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2023 Texas Statutes › Special District Local Laws Code › Title 6 - Water and Wastewater › Subtitle G - River Authorities › Chapter 8502 - Brazos River Authority › Section 8502.0092. Director Training

Sec. 8502.0092.  DIRECTOR TRAINING.  (a)  A person who is appointed to and qualifies for office as a director may not vote, deliberate, or be counted as a director in attendance at a board meeting until the person completes a training program that complies with this section.
(b)  The training program must provide the person with information regarding:
(1)  the law governing authority operations;
(2)  the programs, functions, rules, and budget of the authority;
(3)  the scope of and limitations on the rulemaking authority of the authority;
(4)  the results of the most recent formal audit of the authority;
(5)  the requirements of:
(A)  laws relating to open meetings, public information, administrative procedure, and disclosure of conflicts of interest; and
(B)  other laws applicable to members of the governing body of a river authority in performing their duties; and
(6)  any applicable ethics policies adopted by the authority or the Texas Ethics Commission.
(c)  A person appointed to the board is entitled to reimbursement for the travel expenses incurred in attending the training program regardless of whether the attendance at the program occurs before or after the person qualifies for office.
(d)  The general manager of the authority shall create a training manual that includes the information required by Subsection (b).  The general manager shall distribute a copy of the training manual annually to each director.  Each director shall sign and submit to the general manager a statement acknowledging that the director received and has reviewed the training manual.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 664 (H.B. 1570), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.
2023 Texas Statutes › Special District Local Laws Code › Title 6 - Water and Wastewater › Subtitle G - River Authorities › Chapter 8502 - Brazos River Authority › Section 8502.0093. Policies to Separate Policy-Making and Staff Functions

Sec. 8502.0093.  POLICIES TO SEPARATE POLICY-MAKING AND STAFF FUNCTIONS.  The board shall develop and implement policies that clearly separate the policy-making responsibilities of the board and the management responsibilities of the general manager and the staff of the authority.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 664 (H.B. 1570), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.
2023 Texas Statutes › Special District Local Laws Code › Title 6 - Water and Wastewater › Subtitle G - River Authorities › Chapter 8502 - Brazos River Authority › Section 8502.0094. Complaints

Sec. 8502.0094.  COMPLAINTS.  (a)  The authority shall maintain a system to promptly and efficiently act on complaints filed with the authority.  The authority shall maintain information about parties to the complaint, the subject matter of the complaint, a summary of the results of the review or investigation of the complaint, and its disposition.
(b)  The authority shall make information describing its procedures for complaint investigation and resolution available to the public.
(c)  The authority shall periodically notify the complaint parties of the status of the complaint until final disposition unless the notice would jeopardize an investigation.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 664 (H.B. 1570), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.
2023 Texas Statutes › Special District Local Laws Code › Title 6 - Water and Wastewater › Subtitle G - River Authorities › Chapter 8502 - Brazos River Authority › Section 8502.0095. Public Testimony

Sec. 8502.0095.  PUBLIC TESTIMONY.  The board shall develop and implement policies that provide the public with a reasonable opportunity to appear before the board and to speak on any issue under the jurisdiction of the authority.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 664 (H.B. 1570), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.
2023 Texas Statutes › Special District Local Laws Code › Title 6 - Water and Wastewater › Subtitle G - River Authorities › Chapter 8502 - Brazos River Authority › Section 8502.010. Creation of Master District; Water Control and Improvement District

Sec. 8502.010.  CREATION OF MASTER DISTRICT; WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.  A master district is created having all the powers, duties, and functions, and subject to applicable and practicable procedures for those districts, to accomplish the purposes of this chapter, as provided by Chapter 49, Water Code, and the provisions of the Water Code applicable to water control and improvement districts.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 996, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Renumbered from Water Code, Section 221.010 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 13.006(a), eff. September 1, 2007.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 13.006(d), eff. September 1, 2007.
2023 Texas Statutes › Special District Local Laws Code › Title 6 - Water and Wastewater › Subtitle G - River Authorities › Chapter 8502 - Brazos River Authority › Section 8502.011. Bond Election Required

