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TX Spec Dist Code § 11001.008 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle X - Districts With Combined Powers|Chapter 11001 - Road District Authority of Bastrop County Water Control and Improvement District No. 2|Section 11001.008. City or County Approval of Plans and Specifications

Sec. 11001.008.  CITY OR COUNTY APPROVAL OF PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS.  (a)  The district shall submit for the approval of the governing body of the City of Bastrop or Bastrop County, as appropriate, all road plans and specifications before the district begins construction.(b)  The plans and specifications are considered approved if the governing body to which they are presented does not by resolution disapprove of them before the 22nd day after the date on which they are presented.(c)  In reviewing plans or specifications for construction in a subdivision, the City of Bastrop or Bastrop County shall generally apply, as a minimum standard, the standard the city or county applied to review similar plans or specifications at the time the subdivision was created.  If the plans or specifications exceed that minimum standard, the standard for approval shall be based on good engineering practices related to subjects such as vehicle and pedestrian safety, soil and terrain variables, watershed impacts, projected traffic use, and future maintenance requirements.|Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2005.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 11001.009 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle X - Districts With Combined Powers|Chapter 11001 - Road District Authority of Bastrop County Water Control and Improvement District No. 2|Section 11001.009. Inspections, Sampling, and Testing

Sec. 11001.009.  INSPECTIONS, SAMPLING, AND TESTING.  (a)  The City of Bastrop or Bastrop County may:(1)  perform reasonable inspections, gather and test samples, and perform other testing;  or(2)  require the district or the contractor for the work to perform reasonable inspections, gather and test samples, and perform other testing.(b)  The district may include the cost of inspecting, sampling, and testing in the bid specifications.  If the district includes the costs in the bid specifications, the costs are allowable charges for spending road money.|Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2005.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 11001.010 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle X - Districts With Combined Powers|Chapter 11001 - Road District Authority of Bastrop County Water Control and Improvement District No. 2|Section 11001.010. Conveyance of Improvements

Sec. 11001.010.  CONVEYANCE OF IMPROVEMENTS.  (a)  The district shall convey the completed improvements to the City of Bastrop or Bastrop County as appropriate.(b)  If the improvements comply with the minimum standards the city or county, as applicable, prescribes for improvements in its jurisdiction, the city or county shall accept the improvements.(c)  If the jurisdictions of the city and the county overlap, the more stringent standards apply.|Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2005.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 11001.011 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle X - Districts With Combined Powers|Chapter 11001 - Road District Authority of Bastrop County Water Control and Improvement District No. 2|Section 11001.011. Additional Powers

Sec. 11001.011.  ADDITIONAL POWERS.  The district may:(1)  select professional and consultant personnel for engineering, legal, and other necessary support services;(2)  select and approve work contractors and subcontractors;(3)  supervise road and drainage work in the district;(4)  contract to carry out the improvements provided by the master plan, including contracting with a professional or contractor;(5)  supervise the cost-effective use of district money allocated for permanent improvements;  and(6)  approve expenditures for necessary maintenance.|Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2005.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 11001.012 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle X - Districts With Combined Powers|Chapter 11001 - Road District Authority of Bastrop County Water Control and Improvement District No. 2|Section 11001.012. Report to Certain Legislators

Sec. 11001.012.  REPORT TO CERTAIN LEGISLATORS.  The district annually shall present a report concerning road district activities to each state representative and each state senator who represents the area in the district's jurisdiction.  The report must include:(1)  information regarding the progress of work during the preceding year;(2)  the amount of money spent during the preceding year;(3)  any revisions to the master plan;  and(4)  a complete financial statement that lists all funds of the district and fund balances, expenditures, and interest earnings.|Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2005.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 11001.013 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle X - Districts With Combined Powers|Chapter 11001 - Road District Authority of Bastrop County Water Control and Improvement District No. 2|Section 11001.013. Termination of Road District Authority; Distribution of District Money

Sec. 11001.013.  TERMINATION OF ROAD DISTRICT AUTHORITY;  DISTRIBUTION OF DISTRICT MONEY.  (a)  The road district authority under this chapter terminates when:(1)  all road improvements under the master plan are completed;  and(2)  the City of Bastrop or Bastrop County, as appropriate, has accepted all road improvements in the district.(b)  On termination of the district's road district authority, the district shall give any money related to the district's road district authority that remains in the district's possession or control to the City of Bastrop or Bastrop County, as appropriate, for road maintenance in the district.  The district shall send the money to the City of Bastrop or Bastrop County in the proportion that the number of miles of road improvements by the district accepted by the city or county bears to the total number of miles of road improvements by the district accepted by both the city and the county.|Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2005.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 11011.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle X - Districts With Combined Powers|Chapter 11011 - The Woodlands Township|Section 11011.001. Definition

