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TX Water Code § 53.171 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 53 - Fresh Water Supply Districts|Subchapter F. Bond and Tax Provisions|Section 53.171. Power to Issue Bonds

Sec. 53.171.  POWER TO ISSUE BONDS.  (a)  A district may issue bonds to secure indebtedness for any purpose authorized by this chapter, Chapter 49, or other applicable laws.(b)  A district may not issue tax bonds or incur any debt which is to be paid with tax revenue unless an election is first held in the district and the proposition is approved by a majority of the electors of the district who vote in the election.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 414, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 635 (H.B. 713), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2007.|
TX Water Code § 53.172 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 53 - Fresh Water Supply Districts|Subchapter F. Bond and Tax Provisions|Section 53.172. Ordering Bond Election

Sec. 53.172.  ORDERING BOND ELECTION.  After the creation of a district and the qualification of the supervisors, the board may order an election in the district to authorize a bond issue.  At this election, the board shall submit only a proposition authorizing the issuance of bonds and the levy of a tax to pay the bonds.  The ballots shall be printed to allow for voting for or against the proposition:  "The issuance of bonds and the levy of taxes to pay the bonds."|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 414, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 53.176 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 53 - Fresh Water Supply Districts|Subchapter F. Bond and Tax Provisions|Section 53.176. Issuing Bonds

Sec. 53.176.  ISSUING BONDS.  (a)  After declaring the result of the election, the board shall make and enter an order in the minutes directing the issuing of bonds sufficient to pay for the proposed improvements.  The board may not issue bonds in an amount greater than that specified in the order and notice of election.(b)  Subchapter L, of Chapter 55 of this code, providing for the issuing, denominations, rate of interest, manner and conditions of payment, and maturity dates of water improvement district bonds, apply to bonds of a fresh water supply district.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 415, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 53.177 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 53 - Fresh Water Supply Districts|Subchapter F. Bond and Tax Provisions|Section 53.177. Approving Bonds

Sec. 53.177.  APPROVING BONDS.  (a)  Before the board offers bonds for sale, it shall send to the attorney general a certified copy of all proceedings relating to organizing the district and issuing the bonds.  They shall also provide other relevant information he requires.(b)  The attorney general shall carefully examine the bonds in connection with the record and the constitution and laws of this state governing the issuance of bonds.  The attorney general shall certify the bonds if he finds that they conform to the record and the constitution and laws of this state and that they are valid and binding obligations of the district.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 415, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 53.178 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 53 - Fresh Water Supply Districts|Subchapter F. Bond and Tax Provisions|Section 53.178. Registering Bonds

Sec. 53.178.  REGISTERING BONDS.  When the attorney general approves the bonds, the comptroller shall register them in a book kept for that purpose.  The comptroller shall record the certificate of the attorney general as to the bonds' validity.  The bonds are then prima facie valid in any action, suit, or proceeding.  In a suit to enforce collection of the bonds and interest on the bonds, the only defense against the validity of the bonds is forgery or fraud.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 415, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 53.179 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 53 - Fresh Water Supply Districts|Subchapter F. Bond and Tax Provisions|Section 53.179. Selling Bonds

Sec. 53.179.  SELLING BONDS.  After the bonds are registered, the board shall sell them on the best terms and for the best price possible.  The board shall promptly pay to the district depository the money received from the sale of the bonds.  The district depository shall hold the money for the district.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 415, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 53.180 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 53 - Fresh Water Supply Districts|Subchapter F. Bond and Tax Provisions|Section 53.180. Recording of Bond Issues

Sec. 53.180.  RECORDING OF BOND ISSUES.  (a)  After the bonds are issued, the board shall deliver a well-bound book to the county treasurer, who shall keep in the book a list of:(1)  all bonds which have been issued;(2)  their manner of payment;(3)  the amount of each bond;(4)  the rate of interest on each bond;(5)  the date of issuing each bond;(6)  the date when each bond is due;(7)  the place where each bond is payable;(8)  the amount received for each bond;  and(9)  the tax levy to pay interest on and redeem the bonds.(b)  The county treasurer shall keep the books open at all times for inspection by any taxpayer or bondholder.  When a person pays for a bond, the treasurer shall enter the payment in the book.  The treasurer is entitled to receive for his services the same fee allowed by law to the county clerk for recording deeds.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 416, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 53.181 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 53 - Fresh Water Supply Districts|Subchapter F. Bond and Tax Provisions|Section 53.181. Paying Bonds and Interest