Sec. 8502.011.  BOND ELECTION REQUIRED.  The authority may not issue bonds or incur any form of continuing obligation or indebtedness payable from ad valorem taxes for purposes of effecting improvements comprehended in the plan of organization and administration of the authority, or incur any indebtedness in the form of a continuing charge on lands or other physical properties within the authority, unless the proposition has been submitted to the qualified voters of the authority, or in appropriate cases the qualified voters of a defined area within the authority, and is approved by a majority of the electors voting on the proposition.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 996, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Renumbered from Water Code, Section 221.011 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 13.006(a), eff. September 1, 2007.
2023 Texas Statutes › Special District Local Laws Code › Title 6 - Water and Wastewater › Subtitle G - River Authorities › Chapter 8502 - Brazos River Authority › Section 8502.013. Disposition of Property

Sec. 8502.013.  DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY.  (a)  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as authorizing the authority, and it is not authorized, to mortgage or otherwise encumber any of its property of any kind, real, personal, or mixed, or any interest in property, or to acquire any property or interest subject to a mortgage or conditional sale;  provided, however, that this section shall not be construed as preventing the pledging of the revenues of the authority as provided by this chapter.
(b)  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as authorizing the sale, release, or other disposition of property of any kind, real, personal, or mixed, or any interest in property, by the authority or through any court proceedings or otherwise;  provided, however, that the authority may sell for cash any property or interest if the board by affirmative vote of 11 of its members determines that the property or interest is not necessary to the business of the authority and approves the terms of the sale.  Except by sale as expressly authorized by this section, authority property or interest may not come into the ownership or control, directly or indirectly, of any person, firm, or corporation other than a public authority created under the laws of the state.
(c)  All authority property is exempt from forced sale, and nothing in this chapter authorizes the sale of any of the property of the authority under a judgment rendered in a suit, and a sale of that kind is prohibited.
(d)  Notwithstanding any restrictions or provisions in this section or in this chapter, the authority, acting by a majority vote of the board, may construct or purchase, from any person, firm, or corporation (referred to in this subsection as "customer") with which the authority has contracted to sell hydroelectric power, transmission lines and other property used or to be used by the customer for the transmission of or in connection with power purchased or to be purchased from the authority.  The authority may lease all or any portion of that property to the customer for all or a portion of the time during the term of the hydroelectric power purchase contract.  The lease may contain provisions that are valid and enforceable giving the lessee the right to purchase from the authority all or any portion of the property at or within the time specified in the lease and for a price and on terms and conditions specified in the lease;  provided, however, that the price may not be less than the depreciated value, determined in the manner prescribed in the lease, plus one percent of the original cost of the property.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 996, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Renumbered from Water Code, Section 221.013 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 13.006(a), eff. September 1, 2007.
2023 Texas Statutes › Special District Local Laws Code › Title 6 - Water and Wastewater › Subtitle G - River Authorities › Chapter 8502 - Brazos River Authority › Section 8502.015. Contracts, Grants, and Loans

Sec. 8502.015.  CONTRACTS, GRANTS, AND LOANS.  (a)  The board may negotiate and contract with the federal government or with any of its agencies for grants, loans, and advancements from the United States for the furtherance of any purpose set forth in this chapter.
(b)  The authority may receive and accept grants, loans, or allotments from the United States and others for furtherance of any of the purposes set forth in this chapter.
(c)  An opinion from the attorney general as to whether a grant, loan, or allotment has been received by the authority from the United States or others shall be authority for the action of any person charged with any duty contingent on such grant, loan, or allotment.
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 996, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Renumbered from Water Code, Section 221.015 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 13.006(a), eff. September 1, 2007.
2023 Texas Statutes › Special District Local Laws Code › Title 6 - Water and Wastewater › Subtitle G - River Authorities › Chapter 8502 - Brazos River Authority › Section 8502.016. Rules

Sec. 8502.016.  RULES.  The board may make all necessary rules for the government and control of the authority not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the state.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 996, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Renumbered from Water Code, Section 221.016 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 13.006(a), eff. September 1, 2007.
2023 Texas Statutes › Special District Local Laws Code › Title 6 - Water and Wastewater › Subtitle G - River Authorities › Chapter 8502 - Brazos River Authority › Section 8502.017. Use of Brazos River and Tributaries