Sec. 11011.001.  DEFINITION.  In this chapter, "district" means The Woodlands Township. |Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 592 (S.B. 1014), Sec. 5, eff. June 9, 2017.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 11011.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle X - Districts With Combined Powers|Chapter 11011 - The Woodlands Township|Section 11011.002. Law Governing District

Sec. 11011.002.  LAW GOVERNING DISTRICT.  The district is governed by this chapter and Chapter 289, Acts of the 73rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1993.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 592 (S.B. 1014), Sec. 5, eff. June 9, 2017.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 11011.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle X - Districts With Combined Powers|Chapter 11011 - The Woodlands Township|Section 11011.003. Dissolution of District

Sec. 11011.003.  DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT.  (a)  If at least 99 percent of the territory of the district is incorporated and the district is dissolved in the manner provided by Section 14A, Chapter 289, Acts of the 73rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, only the following sections of Chapter 289, Acts of the 73rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, apply to the municipality in addition to any applicable general law provisions, a reference in those sections to the district means the municipality, and a reference in those sections to the board or board of directors means the governing body of the municipality:(1)  Sections 6(a) and (c);(2)  Sections 7(a), (b), (c), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (l), (n), (o), (p), (q), (r), (t), (u), (v), (w), (y), (z), and (aa);(3)  Section 7H;(4)  Sections 9(h)(3), (4), and (5);(5)  Section 11;(6)  Section 11A;(7)  Section 11B;(8)  Section 11B-1;(9)  Section 11C;(10)  Sections 12A(a), (c), (d), (e), and (f); and (11)  Section 13.(b)  The remaining provisions of Chapter 289, Acts of the 73rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, do not apply to the municipality after the dissolution of the district.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 592 (S.B. 1014), Sec. 5, eff. June 9, 2017.|
TX Tax Code § 1.01 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Tax Code|Title 1 - Property Tax Code|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 1.01. Short Title

Sec. 1.01.  SHORT TITLE.  This title may be cited as the Property Tax Code.|Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 2218, ch. 841, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
TX Tax Code § 1.02 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Tax Code|Title 1 - Property Tax Code|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 1.02. Applicability of Title

Sec. 1.02.  APPLICABILITY OF TITLE.  This title applies to a taxing unit that is created by or pursuant to any general, special, or local law enacted before or after the enactment of this title unless a law enacted after enactment of this title by or pursuant to which the taxing unit is created expressly provides that this title does not apply.  This title supersedes any provision of a municipal charter or ordinance relating to property taxation.  Nothing in this title invalidates or restricts the right of voters to utilize municipal-level initiative and referendum to set a tax rate, level of spending, or limitation on tax increase for that municipality.|Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 2218, ch. 841, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.  Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 117, ch. 13, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
TX Tax Code § 1.03 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Tax Code|Title 1 - Property Tax Code|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 1.03. Construction of Title

Sec. 1.03.  CONSTRUCTION OF TITLE.  The Code Construction Act (Chapter 311, Government Code) applies to the construction of each provision of this title except as otherwise expressly provided by this title.|Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 2218, ch. 841, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.  Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, Sec. 72, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.|
TX Tax Code § 1.045 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Tax Code|Title 1 - Property Tax Code|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 1.045. Reference to Certain Terms in Law

Sec. 1.045.  REFERENCE TO CERTAIN TERMS IN LAW.  Unless the context indicates otherwise:(1)  a reference in law to a taxing unit's effective maintenance and operations rate is a reference to the taxing unit's no-new-revenue maintenance and operations rate, as defined by Chapter 26;(2)  a reference in law to a taxing unit's effective tax rate is a reference to the taxing unit's no-new-revenue tax rate, as defined by Chapter 26; and(3)  a reference in law to a taxing unit's rollback tax rate is a reference to the taxing unit's voter-approval tax rate, as defined by Chapter 26.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 944 (S.B. 2), Sec. 2, eff. January 1, 2020.|
TX Tax Code § 1.05 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Tax Code|Title 1 - Property Tax Code|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 1.05. City Fiscal Year

