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TX Spec Dist Code § 3892.212 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3892 - Harris County Improvement District No. 21|Subchapter E. Financial Provisions|Section 3892.212. Powers of Municipal Utility District to Establish Defined Areas and Designated Property; Taxes; Bonds

Sec. 3892.212.  POWERS OF MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT TO ESTABLISH DEFINED AREAS AND DESIGNATED PROPERTY; TAXES; BONDS.  (a)  The district has the powers of a municipal utility district under Subchapter J, Chapter 54, Water Code, including the power to:(1)  implement a plan;(2)  issue bonds; and(3)  impose a tax in a defined area established under that subchapter.(b)  The district may exercise the powers described by Subsection (a) regardless of whether the district is composed of the minimum number of acres provided by Section 54.801, Water Code.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1101 (H.B. 4828), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3892.213 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3892 - Harris County Improvement District No. 21|Subchapter E. Financial Provisions|Section 3892.213. Municipality Not Required to Pay District Obligations

Sec. 3892.213.  MUNICIPALITY NOT REQUIRED TO PAY DISTRICT OBLIGATIONS.  Except as provided by Section 375.263, Local Government Code, a municipality is not required to pay a bond, note, or other obligation of the district.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1101 (H.B. 4828), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3892.214 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3892 - Harris County Improvement District No. 21|Subchapter E. Financial Provisions|Section 3892.214. Competitive Bidding

Sec. 3892.214.  COMPETITIVE BIDDING.  Section 375.221, Local Government Code, applies to the district only for a contract that has a value greater than $50,000.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1101 (H.B. 4828), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3892.251 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3892 - Harris County Improvement District No. 21|Subchapter F. Consolidation|Section 3892.251. Consolidation With Municipal Management District

Sec. 3892.251.  CONSOLIDATION WITH MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.  (a)  The district may consolidate with one other municipal management district that adjoins or has a boundary that is within a two-mile radius of any boundary of the district.  The board may consolidate with one other district only if the district to be consolidated has not issued bonds or notes secured by assessments or ad valorem taxes or imposed taxes.(b)  To initiate consolidation, the board of a district shall adopt a resolution proposing a consolidation and deliver a copy of the resolution to the board of each district with which consolidation is proposed.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1101 (H.B. 4828), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3892.252 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3892 - Harris County Improvement District No. 21|Subchapter F. Consolidation|Section 3892.252. Terms and Conditions for Consolidation

Sec. 3892.252.  TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR CONSOLIDATION.  Not later than the 30th day after districts are consolidated under Section 3892.251, the districts shall enter into an agreement specifying the terms and conditions for consolidation.  The terms and conditions for consolidation must include:(1)  adoption of a name for the consolidated district;(2)  the number and apportionment of directors to serve on the board of the consolidated district;(3)  the effective date of the consolidation;(4)  an agreement on finances for the consolidated district, including disposition of funds, property, and other assets of each district; and(5)  an agreement on governing the districts during the transition period, including selection of officers.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1101 (H.B. 4828), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3892.253 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3892 - Harris County Improvement District No. 21|Subchapter F. Consolidation|Section 3892.253. Notice and Hearing on Consolidation

Sec. 3892.253.  NOTICE AND HEARING ON CONSOLIDATION.  (a)  Each district's board shall publish notice and hold a public hearing in its district regarding the terms and conditions for consolidation of the districts.  The board shall publish notice at least once in a newspaper with general circulation in the affected districts at least seven days before the hearing.(b)  After the hearing, each board by resolution must approve the terms and conditions for consolidation by majority vote and enter an order consolidating the districts.(c)  If the board of each involved district adopts a resolution containing the terms and conditions for the consolidation, the involved districts become consolidated.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1101 (H.B. 4828), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3892.254 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3892 - Harris County Improvement District No. 21|Subchapter F. Consolidation|Section 3892.254. Governing Consolidated Districts

Sec. 3892.254.  GOVERNING CONSOLIDATED DISTRICTS.  (a)  After two districts are consolidated, they become one district and are governed as one district.(b)  During the period before the terms and conditions of the agreement under Section 3892.252 take effect, the officers of each district shall continue to act jointly as officers of the original districts to settle the affairs of their respective districts.(c)  If one of the districts consolidated into one district under this subchapter had powers at the time the districts were consolidated that the other district being consolidated did not have, the consolidated district may exercise within the original boundaries of each district only the powers that belonged to that original district.  In territory annexed into a consolidated district, the district may exercise any of the powers of the original districts.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1101 (H.B. 4828), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3892.255 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3892 - Harris County Improvement District No. 21|Subchapter F. Consolidation|Section 3892.255. Debts of Original Districts