Sec. 8502.017.  USE OF BRAZOS RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES.  In the prosecution of the plans for which the authority has been created for the storing, controlling, conserving, and distributing for useful purposes of the storm waters, floodwaters, and unappropriated flow waters of the Brazos River watershed and developed groundwater from the Brazos River basin for the use of its customers, the authority may use the bed and banks of the Brazos River and its tributary streams for any and all purposes necessary to the accomplishment of the plans of the authority.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 996, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Renumbered from Water Code, Section 221.017 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 13.006(a), eff. September 1, 2007.
2023 Texas Statutes › Special District Local Laws Code › Title 6 - Water and Wastewater › Subtitle G - River Authorities › Chapter 8502 - Brazos River Authority › Section 8502.019. Limited Liability for Aquatic Herbicide Application

Sec. 8502.019.  LIMITED LIABILITY FOR AQUATIC HERBICIDE APPLICATION.  (a)   In this section, "commercially licensed aquatic herbicide applicator" means a person who holds a commercial applicator license issued by the Department of Agriculture under Chapter 76, Agriculture Code, that authorizes the application of aquatic herbicides.
(b)  Except as provided by Chapter 12, Parks and Wildlife Code, an authority employee holding a noncommercial aquatic herbicide applicator license or a commercially licensed aquatic herbicide applicator working under contract with the authority is not liable for damages in excess of $2 million for personal injury, property damage, or death resulting from the application by the applicator of aquatic herbicide in compliance with applicable law and the terms of the license or permit.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 996, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Renumbered from Water Code, Section 221.019 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 13.006(a), eff. September 1, 2007.
2023 Texas Statutes › Special District Local Laws Code › Title 6 - Water and Wastewater › Subtitle G - River Authorities › Chapter 8503 - Lower Colorado River Authority › Section 8503.001. Creation

Sec. 8503.001.  CREATION.  (a)  A conservation and reclamation district to be known as the "Lower Colorado River Authority" is created.  The authority is a governmental agency and a body politic and corporate.
(b)  The authority is created under and is essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, including the control, storing, preservation, and distribution of the waters of the Colorado River and its tributaries within the boundaries of the authority for irrigation, generation of electric energy and power, and other useful purposes;  the reclamation and irrigation of arid, semiarid, and other lands needing irrigation;  the development of parks on lands owned or acquired by the authority;  and the conservation and development of the forests, water, and electric power in this state.
(c)  Nothing in this chapter or in any other law shall be construed as authorizing the authority to levy or collect taxes or to create any indebtedness payable out of taxes or in any way to pledge the credit of this state.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 996, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Renumbered from Water Code, Section 222.001 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 13.006(b), eff. September 1, 2007.
2023 Texas Statutes › Special District Local Laws Code › Title 6 - Water and Wastewater › Subtitle G - River Authorities › Chapter 8503 - Lower Colorado River Authority › Section 8503.002. Definitions

Sec. 8503.002.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:
(1)  "Authority" means the Lower Colorado River Authority.
(2)  "Board" means the board of directors of the authority.
(2-a)  "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
(3)  "Director" means a member of the board.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 996, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Renumbered from Water Code, Section 222.002 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 13.006(b), eff. September 1, 2007.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 13.006(f), eff. September 1, 2007.
2023 Texas Statutes › Special District Local Laws Code › Title 6 - Water and Wastewater › Subtitle G - River Authorities › Chapter 8503 - Lower Colorado River Authority › Section 8503.0021. Application of Sunset Act

Sec. 8503.0021.  APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT.  (a)  The authority is subject to review under Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act), but may not be abolished under that chapter.  The review shall not include the management of the generation or transmission of electricity under the wholesale electricity operation of the authority and the authority's affiliated nonprofit corporations.  The review shall be conducted under Section 325.025, Government Code, as if the authority were a state agency scheduled to be abolished September 1, 2031, and every 12th year after that year.
(b)  In anticipation of the sunset review under Subsection (a), based on the results of an audit, including a performance-related audit, conducted by the state auditor before December 1, 2016, the state auditor may make recommendations to the legislature, including whether a review conducted under Subsection (a) should include the financial operation and management of the generation or transmission of electricity under the wholesale electricity operation of the authority and the authority's affiliated nonprofit corporations.
(c)  The authority shall pay the cost incurred by the Sunset Advisory Commission in performing the review under Subsection (a).  The Sunset Advisory Commission shall determine the cost, and the authority shall pay the amount promptly on receipt of a statement from the Sunset Advisory Commission detailing the cost.
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1148 (S.B. 523), Sec. 7, eff. June 19, 2015.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 18 (S.B. 606), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.
2023 Texas Statutes › Special District Local Laws Code › Title 6 - Water and Wastewater › Subtitle G - River Authorities › Chapter 8503 - Lower Colorado River Authority › Section 8503.003. Territory

