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TX Prop § 181.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 10 - Miscellaneous Beneficial Property Interests|Subtitle C - Powers of Appointment|Chapter 181 - Powers of Appointment|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 181.001. Definitions

Sec. 181.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Donee" means a person, whether or not a resident of this state, who, either alone or in conjunction with others, may exercise a power.(1-a)  "Object of the power of appointment" means a person to whom the donee is given the power to appoint.(2)  "Power" means the authority to appoint or designate the recipient of property, to invade or consume property, to alter, amend, or revoke an instrument under which an estate or trust is created or held, and to terminate a right or interest under an estate or trust, and any authority remaining after a partial release of a power.(3)  "Property" means all property and interests in property, real or personal, including parts of property, partial interests, and all or any part of the income from property.(4)  "Release" means a renunciation, relinquishment, surrender, refusal to accept, extinguishment, and any other form of release, including a covenant not to exercise all or part of a power.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3723, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 551, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Prop § 181.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 10 - Miscellaneous Beneficial Property Interests|Subtitle C - Powers of Appointment|Chapter 181 - Powers of Appointment|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 181.002. Application

Sec. 181.002.  APPLICATION.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), this chapter applies:(1)  to a power or a release of a power, regardless of the date the power is created;(2)  to a vested, contingent, or conditional power;  and(3)  to a power classified as a power in gross, a power appurtenant, a power appendant, a collateral power, a general, limited, or special power, an exclusive or nonexclusive power, or any other power.(b)  This chapter applies regardless of the time or manner a power is created or reserved or the release is made and regardless of the time, manner, or in whose favor a power may be exercised.(c)  This chapter does not apply to a power in trust that is imperative.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3723, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.|
TX Prop § 181.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 10 - Miscellaneous Beneficial Property Interests|Subtitle C - Powers of Appointment|Chapter 181 - Powers of Appointment|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 181.003. Chapter Not Exclusive

Sec. 181.003.  CHAPTER NOT EXCLUSIVE.  The provisions of this chapter concerning the release of a power are not exclusive.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3724, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.|
TX Prop § 181.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 10 - Miscellaneous Beneficial Property Interests|Subtitle C - Powers of Appointment|Chapter 181 - Powers of Appointment|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 181.004. Construction

Sec. 181.004.  CONSTRUCTION.  This chapter is intended to be declarative of the common law of this state, and it shall be liberally construed to make all powers, except imperative powers in trust, releasable unless the instrument creating the trust expressly provides otherwise.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3724, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.|
TX Prop § 181.051 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 10 - Miscellaneous Beneficial Property Interests|Subtitle C - Powers of Appointment|Chapter 181 - Powers of Appointment|Subchapter B. Release of Powers of Appointment|Section 181.051. Authority of Donee to Release Power

Sec. 181.051.  AUTHORITY OF DONEE TO RELEASE POWER.  Unless the instrument creating the power specifically provides to the contrary, a donee may at any time:(1)  completely release the power;(2)  release the power as to any property subject to the power;(3)  release the power as to a person in whose favor a power may be exercised;  or(4)  limit in any respect the extent to which the power may be exercised.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3724, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.|
TX Prop § 181.052 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 10 - Miscellaneous Beneficial Property Interests|Subtitle C - Powers of Appointment|Chapter 181 - Powers of Appointment|Subchapter B. Release of Powers of Appointment|Section 181.052. Requisites of Release

Sec. 181.052.  REQUISITES OF RELEASE.  (a)  A partial or complete release of a power, with or without consideration, is valid if the donee executes and acknowledges, in the manner required by law for the execution and recordation of deeds, an instrument evidencing an intent to make the release, and the instrument is delivered:(1)  to the person or in the manner specified in the instrument creating the power;(2)  to an adult, other than the donee releasing the power, who may take any of the property subject to the power if the power is not exercised or in whose favor it may be exercised after the partial release;(3)  to a trustee or cotrustee of the property subject to the power;  or(4)  to an appropriate county clerk for recording.(b)  An instrument releasing a power may be recorded in a county in this state in which:(1)  property subject to the power is located;(2)  a donee in control of the property resides;(3)  a trustee in control of the property resides;(4)  a corporate trustee in control of the property has its principal office;  or(5)  the instrument creating the power is probated or recorded.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3724, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.|
TX Prop § 181.053 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 10 - Miscellaneous Beneficial Property Interests|Subtitle C - Powers of Appointment|Chapter 181 - Powers of Appointment|Subchapter B. Release of Powers of Appointment|Section 181.053. Release by Guardian

