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TX Water Code § 54.0163 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 54 - Municipal Utility Districts|Subchapter B. Creation or Expansion of District; Conversion of District|Section 54.0163. Option of Selection of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction for Certain Districts

Sec. 54.0163.  OPTION OF SELECTION OF EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION FOR CERTAIN DISTRICTS.  (a)  The board of a district that is located in the extraterritorial jurisdictions of more than one municipality by resolution may select the municipality that may exercise authority within the district as a whole.  The resolution must state the effective date.(b)  As soon as practicable, the board shall file with each affected municipality and in the real property records of each county in which the district is located a certified copy of the resolution.(c)  On the effective date of the resolution, the district is contained wholly in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the municipality selected by the resolution for all purposes.  No action or approval by a municipality not selected is required.(d)  A board that has made a selection of extraterritorial jurisdiction under Section 54.0162 may confirm the selection by the adoption of a resolution under this section.  If the selection under Section 54.0162 is confirmed under this subsection, the selection is effective from the date of the original selection.(e)  Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 248, Sec. 57.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1188, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 1997.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 248, Sec. 57(1), eff. June 18, 2003.|
TX Water Code § 54.0165 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 54 - Municipal Utility Districts|Subchapter B. Creation or Expansion of District; Conversion of District|Section 54.0165. Addition to District of Land in Extraterritorial Jurisdiction of Municipality

Sec. 54.0165.  ADDITION TO DISTRICT OF LAND IN EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF MUNICIPALITY.  (a)  A district may not add land that is located in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality unless the governing body of the municipality gives its written consent by ordinance or resolution in accordance with this subsection and Section 54.016.  In giving its consent, the municipality may not place any conditions or other restrictions on the expansion of the political subdivision other than those expressly permitted by Section 54.016(e).(b)  The procedures under Section 54.016 governing a municipality's refusal to consent to the creation of a district apply to a municipality that refuses to consent to the addition of land to a district under this section.(c)  An owner of land in the area proposed to be added to the district may not unreasonably refuse to enter into a contract for water or sanitary sewer services with the municipality under Section 54.016(c).|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 703 (H.B. 2091), Sec. 4, eff. June 15, 2007.|
TX Water Code § 54.018 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 54 - Municipal Utility Districts|Subchapter B. Creation or Expansion of District; Conversion of District|Section 54.018. Notice and Hearing on District Creation

Sec. 54.018.  NOTICE AND HEARING ON DISTRICT CREATION.  If a petition is filed under Section 54.014, the commission shall give notice of an application as required by Section 49.011 and may conduct a hearing on the application if the commission determines that a hearing is necessary under Section 49.011.|Added by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 777, ch. 84, Sec. 1.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1070, Sec. 27, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Water Code § 54.020 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 54 - Municipal Utility Districts|Subchapter B. Creation or Expansion of District; Conversion of District|Section 54.020. Hearing

Sec. 54.020.  HEARING.  (a)  If the commission determines that a hearing is necessary under Section 49.011, the commission shall conduct a hearing and accept evidence on the sufficiency of the petition and whether the project is feasible and practicable and is necessary and would be a benefit to all or any part of the land proposed to be included in the district.(b)  The commission shall have jurisdiction to determine all issues on the sufficiency of the petition and creation of the district.(c)  The hearing may be adjourned from day to day, and the commission shall have power to make all incidental orders necessary with respect to the matters before it.|Added by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 778, ch. 84, Sec. 1.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1070, Sec. 28, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Water Code § 54.021 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 54 - Municipal Utility Districts|Subchapter B. Creation or Expansion of District; Conversion of District|Section 54.021. Granting or Refusing Petition