Sec. 8503.003.  TERRITORY.  The authority consists of the territory included within the boundaries of the counties of Blanco, Burnet, Llano, Travis, Bastrop, Fayette, Colorado, Wharton, San Saba, and Matagorda.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 996, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Renumbered from Water Code, Section 222.003 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 13.006(b), eff. September 1, 2007.
2023 Texas Statutes › Special District Local Laws Code › Title 6 - Water and Wastewater › Subtitle G - River Authorities › Chapter 8503 - Lower Colorado River Authority › Section 8503.0065. Director Training

Sec. 8503.0065.  DIRECTOR TRAINING.  (a)  A person who is appointed to and qualifies for office as a director may not vote, deliberate, or be counted as a director in attendance at a board meeting until the person completes a training program that complies with this section.
(b)  The training program must provide the person with information regarding:
(1)  the law governing authority operations;
(2)  the programs, functions, rules, and budget of the authority;
(3)  the results of the most recent formal audit of the authority;
(4)  the requirements of:
(A)  laws relating to open meetings, public information, administrative procedure, and disclosure of conflicts of interest; and
(B)  other laws applicable to members of the governing body of a river authority in performing their duties; and
(5)  any applicable ethics policies adopted by the authority or the Texas Ethics Commission.
(c)  A person appointed to the board is entitled to reimbursement for the travel expenses incurred in attending the training program regardless of whether the attendance at the program occurs before or after the person qualifies for office.
(d)  The general manager of the authority shall create a training manual that includes the information required by Subsection (b).  The general manager shall distribute a copy of the training manual annually to each director.  Each director shall sign and submit to the general manager a statement acknowledging that the director has received and reviewed the training manual.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 18 (S.B. 606), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.
2023 Texas Statutes › Special District Local Laws Code › Title 6 - Water and Wastewater › Subtitle G - River Authorities › Chapter 8503 - Lower Colorado River Authority › Section 8503.007. Officers; General Manager; Employees

Sec. 8503.007.  OFFICERS;  GENERAL MANAGER;  EMPLOYEES.  (a)  The governor shall designate a director as the presiding officer of the board to serve in that capacity at the pleasure of the governor.  The board shall elect one of their number as an assistant presiding officer.
(b)  The board shall select a secretary, who shall keep true and complete records of all proceedings of the board.  Until the appointment of a secretary or in the event of the secretary's absence or inability to act, the board shall select a secretary pro tempore.
(c)  The board shall select a general manager.  The general manager is the chief executive officer of the authority.
(d)  The board shall select a treasurer, who may also hold the office of secretary.
(e)  The officers described in Subsections (b)-(d) have the powers and duties, hold office for the term, and are subject to removal in the manner as may be provided in the bylaws.
(f)  The board shall set the compensation of the officers.  The board may appoint the officers described in Subsections (b)-(d), agents, and employees, may set their compensation and term of office and the method by which they may be removed, and may delegate to them the power and duties it determines proper.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 996, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Renumbered from Water Code, Section 222.007 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 13.006(b), eff. September 1, 2007.
2023 Texas Statutes › Special District Local Laws Code › Title 6 - Water and Wastewater › Subtitle G - River Authorities › Chapter 8503 - Lower Colorado River Authority › Section 8503.008. Disbursement of Funds; Surety Bonds