Sec. 53.181.  PAYING BONDS AND INTEREST.  At the time for paying interest or for redeeming the bonds, the district depository shall receive and cancel any interest coupons paid or any bonds redeemed.  When the board receives an interest coupon or a bond, it shall credit the account of the depository with the amount received.  The board shall then cancel and destroy the bond or coupon.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 416, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 53.182 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 53 - Fresh Water Supply Districts|Subchapter F. Bond and Tax Provisions|Section 53.182. Bonds Payable From Revenues and Ad Valorem Taxes

Sec. 53.182.  BONDS PAYABLE FROM REVENUES AND AD VALOREM TAXES.  (a)  For the purpose of constructing, purchasing, repairing, improving, and extending authorized improvements, a district may issue bonds payable solely from the revenues of:(1)  the operation of the district's water system, less the reasonable cost of maintaining and operating the system;  or(2)  the operation of the district's sanitary sewer system, less the reasonable cost of maintaining and operating the system;  or(3)  both the water system and the sanitary sewer system.(b)  The district may also issue bonds for the purposes set out in this section, payable both from ad valorem taxes and the revenues of:(1)  its water system;  or(2)  its sanitary sewer system;  or(3)  both its water system and sanitary sewer system.(c)  If the district issues combination tax and revenue bonds, it shall levy, assess, and collect ad valorem taxes until the net revenues from the operation of the water system or the sanitary sewer system, together with the revenue from taxes, have accumulated a surplus in the sinking fund at least equal to the principal of and interest on the bonds scheduled to accrue in the next year.  When this accumulation is completed, the board may reduce the tax levy to a rate that will produce at least 25 percent of the principal and interest requirements for each of the next succeeding years.  When actual experience of three successive years demonstrates that the net revenues are adequate to pay the principal of and the interest on the bonds as they mature, the board may discontinue the tax until it becomes necessary to levy the tax again to avoid default in paying the bonds and interest.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 416, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 53.183 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 53 - Fresh Water Supply Districts|Subchapter F. Bond and Tax Provisions|Section 53.183. Election Required

Sec. 53.183.  ELECTION REQUIRED.  (a)  A district may not issue bonds as authorized in Section 53.182 of this code unless an election is first held in the district and the proposition is approved by a majority of the electors of the district who vote in the election.(b)  If the election is held to authorize revenue bonds only, the board shall have the ballots printed to allow for voting for or against the proposition:  "The issuance of bonds and the pledge of net revenues for the payment of the bonds."(c)  If the election is held to authorize combination tax and revenue bonds, the board shall have the ballots printed to allow for voting for or against the proposition:  "The issuance of bonds to be paid for from an adequate pledge of net revenues and levy of ad valorem taxes."(d)  Except as provided in this section, the provisions of Sections 53.172-53.175 of this code, relating to tax bond elections, apply to elections held under this section.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 417, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 53.184 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 53 - Fresh Water Supply Districts|Subchapter F. Bond and Tax Provisions|Section 53.184. Refunding Bonds

Sec. 53.184.  REFUNDING BONDS.  (a)  With the consent of the holders, a district may refund outstanding bonds by issuing new coupon bonds in their place.(b)  Interest is shown by coupons attached to the bonds.  The board may pay the interest on the bonds annually or semiannually.(c)  The board may pay the refunding bonds serially or in any other manner it chooses, but it shall pay the bonds not later than 40 years from the date the bonds are issued.(d)  The board shall issue the bonds in denominations of $100 or a multiple of $100.  The board shall levy a tax sufficient to meet the payment of principal of and interest on the refunding bonds before the bonds are delivered.  The refunding of bonds does not affect any taxes already due.(e)  The board shall issue refunding bonds in the manner provided for other district bonds.  The board shall deduct any sum on hand to the credit of any sinking fund account in ascertaining the amount of refunding bonds to be issued, and it shall apply the money to the payment of the outstanding bonds.(f)  The board shall not issue refunding bonds until they are approved by the attorney general and registered by the comptroller.  The comptroller shall not register the refunding bonds until the old bonds being replaced are presented to him for cancellation.  After the comptroller registers the new bonds, he shall cancel the old bonds and interest coupons and deliver the new bonds to the proper bondholders.  The district may present the old bonds for cancellation in installments, and the comptroller may register and deliver a like amount of the new bonds.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 417, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 53.185 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 53 - Fresh Water Supply Districts|Subchapter F. Bond and Tax Provisions|Section 53.185. Rates and Charges