Sec. 54.021.  GRANTING OR REFUSING PETITION.  (a)  If the commission finds that the petition conforms to the requirements of Section 54.015 and that the project is feasible and practicable and is necessary and would be a benefit to the land to be included in the district, the commission shall so find by its order and grant the petition.(b)  In determining if the project is feasible and practicable and if it is necessary and would be a benefit to the land included in the district, the commission shall consider:(1)  the availability of comparable service from other systems, including but not limited to water districts, municipalities, and regional authorities;(2)  the reasonableness of projected construction costs, tax rates, and water and sewer rates;  and(3)  whether or not the district and its system and subsequent development within the district will have an unreasonable effect on the following:(A)  land elevation;(B)  subsidence;(C)  groundwater level within the region;(D)  recharge capability of a groundwater source;(E)  natural run-off rates and drainage;(F)  water quality;  and(G)  total tax assessments on all land located within a district.(c)  If the commission finds that not all of the land proposed to be included in the district will be benefited by the creation of the district, the commission shall so find and exclude all land which is not benefited from the proposed district and shall redefine the proposed district's boundaries accordingly.(d)  If the commission finds that the petition does not conform to the requirements of Section 54.015 of this code or that the project is not feasible, practicable, necessary, or a benefit to the land in the district, the commission shall so find by its order and deny the petition.(e)  A copy of the order of the commission granting or denying a petition shall be mailed to each city having extraterritorial jurisdiction in the county or counties in which the district is located who requested a hearing under Section 49.011.|Added by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 778, ch. 84, Sec. 1.  Amended by Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1292, ch. 484, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1070, Sec. 29, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Water Code § 54.022 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 54 - Municipal Utility Districts|Subchapter B. Creation or Expansion of District; Conversion of District|Section 54.022. Temporary Directors

Sec. 54.022.  TEMPORARY DIRECTORS. (a) If the commission grants the petition, it shall appoint five temporary directors to serve until permanent directors are elected.(b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), a majority of temporary directors appointed under Subsection (a) must be residents of:(1)  the county in which the district is located;(2)  a county adjacent to the county described by Subdivision (1); or(3)  if the district is located in a county that is in a metropolitan statistical area designated by the United States Office of Management and Budget or its successor agency, a county in the same metropolitan statistical area as the county in which the district is located.(c)  The commission may appoint temporary directors who do not meet the requirements of Subsection (b) if the petition or the application accompanying the petition provides that the petitioner made reasonable efforts but failed to identify candidates meeting those requirements who were willing to serve as temporary directors.|Added by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 778, ch. 84, Sec. 1.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1128 (H.B. 2590), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Water Code § 54.023 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 54 - Municipal Utility Districts|Subchapter B. Creation or Expansion of District; Conversion of District|Section 54.023. Appeal From the Order of the Commission

Sec. 54.023.  APPEAL FROM THE ORDER OF THE COMMISSION.  Any person who signed the petition, any city, or any person who appeared in person or by attorney or agent and offered testimony for or against the creation of the district, may appeal from the order of the commission granting or refusing the petition within 30 days after the entry of the order.|Added by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 778, ch. 84, Sec. 1.|
TX Water Code § 54.024 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 54 - Municipal Utility Districts|Subchapter B. Creation or Expansion of District; Conversion of District|Section 54.024. Supervision by Commission

Sec. 54.024.  SUPERVISION BY COMMISSION.  The rights, powers, privileges, authority, and functions conferred on a district by granting of a petition for creation shall be subject to the continuing right of supervision of the state to be exercised by and through the commission.|Added by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 778, ch. 84, Sec. 1.  Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 961, ch. 367, Sec. 1, eff. June 10, 1981;  Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 795, Sec. 1.142, eff. Sept. 1, 1985;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 11.328, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 54.025 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 54 - Municipal Utility Districts|Subchapter B. Creation or Expansion of District; Conversion of District|Section 54.025. Qualification of Temporary Directors

Sec. 54.025.  QUALIFICATION OF TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.  After a district has been organized, each temporary director shall execute a bond in accordance with the provisions of Section 49.055 and shall take the oath of office, and the board shall meet and organize.|Added by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 778, ch. 84, Sec. 1.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 16, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 54.030 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 54 - Municipal Utility Districts|Subchapter B. Creation or Expansion of District; Conversion of District|Section 54.030. Conversion of Certain Districts Into Districts Operating Under This Chapter