Sec. 8503.008.  DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS;  SURETY BONDS.  (a)  The money of the authority may be disbursed only by checks, drafts, orders, or other instruments signed by the persons authorized by the bylaws or a resolution concurred in by no fewer than a majority of all the directors.
(b)  The general manager, the treasurer, and all other officers, agents, and employees of the authority charged with the collection, custody, or payment of any funds of the authority must give bond conditioned on the faithful performance of their duties and an accounting for all funds and property of the authority coming into their hands.
(c)  The bonds must be in a form and amount, and with a surety company authorized to do business in this state, approved by the board.
(d)  The premiums on the bonds shall be paid by the authority and charged as an operating expense.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 996, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Renumbered from Water Code, Section 222.008 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 13.006(b), eff. September 1, 2007.
2023 Texas Statutes › Special District Local Laws Code › Title 6 - Water and Wastewater › Subtitle G - River Authorities › Chapter 8503 - Lower Colorado River Authority › Section 8503.009. Office; Records

Sec. 8503.009.  OFFICE;  RECORDS.  (a)  The domicile of the authority is in the city of Austin, Travis County, where the authority shall maintain its principal office in the charge of the general manager.
(b)  The authority shall keep complete and accurate accounts conforming to approved methods of bookkeeping.
(c)  The accounts and all contracts, documents, and records of the authority shall be kept at the principal office.  The accounts and contracts shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable times.
(d)  The board shall cause to be made and completed, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, an audit of the books of account and financial records of the authority for that fiscal year.  The audit shall be made by an independent certified public accountant or firm of certified public accountants.
(e)  Copies of a written report of the audit certified by the accountant or accountants must be placed and kept on file with the commission, with the comptroller, and at the principal office of the authority, and be open to public inspection at all reasonable times.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 996, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Renumbered from Water Code, Section 222.009 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 13.006(b), eff. September 1, 2007.
2023 Texas Statutes › Special District Local Laws Code › Title 6 - Water and Wastewater › Subtitle G - River Authorities › Chapter 8503 - Lower Colorado River Authority › Section 8503.010. Conflict of Interest

Sec. 8503.010.  CONFLICT OF INTEREST.  The provisions of Chapter 171, Local Government Code, apply to conflicts of interest in the award of authority contracts.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 996, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Renumbered from Water Code, Section 222.010 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 13.006(b), eff. September 1, 2007.
2023 Texas Statutes › Special District Local Laws Code › Title 6 - Water and Wastewater › Subtitle G - River Authorities › Chapter 8503 - Lower Colorado River Authority › Section 8503.0105. Public Engagement Policy

Sec. 8503.0105.  PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT POLICY.  The board shall develop and implement a policy that provides a structure for public engagement in regard to water supply projects.  The policy must include a clear and detailed description of how the authority will seek to actively engage stakeholders, including the possible use of:
(1)  advisory committees;
(2)  community panels;
(3)  town hall meetings; and
(4)  other strategies on a recurring basis.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 18 (S.B. 606), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.
2023 Texas Statutes › Special District Local Laws Code › Title 6 - Water and Wastewater › Subtitle G - River Authorities › Chapter 8503 - Lower Colorado River Authority › Section 8503.0106. Complaints

Sec. 8503.0106.  COMPLAINTS.  (a)  The authority shall maintain a system to promptly and efficiently act on complaints filed with the authority.  The authority shall maintain information about parties to the complaint, the subject matter of the complaint, a summary of the results of the review or investigation of the complaint, and its disposition.
(b)  The authority shall make information available to the public, including on the authority's website, describing its procedures for complaint investigation and resolution.
(c)  The authority shall periodically notify the complaint parties of the status of the complaint until final disposition.
(d)  The authority shall develop a standard form and a procedure for submitting complaints to the authority and shall make that form and procedure available on the authority's website.  The authority shall also make available on its website clear information about what a person making a complaint should expect after the complaint is filed, including timelines for response and resolution.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 18 (S.B. 606), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.
2023 Texas Statutes › Special District Local Laws Code › Title 6 - Water and Wastewater › Subtitle G - River Authorities › Chapter 8503 - Lower Colorado River Authority › Section 8503.0107. Public Testimony