Sec. 53.185.  RATES AND CHARGES.  If the board issues revenue bonds or combination tax and revenue bonds, the board, at the time it authorizes the bonds, shall fix rates and charges for the use of the facilities or the services rendered in an amount which, together with any tax which is levied, will assure the prompt payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds as they mature.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 417, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 53.186 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 53 - Fresh Water Supply Districts|Subchapter F. Bond and Tax Provisions|Section 53.186. Interest and Sinking Fund

Sec. 53.186.  INTEREST AND SINKING FUND.  (a)  A district shall have an interest and sinking fund.  The board shall credit to this fund all taxes collected for the payment of interest or redemption of district bonds.(b)  The board shall use money in this fund only:(1)  to pay interest on district bonds;(2)  to cancel and surrender district bonds;  and(3)  to pay the expenses of assessing and collecting the taxes.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 418, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 53.187 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 53 - Fresh Water Supply Districts|Subchapter F. Bond and Tax Provisions|Section 53.187. Investment of Sinking Fund

Sec. 53.187.  INVESTMENT OF SINKING FUND.  The board may invest the district's sinking funds in county, municipal, district, or other bonds in which other sinking funds may by law be invested.  The board may also invest the sinking funds in bonds of the series to which the funds apply, if the bonds are offered for redemption before maturity on terms the board deems advantageous to the district.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 418, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 53.188 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 53 - Fresh Water Supply Districts|Subchapter F. Bond and Tax Provisions|Section 53.188. Levy of Taxes

Sec. 53.188.  LEVY OF TAXES.  After the district has issued bonds, the board shall levy taxes on all property in the district, whether real, personal, or mixed.  The board shall levy the taxes based on the full value of each piece of property.  The board shall levy the taxes in an amount which is enough to pay the interest on the bonds and to create a sinking fund sufficient to redeem and discharge the bonds when they mature.  The board shall levy taxes annually for this purpose as long as the bonds are outstanding.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 418, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 53.189 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 53 - Fresh Water Supply Districts|Subchapter F. Bond and Tax Provisions|Section 53.189. Assessor and Collector--Office

Sec. 53.189.  ASSESSOR AND COLLECTOR--OFFICE.  The assessor and collector shall maintain an office.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 418, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 53.190 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 53 - Fresh Water Supply Districts|Subchapter F. Bond and Tax Provisions|Section 53.190. Subject to Rules of Board

Sec. 53.190.  SUBJECT TO RULES OF BOARD.  The assessor and collector is subject to the rules and regulations of the board in the same manner as provided by law for assessors and collectors of water improvement districts.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 418, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 54.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 54 - Municipal Utility Districts|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 54.001. Definitions

Sec. 54.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "District" means a municipal utility district operating under this chapter.(2)  "Board" means the board of directors of a district.(3)  "Director" means a member of the board of directors of a district.(4)  "Commission" means the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission.(5)  "Executive director" means the executive director of the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission.(6)  "Public agency" means any city, the United States, the State of Texas, and any district or authority created under Article XVI, Section 59, or Article III, Section 52, of the Texas Constitution, including any river authority, or any other political subdivision or governmental agency of the United States or the State of Texas.(7)  "City" means any incorporated city, town, or village of the State of Texas whether operating under general law or under its home-rule charter.(8)  "Extraterritorial jurisdiction" means the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a city as defined in Article I, Chapter 160, Acts of the 58th Legislature, 1963, as amended (Article 970a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes).(9)  "Sole expense" means the actual cost of the relocation, raising, rerouting, or changing grade or alteration of construction and providing comparable replacement without enhancing the facilities after deducting from it the net salvage value derived from the old facility.|Added by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 774, 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. 1.140, eff. Sept. 1, 1985;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 3, Sec. 1.077, eff. Aug. 12, 1991.|
TX Water Code § 54.011 (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 54.011. Creation of District