Sec. 3892.255.  DEBTS OF ORIGINAL DISTRICTS.  After two districts are consolidated, the consolidated district shall protect the debts and obligations of the original districts and shall ensure that the debts and obligations are not impaired.  If the consolidated district has taxing authority, the debts may be paid by taxes imposed on the land in the original districts as if they had not consolidated or from contributions from the consolidated district on terms stated in the consolidation agreement.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1101 (H.B. 4828), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3892.256 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3892 - Harris County Improvement District No. 21|Subchapter F. Consolidation|Section 3892.256. Assessment and Collection of Taxes

Sec. 3892.256.  ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF TAXES.  If the consolidated district has taxing authority, the district shall impose and collect taxes on all property in the district uniformly, for maintenance and operation of the district.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1101 (H.B. 4828), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3892.257 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3892 - Harris County Improvement District No. 21|Subchapter F. Consolidation|Section 3892.257. Filing of Order With County Clerk and Executive Director

Sec. 3892.257.  FILING OF ORDER WITH COUNTY CLERK AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.  The board shall keep in the records of the consolidated district, recorded in the office of the county clerk in each of the counties in the consolidated district, a consolidation order issued by the board.  The board shall file the consolidation order with the executive director of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1101 (H.B. 4828), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3892.301 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3892 - Harris County Improvement District No. 21|Subchapter G. Dissolution|Section 3892.301. Dissolution of District With Outstanding Debt

Sec. 3892.301.  DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT WITH OUTSTANDING DEBT.  (a)  The district may be dissolved as provided by Subchapter M, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, except that Section 375.264, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district.  The board may dissolve the district regardless of whether the district has debt.(b)  If the district has debt when it is dissolved, the district shall remain in existence solely for the purpose of discharging its bonds or other obligations according to their terms.  The dissolution is effective when all debts have been discharged.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1101 (H.B. 4828), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3893.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3893 - Harris County Improvement District No. 20|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 3893.001. Definitions

Sec. 3893.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Board" means the board of directors of the district.(2)  "Director" means a board member.(3)  "District" means the Harris County Improvement District No. 20.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1100 (H.B. 4827), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3893.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3893 - Harris County Improvement District No. 20|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 3893.002. Harris County Improvement District No

Sec. 3893.002.  HARRIS COUNTY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 20.  The Harris County Improvement District No. 20 is a special district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1100 (H.B. 4827), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3893.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3893 - Harris County Improvement District No. 20|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 3893.003. Purpose; Declaration of Intent

Sec. 3893.003.  PURPOSE; DECLARATION OF INTENT.  (a)  The creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other public purposes stated in this chapter.  By creating the district and in authorizing Harris County, the City of Houston, the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, and other political subdivisions to contract with the district, the legislature has established a program to accomplish the public purposes set out in Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution.(b)  The creation of the district is necessary to promote, develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce, transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts, entertainment, economic development, safety, and the public welfare in the area of the district.(c)  This chapter and the creation of the district may not be interpreted to relieve Harris County or the City of Houston from providing the level of services provided as of the effective date of the Act creating this chapter to the area in the district or to release the county or the city from the obligations of each entity to provide services to that area.  The district is created to supplement and not to supplant the county or city services provided in the area in the district.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1100 (H.B. 4827), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3893.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3893 - Harris County Improvement District No. 20|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 3893.004. Findings of Benefit and Public Purpose

Sec. 3893.004.  FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.  (a)  The district is created to serve a public use and benefit.(b)  All land and other property included in the district will benefit from the improvements and services to be provided by the district under powers conferred by Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other powers granted under this chapter.(c)  Each improvement project or service authorized by this chapter is essential to carry out a public purpose.(d)  The creation of the district is in the public interest and is essential to:(1)  further the public purposes of developing and diversifying the economy of the state;(2)  eliminate unemployment and underemployment; and(3)  develop or expand transportation and commerce.(e)  The district will:(1)  promote the health, safety, and general welfare of residents, employers, employees, visitors, and consumers in the district, and of the public;(2)  provide needed funding for the district to preserve, maintain, and enhance the economic health and vitality of the area as a community and business center;(3)  promote the health, safety, welfare, and enjoyment of the public by providing public art and pedestrian ways and by landscaping and developing certain areas in the district, which are necessary for the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic and aesthetic beauty;(4)  promote and benefit commercial development and commercial areas in the district; and(5)  promote and develop public transportation and pedestrian facilities and systems using new and alternative means that are attractive, safe, and convenient, including securing expanded and improved transportation and pedestrian facilities and systems, to:(A)  address the problem of traffic congestion in the district, the need to control traffic and improve pedestrian safety, and the limited availability of money; and(B)  benefit the land and other property in the district and the residents, employers, employees, visitors, and consumers in the district and the public.(f)  Pedestrian ways along or across a street, whether at grade or above or below the surface, and street lighting, street landscaping, and street art objects are parts of and necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street or road improvement.(g)  The district will not act as the agent or instrumentality of any private interest even though the district will benefit many private interests as well as the public.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1100 (H.B. 4827), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3893.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3893 - Harris County Improvement District No. 20|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 3893.005. District Territory