Sec. 8503.0107.  PUBLIC TESTIMONY.  (a)  In this section, "committee-of-the-whole" means a committee of the board in which every director is a member of the committee, regardless of whether all members are present at a particular meeting of the committee-of-the-whole.
(b)  The board shall develop and implement policies that provide the public with a reasonable opportunity to appear before the board and to speak on any issue under the jurisdiction of the authority.
(c)  At each regular meeting of the board and each meeting as a committee-of-the-whole, the board shall include public testimony as a meeting agenda item and allow members of the public to comment on every agenda item and other matters under the jurisdiction of the authority.  The board may not deliberate or decide a matter not included in the meeting agenda except to discuss including the matter on the agenda for a subsequent meeting.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 18 (S.B. 606), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.
2023 Texas Statutes › Special District Local Laws Code › Title 6 - Water and Wastewater › Subtitle G - River Authorities › Chapter 8503 - Lower Colorado River Authority › Section 8503.0108. Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedures

Sec. 8503.0108.  ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCEDURES.  (a)  The board shall develop a policy to encourage the use of appropriate alternative dispute resolution procedures under Chapter 2009, Government Code, to assist in the resolution of internal and external disputes under the authority's jurisdiction.
(b)  The authority's procedures relating to alternative dispute resolution must conform, to the extent possible, to any model guidelines issued by the State Office of Administrative Hearings for the use of alternative dispute resolution by state agencies.
(c)  The authority shall:
(1)  coordinate the implementation of the policy adopted under Subsection (a);
(2)  provide training as needed to implement the procedures for alternative dispute resolution; and
(3)  collect data concerning the effectiveness of those procedures.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 18 (S.B. 606), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.
2023 Texas Statutes › Special District Local Laws Code › Title 6 - Water and Wastewater › Subtitle G - River Authorities › Chapter 8503 - Lower Colorado River Authority › Section 8503.011. Rates and Charges

Sec. 8503.011.  RATES AND CHARGES.  (a)  The board shall establish and collect rates and other charges for the sale or use of water, water connections, power, electric energy, or other services sold, furnished, or supplied by the authority.  The fees and charges must be reasonable and nondiscriminatory and sufficient to produce revenues adequate to:
(1)  pay all expenses necessary to the operation and maintenance of the properties and facilities of the authority;
(2)  pay the interest on and principal of all bonds issued under this chapter as the interest and principal become due and payable;
(3)  pay the principal and interest on any legal debt created by the authority;
(4)  pay all sinking fund and reserve fund payments agreed to be made with respect to bonds and payable out of those revenues, as the payments become due and payable;  and
(5)  fulfill the terms of any agreements made with the bondholders or with any person on their behalf.
(b)  Out of the revenues that may be received in excess of those required for the purposes specified in Subsection (a), the board may:
(1)  establish a reasonable depreciation and emergency fund;
(2)  retire, by purchase and cancellation or redemption, bonds issued under this chapter;  or
(3)  apply the excess revenues to any corporate purpose.
(c)  The rates and charges of the authority may not be in excess of what is necessary to fulfill the obligations imposed on the authority by this chapter or other law.  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as depriving this state of its power to regulate and control fees or charges to be collected for the use of water, water connections, power, electric energy, or other service;  provided, however, that this state pledges to and agrees with the purchasers and successive holders of the bonds and other written evidence of indebtedness issued under this chapter that this state will not limit or alter the power vested in the authority to establish and collect fees and charges that will produce revenues sufficient to pay the items specified in Subsection (a), or in any way impair the rights or remedies of creditors or bondholders, or of any person on their behalf, until the bonds and other written evidence of indebtedness, together with the interest on the bonds or indebtedness and the interest on unpaid installments of interest and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or proceedings by or on behalf of the bondholders and all other obligations of the authority in connection with the bonds are fully met and discharged.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 996, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Renumbered from Water Code, Section 222.011 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 13.006(b), eff. September 1, 2007.
2023 Texas Statutes › Special District Local Laws Code › Title 6 - Water and Wastewater › Subtitle G - River Authorities › Chapter 8503 - Lower Colorado River Authority › Section 8503.012. Payment of Debts