Sec. 54.030.  CONVERSION OF CERTAIN DISTRICTS INTO DISTRICTS OPERATING UNDER THIS CHAPTER.  (a)  Any water improvement district, water control and improvement district, fresh water supply district, levee improvement district, irrigation district, or any other conservation and reclamation district created under Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution, may be converted to a district operating under this chapter. Text of subsection as amended by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 539 (H.B. 2914), Sec. 2 (b)  The governing body of a district which desires to convert into a district operating under this chapter shall adopt and enter in the minutes of the governing body a resolution declaring that in its judgment, conversion into a municipal utility district operating under this chapter and under Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution, would serve the best interest of the district and would be a benefit to the land and property included in the district.  The resolution shall also request that the commission approve the conversion of the district. Text of subsection as amended by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1128 (H.B. 2590), Sec. 5 (b)  The governing body of a district which desires to convert into a district operating under this chapter shall, after providing notice in accordance with Section 54.032, hold a hearing on the question of the conversion of the district into a municipal utility district operating under this chapter and under Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution.(c)  The governing body of the converting district must present a general description of any litigation that is pending against the district at the hearing under Subsection (b).(d)  After the hearing held under Subsection (b), the governing body of the converting district may adopt and enter in the minutes of the governing body a resolution declaring that in the judgment of the governing body, conversion under this section would serve the best interest of the district and would be a benefit to the land and property included in the district.  The resolution shall also request that the commission approve the conversion of the district.(e)  A copy of the resolution under Subsection (d) shall be:(1)  filed with the commission; and(2)  mailed to each state senator and representative who represents the area in which the district is located.|Added by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 779, ch. 84, Sec. 1.  Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 368, ch. 81, Sec. 9(e), eff. Sept. 1, 1983;  Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 399, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 539 (H.B. 2914), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1128 (H.B. 2590), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Water Code § 54.032 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 54 - Municipal Utility Districts|Subchapter B. Creation or Expansion of District; Conversion of District|Section 54.032. Conversion of District: Notice

Sec. 54.032.  CONVERSION OF DISTRICT:  NOTICE. Text of subsection as amended by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 539 (H.B. 2914), Sec. 3   (a)  Notice of the conversion shall be given by publishing notice in a newspaper with general circulation in the county or counties in which the district is located. Text of subsection as amended by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1128 (H.B. 2590), Sec. 6 (a)  The governing body of a district described by Section 54.030(b) shall give notice of the conversion hearing by publishing notice in a newspaper with general circulation in the district.(b)  The notice shall be published once a week for two consecutive weeks.(c)  The notice shall:(1)  set out the resolution adopted by the district in full; and(2)  notify all interested persons how they may offer comments for or against the proposal contained in the resolution.|Added by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 780, ch. 84, Sec. 1.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 539 (H.B. 2914), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2019.Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1128 (H.B. 2590), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Water Code § 54.033 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 54 - Municipal Utility Districts|Subchapter B. Creation or Expansion of District; Conversion of District|Section 54.033. Conversion of District; Findings

Sec. 54.033.  CONVERSION OF DISTRICT;  FINDINGS. Text of subsection as amended by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 539 (H.B. 2914), Sec. 4 (a)  If the commission finds that conversion of the district into one operating under this chapter would serve the best interest of the district and would be a benefit to the land and property included in the district, it shall enter an order making this finding and the district shall become a district operating under this chapter and no confirmation election shall be required. Text of subsection as amended by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1128 (H.B. 2590), Sec. 7 (a)  After receiving a request for the approval of a conversion under Section 54.030(d), if the commission finds that conversion of the district into one operating under this chapter would serve the best interest of the district and would be a benefit to the land and property included in the district, the commission shall enter an order making this finding and the district shall become a district operating under this chapter and no confirmation election is required.(b)  If the commission finds that the conversion of the district would not serve the best interest of the district and would not be a benefit to the land and property included in the district, it shall enter an order against conversion of the district into one operating under this chapter.(c)  The findings of the commission entered under this section shall be subject to appeal or review within 30 days after entry of the order of the commission granting or denying the conversion.(d)  A copy of the commission order converting a district shall be filed in the deed records of the county or counties in which the district is located.|Added by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 780, ch. 84, Sec. 1.  Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 981, ch. 367, Sec. 23, eff. June 10, 1981.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 539 (H.B. 2914), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2019.Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1128 (H.B. 2590), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Water Code § 54.034 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 54 - Municipal Utility Districts|Subchapter B. Creation or Expansion of District; Conversion of District|Section 54.034. Effect of Conversion

Sec. 54.034.  EFFECT OF CONVERSION.  A district which is converted into a district operating under this chapter shall:(1)  be constituted a municipal utility district operating under and governed by this chapter;(2)  be a conservation and reclamation district under the provisions of Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution;  and(3)  have and may exercise all the powers, authority, functions, duties, and privileges provided in this chapter in the same manner and to the same extent as if the district had been created under this chapter.|Added by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 780, ch. 84, Sec. 1.|
TX Water Code § 54.035 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 54 - Municipal Utility Districts|Subchapter B. Creation or Expansion of District; Conversion of District|Section 54.035. Reservation of Certain Powers for Converted Districts