Sec. 1.05.  CITY FISCAL YEAR.  The governing body of a home-rule city may establish by ordinance a fiscal year different from that fixed in its charter if a different fiscal year is desirable to adapt budgeting and other fiscal activities to the tax cycle required by this title.|Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 2220, ch. 841, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
TX Tax Code § 1.06 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Tax Code|Title 1 - Property Tax Code|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 1.06. Effect of Weekend or Holiday

Sec. 1.06.  EFFECT OF WEEKEND OR HOLIDAY.  If the last day for the performance of an act is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal state or national holiday, the act is timely if performed on the next regular business day.|Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 2220, ch. 841, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
TX Tax Code § 1.07 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Tax Code|Title 1 - Property Tax Code|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 1.07. Delivery of Notice

Sec. 1.07.  DELIVERY OF NOTICE.  (a)  An official or agency required by this title to deliver a notice to a property owner may deliver the notice by regular first-class mail, with postage prepaid, unless this section or another provision of this title requires or authorizes a different method of delivery or the parties agree that the notice must be delivered as provided by Section 1.085 or 1.086.(b)  The official or agency shall address the notice to the property owner, the person designated under Section 1.111(f) to receive the notice for the property owner, if that section applies, or, if appropriate, the property owner's agent at the agent's address according to the most recent record in the possession of the official or agency.  However, if a property owner files a written request with the appraisal district that notices be sent to a particular address, the official or agency shall send the notice to the address stated in the request.(c)  A notice permitted to be delivered by first-class mail by this section is presumed delivered when it is deposited in the mail.  This presumption is rebuttable when evidence of failure to receive notice is provided.(d)  A notice required by Section 11.43(q), 11.45(d), 23.44(d), 23.46(c) or (f), 23.54(e), 23.541(c), 23.55(e), 23.551(a), 23.57(d), 23.76(e), 23.79(d), or 23.85(d) must be sent by certified mail.|Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 2220, ch. 841, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.  Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 4947, ch. 885, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984;  Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 796, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1039, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 441, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1126 (H.B. 2491), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 483 (H.B. 843), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2012.Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 230 (H.B. 242), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 352 (H.B. 1464), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 531 (H.B. 1463), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 944 (S.B. 2), Sec. 3, eff. January 1, 2020.|
TX Tax Code § 1.071 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Tax Code|Title 1 - Property Tax Code|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 1.071. Delivery of Refund

Sec. 1.071.  DELIVERY OF REFUND.  (a)  A collector or taxing unit required by this title to deliver a refund to a person shall send the refund to the person's mailing address as listed on the appraisal roll.(b)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), if a person files a written request with the collector or taxing unit that a refund owed to the person be sent to a particular address, the collector or taxing unit shall send the refund to the address stated in the request.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 448 (S.B. 1856), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Tax Code § 1.08 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Tax Code|Title 1 - Property Tax Code|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 1.08. Timeliness of Action by Mail or Common or Contract Carrier

Sec. 1.08.  TIMELINESS OF ACTION BY MAIL OR COMMON OR CONTRACT CARRIER.  When a property owner is required by this title to make a payment or to file or deliver a report, application, statement, or other document or paper by a specified due date, the property owner's action is timely if it is properly addressed with postage or handling charges prepaid and:(1)  it is sent by regular first-class mail and bears a post office cancellation mark of a date earlier than or on the specified due date and within the specified period;(2)  it is sent by common or contract carrier and bears a receipt mark indicating a date earlier than or on the specified due date and within the specified period; or(3)  it is sent by regular first-class mail or common or contract carrier and the property owner furnishes satisfactory proof that it was deposited in the mail or with the common or contract carrier on or before the specified due date and within the specified period.|Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 2220, ch. 841, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 412 (S.B. 1652), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2005.Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 779 (S.B. 1224), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013.|
TX Tax Code § 1.086 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Tax Code|Title 1 - Property Tax Code|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 1.086. Delivery of Certain Notices by E-Mail