Sec. 181.053.  RELEASE BY GUARDIAN.  If a person under a disability holds a power, the guardian of the person's estate may release the power in the manner provided in this chapter on the order of the court in this state in which the guardian was appointed or in which the guardianship proceeding is pending.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3725, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.|
TX Prop § 181.054 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 10 - Miscellaneous Beneficial Property Interests|Subtitle C - Powers of Appointment|Chapter 181 - Powers of Appointment|Subchapter B. Release of Powers of Appointment|Section 181.054. Effect of Release on Multiple Donees

Sec. 181.054.  EFFECT OF RELEASE ON MULTIPLE DONEES.  Unless the instrument creating a power provides otherwise, the complete or partial release by one or more donees of a power that may be exercised by two or more donees, either as an individual or a fiduciary, together or successively, does not prevent or limit the exercise or participation in the exercise of the power by the other donee or donees.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3725, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.|
TX Prop § 181.055 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 10 - Miscellaneous Beneficial Property Interests|Subtitle C - Powers of Appointment|Chapter 181 - Powers of Appointment|Subchapter B. Release of Powers of Appointment|Section 181.055. Notice of Release

Sec. 181.055.  NOTICE OF RELEASE.  (a)  A fiduciary or other person in possession or control of property subject to a power, other than the donee, does not have notice of a release of the power until the original release or a copy is delivered to the fiduciary or other person.(b)  A purchaser, lessee, or mortgagee of real property subject to a power who has paid a valuable consideration and who is without actual notice does not have notice of a release of the power until the instrument releasing the power is filed for record with the county clerk of the county in which the real property is located.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3725, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.|
TX Prop § 181.056 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 10 - Miscellaneous Beneficial Property Interests|Subtitle C - Powers of Appointment|Chapter 181 - Powers of Appointment|Subchapter B. Release of Powers of Appointment|Section 181.056. Recording

Sec. 181.056.  RECORDING.  (a)  A county clerk shall record a release of a power in the county deed records, and the clerk shall index the release, with the name of the donee entered in the grantor index.(b)  The county clerk shall charge the same fee for recording the release of a power as the clerk is authorized to charge for recording a deed.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3726, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.|
TX Prop § 181.057 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 10 - Miscellaneous Beneficial Property Interests|Subtitle C - Powers of Appointment|Chapter 181 - Powers of Appointment|Subchapter B. Release of Powers of Appointment|Section 181.057. Effect of Failure to Deliver or File

Sec. 181.057.  EFFECT OF FAILURE TO DELIVER OR FILE.  Failure to deliver or file an instrument releasing a power under Sections 181.052 and 181.055 does not affect the validity of the release as to the donee, the person in whose favor the power may be exercised, or any other person except those expressly protected by Sections 181.052 and 181.055.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3726, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.|
TX Prop § 181.058 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 10 - Miscellaneous Beneficial Property Interests|Subtitle C - Powers of Appointment|Chapter 181 - Powers of Appointment|Subchapter B. Release of Powers of Appointment|Section 181.058. Restraints on Alienation or Anticipation

Sec. 181.058.  RESTRAINTS ON ALIENATION OR ANTICIPATION.  The release of a power that otherwise may be released is not prevented merely by provisions of the instrument creating the power that restrain alienation or anticipation.|Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3726, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.|
TX Prop § 181.081 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 10 - Miscellaneous Beneficial Property Interests|Subtitle C - Powers of Appointment|Chapter 181 - Powers of Appointment|Subchapter C. Exercise of Powers of Appointment|Section 181.081. Extent of Power

Sec. 181.081.  EXTENT OF POWER.  Unless an instrument creating a power expressly provides to the contrary, a donee may exercise a power in any manner consistent with this subchapter.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 551, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Prop § 181.082 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 10 - Miscellaneous Beneficial Property Interests|Subtitle C - Powers of Appointment|Chapter 181 - Powers of Appointment|Subchapter C. Exercise of Powers of Appointment|Section 181.082. General Exercise

Sec. 181.082.  GENERAL EXERCISE.  In exercising a power, a donee may make an appointment:(1)  of present, future, or present and future interests;(2)  with conditions and limitations;(3)  with restraints on alienation;(4)  of interests to a trustee for the benefit of one or more objects of the power;  and(5)  that creates any right existing under common law.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 551, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Prop § 181.083 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 10 - Miscellaneous Beneficial Property Interests|Subtitle C - Powers of Appointment|Chapter 181 - Powers of Appointment|Subchapter C. Exercise of Powers of Appointment|Section 181.083. Creating Additional Powers