Sec. 54.035.  RESERVATION OF CERTAIN POWERS FOR CONVERTED DISTRICTS.  (a)  Any district after converting into a municipal utility district may continue to exercise all necessary specific powers under any specific conditions provided by the chapter of this code under which the district was operating before conversion and may retain its original name.(b)  Any district converted into a municipal utility district shall continue to have the power to issue bonds voted before the conversion but yet unissued and levy and collect maintenance taxes, bond taxes, or other taxes which were voted before the conversion.(c)  At the time of making the order of conversion, the commission shall specify in the order the specific provisions of this code under which the district had been operating which are to be preserved and made applicable to the operations of the district after conversion into a district operating under this chapter and whether a new name will be assigned to the district or the old name retained.(d)  A reservation of a former power under Subsection (a) of this section may be made only if this chapter does not make specific provision concerning a matter necessary to the effectual operation of the converted district.(e)  In all cases in which this chapter does make specific provision, this chapter shall, after conversion, control the operations and procedure of the converted district.|Added by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 781, ch. 84, Sec. 1.|
TX Water Code § 54.036 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 54 - Municipal Utility Districts|Subchapter B. Creation or Expansion of District; Conversion of District|Section 54.036. Directors to Continue Serving

Sec. 54.036.  DIRECTORS TO CONTINUE SERVING.  The existing board of a district converted to a municipal utility district under the provisions of this chapter shall continue to serve as the board of the converted district.|Added by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 781, ch. 84, Sec. 1.  Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 961, ch. 367, Sec. 1, eff. June 10, 1981;  Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 1105, ch. 250, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1983;  Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 5214, ch. 951, Sec. 6, eff. Jan. 1, 1984;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 17, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 54.101 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 54 - Municipal Utility Districts|Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions|Section 54.101. Board of Directors

Sec. 54.101.  BOARD OF DIRECTORS.  A district shall be governed by a board of five directors.|Added by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 781, ch. 84, Sec. 1.|
TX Water Code § 54.102 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 54 - Municipal Utility Districts|Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions|Section 54.102. Qualifications for Directors

Sec. 54.102.  QUALIFICATIONS FOR DIRECTORS.  To be qualified to serve as a director, a person shall be at least 18 years old, a resident citizen of the State of Texas, and either own land subject to taxation in the district or be a qualified voter within the district.|Added by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 781, ch. 84, Sec. 1.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1070, Sec. 30, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Water Code § 54.103 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 54 - Municipal Utility Districts|Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions|Section 54.103. Limitation on Filling Vacancies

Sec. 54.103.  LIMITATION ON FILLING VACANCIES.  A board may not appoint a person to fill a vacancy on the board if the person:(1)  resigned from the board:(A)  in the two years preceding the vacancy date; or(B)  on or after the vacancy date but before the vacancy is filled; or(2)  was defeated in a directors election held by the district in the two years preceding the vacancy date.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 33 (S.B. 693), Sec. 1, eff. May 9, 2005.|
TX Water Code § 54.201 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 54 - Municipal Utility Districts|Subchapter D. Powers and Duties|Section 54.201. Powers

Sec. 54.201.  POWERS.  (a)  A district shall have the functions, powers, authority, rights, and duties which will permit accomplishment of the purposes for which it was created.(b)  A district is authorized to purchase, construct, acquire, own, operate, maintain, repair, improve, or extend inside and outside its boundaries any and all works, improvements, facilities, plants, equipment, and appliances necessary to accomplish the purposes of the district authorized by the constitution, this code, or other law, including all works, improvements, facilities, plants, equipment, and appliances incident, helpful, or necessary to:(1)  supply water for municipal uses, domestic uses, power, and commercial purposes and all other beneficial uses or controls;(2)  collect, transport, process, dispose of, and control all domestic, industrial, or communal wastes whether in fluid, solid, or composite state;(3)  gather, conduct, divert, and control local storm water or other local harmful excesses of water in a district;(4)  irrigate the land in a district;(5)  alter land elevation in a district where it is needed;(6)  navigate coastal and inland waters of the district;  and(7)  provide parks and recreational facilities for the inhabitants in the district, subject to the provisions of Chapter 49.|Added by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 786, ch. 84, Sec. 1.  Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 100, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1985;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 248, Sec. 27, eff. June 18, 2003.|