Sec. 54.011.  CREATION OF DISTRICT.  A municipal utility district may be created under and subject to the authority, conditions, and restrictions of Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution.|Added by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 774, ch. 84, Sec. 1.|
TX Water Code § 54.012 (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 54.012. Purposes of a District

Sec. 54.012.  PURPOSES OF A DISTRICT.  A district shall be created for the following purposes:(1)  the control, storage, preservation, and distribution of its storm water and floodwater, the water of its rivers and streams for irrigation, power, and all other useful purposes;(2)  the reclamation and irrigation of its arid, semiarid, and other land needing irrigation;(3)  the reclamation and drainage of its overflowed land and other land needing drainage;(4)  the conservation and development of its forests, water, and hydroelectric power;(5)  the navigation of its inland and coastal water;(6)  the control, abatement, and change of any shortage or harmful excess of water;(7)  the protection, preservation, and restoration of the purity and sanitary condition of water within the state;  and(8)  the preservation of all natural resources of the state.|Added by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 775, ch. 84, Sec. 1.|
TX Water Code § 54.013 (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 54.013. Composition of District

Sec. 54.013.  COMPOSITION OF DISTRICT.  (a)  A district may include the area in all or part of any county or counties including all or part of any cities and other public agencies.(b)  The land composing a district need not be in one body, but may consist of separate bodies of land separated by land which is not included in the district.|Added by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 775, ch. 84, Sec. 1.|
TX Water Code § 54.014 (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 54.014. Petition

Sec. 54.014.  PETITION.  When it is proposed to create a district, a petition requesting creation shall be filed with the commission.  The petition shall be signed by a majority in value of the holders of title of the land within the proposed district, as indicated by the tax rolls of the central appraisal district. |Added by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 775, ch. 84, Sec. 1.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1423, Sec. 29, eff. June 17, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 761 (S.B. 1987), Sec. 5, eff. June 12, 2017.Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 965 (S.B. 2014), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Water Code § 54.015 (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 54.015. Contents of Petition

Sec. 54.015.  CONTENTS OF PETITION.  The petition shall:(1)  describe the boundaries of the proposed district by metes and bounds or by lot and block number, if there is a recorded map or plat and survey of the area;(2)  state the general nature of the work proposed to be done, the necessity for the work, and the cost of the project as then estimated by those filing the petition;  and(3)  include a name of the district which shall be generally descriptive of the locale of the district followed by the words Municipal Utility District, or if a district is located within one county, it may be designated "__________ County Municipal Utility District No. ______."  (Insert the name of the county and proper consecutive number.)  The proposed district shall not have the same name as any other district in the same county.|Added by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 775, ch. 84, Sec. 1.|
TX Water Code § 54.0161 (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 54.0161. Review of Creation by County

Sec. 54.0161.  REVIEW OF CREATION BY COUNTY.  (a) This section applies only to a proposed district all of which is to be located outside the corporate limits of a municipality.(a-1)  Promptly after a petition is filed with the commission to create a district to which this section applies, the commission shall notify the commissioners court of any county in which the proposed district is to be located.(a-2)  The commissioners court of a county in which the district is to be located may review the petition for creation and other evidence and information relating to the proposed district that the commissioners consider necessary. Petitioners for the creation of a district shall submit to the county commissioners court any relevant information requested by the commissioners court.(b)  In the event the county commissioners court votes to submit information to the commission or to make a recommendation regarding the creation of the proposed district, the commissioners court shall submit to the commission, at least 10 days before the date set for action on the petition, a written opinion stating:(1)  whether the commissioners court recommends the creation of the proposed district; and(2)  any findings, conclusions, and other information that the commissioners court thinks would assist the commission in making a final determination on the petition.(c)  In passing on a petition subject to this section, the commission shall consider the written opinion submitted by the county commissioners court.|Added by Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1293, ch. 485, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 645 (H.B. 738), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.|