Sec. 181.083.  CREATING ADDITIONAL POWERS.  (a)  In exercising a power, a donee may make appointments that create in the objects of the power additional powers of appointment.  The additional powers of appointment must be exercisable in favor of objects of the power who would have been permissible objects under the original donee's power.(b)  In exercising a power, a donee who may appoint outright to an object of the power may make appointments that create in the object of the power powers exercisable in favor of persons that the original donee may direct, even though the objects of the secondary power of appointment may not have been permissible objects of the original donee's power.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 551, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 21.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 2 - Environment and Sanitation|Subtitle A - Solid Waste Management|Chapter 21 - Upper Sabine Valley Solid Waste Management District|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 21.001. Definitions

Sec. 21.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this Act:(1)  "Board" means the district's board of directors.(2)  "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.(3)  "Director" means a board member.(4)  "District" means the Upper Sabine Valley Solid Waste Management District.(5)  "Local government" means:(A)  a municipality;(B)  a county; or(C)  a water or other special district or authority acting under Sections 52(b)(1) and (2), Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.(6)  "Solid waste" has the meaning assigned by Section 361.003, Health and Safety Code.(7)  "Water" means groundwater, percolating or otherwise, lakes, bays, ponds, springs, rivers, streams, creeks, and all other bodies of surface water, natural or artificial, that are wholly or partly in the district.(8)  "Water pollution" means alteration of the physical, chemical, or biological quality of water or contamination of water that:(A)  renders the water harmful, detrimental, or injurious to:(i)  humans, animal life, vegetation, or property; or(ii)  public health, safety, or welfare; or(B)  impairs the usefulness or the public enjoyment of the water for any lawful or reasonable purpose.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 21.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 2 - Environment and Sanitation|Subtitle A - Solid Waste Management|Chapter 21 - Upper Sabine Valley Solid Waste Management District|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 21.002. Nature of District

Sec. 21.002.  NATURE OF DISTRICT.  The district is  a conservation and reclamation district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 21.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 2 - Environment and Sanitation|Subtitle A - Solid Waste Management|Chapter 21 - Upper Sabine Valley Solid Waste Management District|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 21.003. Purpose

Sec. 21.003.  PURPOSE.  The purpose of this chapter is to establish an instrumentality to develop and carry out a regional water quality protection program through solid waste management and regulation of waste disposal for Rains, Upshur, and Wood Counties and for the portion of Smith County that is north of Interstate Highway 20.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 21.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 2 - Environment and Sanitation|Subtitle A - Solid Waste Management|Chapter 21 - Upper Sabine Valley Solid Waste Management District|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 21.004. Findings and Declaration of Policy

Sec. 21.004.  FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF POLICY.  (a)  The legislature finds that:(1)  the quality of water in East Texas is materially affected by the disposal of waste throughout the region;(2)  a regional effort to study water pollution, plan corrective and preventive measures, provide coordinated facilities for waste disposal, and regulate waste disposal is far more effective than efforts on a smaller scale;(3)  solid waste, as well as other waste, may impair water quality by seepage or drainage; and(4)  creation of the district would advance the established policy of this state to maintain the quality of the water in the state consistent with:(A)  public health and enjoyment;(B)  the propagation and protection of terrestrial and aquatic life;(C)  the operation of existing industries;  and(D)  the economic development of the state.(b)  All area included in the district will benefit from the exercise of the power conferred by this chapter.(c)  The district is a public entity performing an essential public function.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 21.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 2 - Environment and Sanitation|Subtitle A - Solid Waste Management|Chapter 21 - Upper Sabine Valley Solid Waste Management District|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 21.005. State Policy Regarding Waste Disposal

Sec. 21.005.  STATE POLICY REGARDING WASTE DISPOSAL.  The district's powers and duties are subject to the state policy of encouraging the development and use of integrated area-wide waste collection, treatment, and disposal systems to serve the waste disposal needs of this state's residents, if integrated systems can reasonably be provided for an area, so as to avoid the economic burden on residents and the impact on state water quality caused by the construction and operation of numerous small waste collection, treatment, and disposal facilities.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 21.051 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 2 - Environment and Sanitation|Subtitle A - Solid Waste Management|Chapter 21 - Upper Sabine Valley Solid Waste Management District|Subchapter B. District Territory and Changes To|Section 21.051. District Territory

