optic cable; or(C)  electronic transmission line; or(2)  any other type of transmission line or supporting facility.(c)  The district may not require a person to use a district conduit.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1288 (H.B. 4110), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.|