Sec. 3893.005.  DISTRICT TERRITORY.  (a)  The district is composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter, as that territory may have been modified under:(1)  Section 3893.251;(2)  Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code; or(3)  other law.(b)  The boundaries and field notes of the district contained in Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter form a closure.  A mistake in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not in any way affect:(1)  the district's organization, existence, and validity;(2)  the district's right to issue any type of bond, including a refunding bond, for a purpose for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on the bond;(3)  the district's right to impose and collect an assessment or tax; or(4)  the legality or operation of the district or the board.(c)  A description of the district's boundaries shall be filed with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.  The commission by order may correct a mistake in the description of the district's boundaries.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1100 (H.B. 4827), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3893.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3893 - Harris County Improvement District No. 20|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 3893.006. Liberal Construction of Chapter

Sec. 3893.006.  LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER.  This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and purposes stated in this chapter.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1100 (H.B. 4827), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3893.051 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3893 - Harris County Improvement District No. 20|Subchapter B. Board of Directors|Section 3893.051. Board of Directors; Terms

Sec. 3893.051.  BOARD OF DIRECTORS; TERMS.  (a)  The district is governed by a board of five voting directors appointed by a majority of the members of the governing body, including the mayor, of the City of Houston.  Voting directors serve staggered terms of four years with two or three directors' terms expiring June 1 of each odd-numbered year.(b)  The board by order or resolution may increase or decrease the number of voting directors on the board, but only if a majority of the voting directors finds that it is in the best interest of the district to do so.  The board may not:(1)  increase the number of voting directors to more than nine; or(2)  decrease the number of voting 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 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1100 (H.B. 4827), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3893.052 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3893 - Harris County Improvement District No. 20|Subchapter B. Board of Directors|Section 3893.052. Appointment of Directors on Increase in Board Size

Sec. 3893.052.  APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS ON INCREASE IN BOARD SIZE.  If the board increases the number of directors under Section 3893.051, the board shall appoint eligible persons to fill the new director positions and shall provide for the staggering of terms of the new directors.  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.  The mayor and members of the governing body of the City of Houston shall appoint voting directors from persons recommended by the board.  A person is appointed if a majority of the members of the governing body, including the mayor, vote to appoint that person.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1100 (H.B. 4827), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3893.053 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3893 - Harris County Improvement District No. 20|Subchapter B. Board of Directors|Section 3893.053. Nonvoting Directors

Sec. 3893.053.  NONVOTING DIRECTORS.  (a)  The following persons shall serve as nonvoting directors:(1)  the directors of the following departments of the City of Houston or a person designated by that director:(A)  parks and recreation;(B)  planning and development; and(C)  public works; and(2)  the City of Houston's chief of police.(b)  If a department described by Subsection (a) is consolidated, renamed, or changed, the board may appoint a director of the consolidated, renamed, or changed department as a nonvoting director.  If a department described by Subsection (a) is abolished, the board may appoint a representative of another department that performs duties comparable to the duties performed by the abolished department.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1100 (H.B. 4827), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3893.054 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3893 - Harris County Improvement District No. 20|Subchapter B. Board of Directors|Section 3893.054. Quorum

Sec. 3893.054.  QUORUM.  (a)  A majority of the voting directors constitutes a quorum of the board.(b)  Nonvoting directors and vacant director positions are not counted for the purposes of establishing a quorum of the board.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1100 (H.B. 4827), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3893.055 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3893 - Harris County Improvement District No. 20|Subchapter B. Board of Directors|Section 3893.055. Conflicts of Interest; One-Time Affidavit

Sec. 3893.055.  CONFLICTS OF INTEREST; ONE-TIME AFFIDAVIT.  (a)  Except as provided by this section:(1)  a voting director may participate in all board votes and decisions; and(2)  Chapter 171, Local Government Code, governs conflicts of interest for directors.(b)  Section 171.004, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district.  A director who has a substantial interest in a business or charitable entity that will receive a pecuniary benefit from a board action shall file a one-time affidavit declaring the interest.  An additional affidavit is not required if the director's interest changes.  After the affidavit is filed with the board secretary, the director may participate in a discussion or vote on that action if:(1)  a majority of the directors have a similar interest in the same entity; or(2)  all other similar business or charitable entities in the district will receive a similar pecuniary benefit.(c)  A director who is also an officer or employee of a public entity may not participate in the discussion of or vote on a matter regarding a contract with that public entity.(d)  For purposes of this section, a director has a substantial interest in a charitable entity in the same manner that a person would have substantial interest in a business entity under Section 171.002, Local Government Code.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1100 (H.B. 4827), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|