Sec. 21.051.  DISTRICT TERRITORY.  Unless the district territory has been modified under this subchapter, Subchapter J, Chapter  49, Water Code, or other law, the district's territory consists of Rains, Upshur, and Wood Counties and the portion of Smith County north of Interstate Highway 20.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 21.052 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 2 - Environment and Sanitation|Subtitle A - Solid Waste Management|Chapter 21 - Upper Sabine Valley Solid Waste Management District|Subchapter B. District Territory and Changes To|Section 21.052. Annexation of County; Petition

Sec. 21.052.  ANNEXATION OF COUNTY; PETITION.  (a)  The board may annex an adjacent county in the manner provided by this section and Sections 21.053 and 21.055.(b)  To initiate annexation proceedings, the commissioners court of the adjacent county must petition the board requesting the board to call an election for the annexation of the petitioner's county.  The petition must be in writing and be endorsed by a majority of the members of the commissioners court.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 21.053 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 2 - Environment and Sanitation|Subtitle A - Solid Waste Management|Chapter 21 - Upper Sabine Valley Solid Waste Management District|Subchapter B. District Territory and Changes To|Section 21.053. Annexation Petition Hearing; Notice

Sec. 21.053.  ANNEXATION PETITION HEARING; NOTICE.  (a)  On receipt of a  petition under Section 21.052, the board shall set a date, time, and place to hold a hearing on the petition.  The date may not be later than the 20th day after the date on which the board receives the petition.(b)  In addition to the notice required under the open meetings law, Chapter 551, Government Code, the board shall publish notice of the date, time, place, and purpose of the hearing in one or more newspapers with general circulation in the district and in the county to be annexed.(c)  Any person may testify at the hearing for or against annexation of the county to the district.(d)  At the conclusion of the hearing, the board shall determine if an annexation election should be held in the county to be annexed.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 21.054 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 2 - Environment and Sanitation|Subtitle A - Solid Waste Management|Chapter 21 - Upper Sabine Valley Solid Waste Management District|Subchapter B. District Territory and Changes To|Section 21.054. Exclusion of County

Sec. 21.054.  EXCLUSION OF COUNTY.  (a)  The commissioners court of a county in the district may petition the board to hold an election in the county to determine if a majority of voters of that county want to exclude the county from the district.(b)  If the district has not issued bonds or incurred other long-term debt before the commissioners court filed the petition, the board shall, on receipt of the petition, enter an order authorizing the commissioners court to call an election in that county.(c)  If the district issued bonds or other long-term debt before the commissioners court filed the petition, the board must obtain adequate legal and financial assurances that, if the county withdraws from the district, the county will assume and pay to the district the county's proportionate share of the district's outstanding debt based on assessed valuation of taxable property in the county and district.  After obtaining assurances the board considers adequate, the board shall enter an order authorizing the commissioners court of that county to call an election in that county to determine if the county should be excluded from the district.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 21.055 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 2 - Environment and Sanitation|Subtitle A - Solid Waste Management|Chapter 21 - Upper Sabine Valley Solid Waste Management District|Subchapter B. District Territory and Changes To|Section 21.055. Election on Annexation or Exclusion of County

Sec. 21.055.  ELECTION ON ANNEXATION OR EXCLUSION OF COUNTY.  (a)  Annexation or exclusion of a county is final when approved by a majority of the voters at an election held in the county to be annexed or excluded.  An election in the existing district accepting the addition of a county is not required.(b)  Section 41.001(a), Election Code, does not apply to an election held under this section.(c)  The election ballots shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the following, as applicable:(1)  "Adding (description of county to be added) to the Upper Sabine Valley Solid Waste Management District."(2)  "(Description of county to be added) assuming its proportionate share of the outstanding debts and taxes of the Upper Sabine Valley Solid Waste Management District, if it is added to the district."(3)  "The exclusion of ____________________ County from the Upper Sabine Valley Solid Waste Management District and assumption by the county of a duty to pay its proportionate share of the outstanding indebtedness of the district."(d)  If a district has outstanding debts or taxes, the voters in an election to approve the annexation must also determine if the annexed county will assume its proportion of the debts or taxes if added to the district.(e)  If the district has outstanding bonds or other long term obligations, the voters in the election to approve the exclusion must also determine if the excluded county will assume a duty to pay its proportion of the district's outstanding indebtedness.(f)  The board shall file a copy of the election results with the commission.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2009.|