Sec. 1.086.  DELIVERY OF CERTAIN NOTICES BY E-MAIL.  (a)  On the written request of the owner of a residential property that is occupied by the owner as the owner's principal residence, the chief appraiser of the appraisal district in which the property is located shall send each notice required by this title related to the following to the e-mail address of the owner:(1)  a change in value of the property;(2)  the eligibility of the property for an exemption; or(3)  the grant, denial, cancellation, or other change in the status of an exemption or exemption application applicable to the property. (b)  A property owner must provide the e-mail address to which the chief appraiser must send the notices described by Subsection (a) in a request made under that subsection.(c)  A chief appraiser who delivers a notice electronically under this section is not required to mail the same notice to the property owner.(d)  A request made under this section remains in effect until revoked by the property owner in a written revocation filed with the chief appraiser.(e)  After a property owner makes a request under this section and before a chief appraiser may deliver a notice electronically under this section, the chief appraiser must send an e-mail to the address provided by the property owner confirming the owner's request to receive notices electronically. (f)  The chief appraiser of an appraisal district that maintains an Internet website shall provide a form on the website that a property owner may use to electronically make a request under this section. |Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 944 (S.B. 2), Sec. 5, eff. January 1, 2020.|
TX Tax Code § 1.09 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Tax Code|Title 1 - Property Tax Code|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 1.09. Availability of Forms

Sec. 1.09.  AVAILABILITY OF FORMS.  When a property owner is required by this title to use a form, the office or agency with which the form is filed shall make printed and electronic versions of the forms readily and timely available and shall furnish a property owner a form without charge.|Added by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 2220, ch. 841, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 984, Sec. 2;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1173, Sec. 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.|
TX Tax Code § 1.10 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Tax Code|Title 1 - Property Tax Code|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 1.10. Rolls in Electronic Data-Processing Records

Sec. 1.10.  ROLLS IN ELECTRONIC DATA-PROCESSING RECORDS.  The appraisal roll for an appraisal district and the appraisal roll or the tax roll for the unit may be retained in electronic data-processing equipment.  However, a physical document for each must be prepared and made readily available to the public.|Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 2220, ch. 841, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.  Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 118, ch. 13, Sec. 3, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
TX Tax Code § 1.11 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Tax Code|Title 1 - Property Tax Code|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 1.11. Communications to Fiduciary

Sec. 1.11.  COMMUNICATIONS TO FIDUCIARY.  (a)  On the written request of a property owner, an appraisal office or an assessor or collector shall deliver all notices, tax bills, and other communications relating to the owner's property or taxes to the owner's fiduciary.(b)  To be effective, a request made under this section must be filed with the appraisal district.  A request remains in effect until revoked by a written revocation filed with the appraisal district by the owner or the owner's designated agent.|Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 118, ch. 13, Sec. 4, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1126 (H.B. 2491), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2005.Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 715 (H.B. 3439), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Tax Code § 1.12 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Tax Code|Title 1 - Property Tax Code|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 1.12. Median Level of Appraisal

Sec. 1.12.  MEDIAN LEVEL OF APPRAISAL.  (a)  For purposes of this title, the median level of appraisal is the median appraisal ratio of a reasonable and representative sample of properties in an appraisal district or, for purposes of Section 41.43 or 42.26, of a sample of properties specified by that section.(b)  An appraisal ratio is the ratio of a property's appraised value as determined by the appraisal office or appraisal review board, as applicable, to:(1)  the appraised value of the property according to law if the property qualifies for appraisal for tax purposes according to a standard other than market value;  or(2)  the market value of the property if Subdivision (1) of this subsection does not apply.(c)  The median appraisal ratio for a sample of properties is, in a numerically ordered list of the appraisal ratios for the properties:(1)  if the sample contains an odd number of properties, the appraisal ratio above and below which there is an equal number of appraisal ratios in the list;  or(2)  if the sample contains an even number of properties, the average of the two consecutive appraisal ratios above and below which there is an equal number of appraisal ratios in the list.(d)  For purposes of this section, the appraisal ratio of a homestead to which Section 23.23 applies is the ratio of the property's market value as determined by the appraisal district or appraisal review board, as applicable, to the market value of the property according to law.  The appraisal ratio is not calculated according to the appraised value of the property as limited by Section 23.23.|Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 118, ch. 13, Sec. 5, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.  Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 4924, ch. 877, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984;  Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 823, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986;  Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 796, Sec. 3, eff. June 15, 1989;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1039, Sec. 46, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.|
TX Tax Code § 1.15 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Tax Code|Title 1 - Property Tax Code|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 1.15. Appraisers for Taxing Units Prohibited

Sec. 1.15.  APPRAISERS FOR TAXING UNITS PROHIBITED.  A taxing unit may not employ any person for the purpose of appraising property for taxation purposes except to the extent necessary to perform a contract under Section 6.05(b) of this code.|Added by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 5463, ch. 1028, Sec. 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1985.  Renumbered from Sec. 1.13 by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 167, Sec. 5.01(a)(50) eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|