Sec. 8503.012.  PAYMENT OF DEBTS.  Any indebtedness, liability, or obligation of the authority for the payment of money, however entered into or incurred and whether arising from contract, implied contract, or otherwise, is payable solely:
(1)  out of revenues received by the authority with respect to its properties, subject to any prior lien on the revenues conferred by any resolution or resolutions adopted as provided by this chapter authorizing the issuance of bonds;  or
(2)  if the board so determines, out of the proceeds of sale by the authority of bonds payable solely from those revenues.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 996, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Renumbered from Water Code, Section 222.012 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 13.006(b), eff. September 1, 2007.
2023 Texas Statutes › Special District Local Laws Code › Title 6 - Water and Wastewater › Subtitle G - River Authorities › Chapter 8503 - Lower Colorado River Authority › Section 8503.015. Audits

Sec. 8503.015.  AUDITS.  (a)  The authority is subject to the audit provisions of Subchapter G, Chapter 49, Water Code.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 996, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Renumbered from Water Code, Section 222.015 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 13.006(b), eff. September 1, 2007.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 13.006(k), eff. September 1, 2007.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1148 (S.B. 523), Sec. 8, eff. June 19, 2015.
2023 Texas Statutes › Special District Local Laws Code › Title 6 - Water and Wastewater › Subtitle G - River Authorities › Chapter 8503 - Lower Colorado River Authority › Section 8503.016. Authority as Conservation and Reclamation District

Sec. 8503.016.  AUTHORITY AS CONSERVATION AND RECLAMATION DISTRICT.  (a)   The authority shall manage and use its facilities, the water impounded by its dams on the Colorado River or its tributaries, and any available net operating revenues to accomplish, to the extent possible, the purposes included in Section 59(a), Article XVI, Texas Constitution, that are enumerated in the provisions of this chapter or other general law, and the authority shall market electric power that, in the opinion of the board, will not be immediately needed by the authority, under contracts and on conditions that will best enable the authority to pay its operating expenses, meet its outstanding financial obligations as they mature, supply the increasing demand for electric power in the area dependent on its systems for electric service on April 28, 1975, and assure, to the extent possible, an adequate supply of water for irrigation and other useful purposes, as it is needed in the various counties comprising the authority.
(b)  When bonds are to be issued to finance in whole or in part water-impounding facilities, before approving the bonds the attorney general shall be furnished a resolution from the commission or its successor agency certifying that the authority possesses the necessary water right authorizing it to impound or otherwise appropriate the waters to be utilized by the project.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 996, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Renumbered from Water Code, Section 222.016 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 13.006(b), eff. September 1, 2007.
2023 Texas Statutes › Special District Local Laws Code › Title 6 - Water and Wastewater › Subtitle G - River Authorities › Chapter 8503 - Lower Colorado River Authority › Section 8503.017. Bonds as Negotiable Instruments

Sec. 8503.017.  BONDS AS NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS.  Bonds issued by the authority under this chapter or other general law are negotiable instruments under the laws of this state.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 996, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Renumbered from Water Code, Section 222.017 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 13.006(b), eff. September 1, 2007.
2023 Texas Statutes › Special District Local Laws Code › Title 6 - Water and Wastewater › Subtitle G - River Authorities › Chapter 8503 - Lower Colorado River Authority › Section 8503.018. Additional Powers Relating to Contracts, Rules, and Regulations

Sec. 8503.018.  ADDITIONAL POWERS RELATING TO CONTRACTS, RULES, AND REGULATIONS.  The authority may, but without intending by this provision to limit any powers of the authority as granted to it by this chapter or other general law, enter into and carry out contracts or establish or comply with rules and regulations concerning labor and materials and other related matters in connection with any project or projects as the authority considers desirable or as requested by the United States, this state, or any corporation or agency created, designated, or established by the United States or this state that may assist in the financing of the project or projects.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 996, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Renumbered from Water Code, Section 222.018 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 13.006(b), eff. September 1, 2007.
2023 Texas Statutes › Special District Local Laws Code › Title 6 - Water and Wastewater › Subtitle G - River Authorities › Chapter 8503 - Lower Colorado River Authority › Section 8503.019. Purchase of Bonds

Sec. 8503.019.  PURCHASE OF BONDS.  The authority may, out of any funds available for the purpose, purchase bonds issued by it at a price not exceeding the redemption price applicable at the time of the purchase, or if the bonds are not redeemable, at a price not exceeding the principal amount of the bonds plus accrued interest.  All bonds purchased in this manner shall be canceled.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 996, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Renumbered from Water Code, Section 222.019 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 13.006(b), eff. September 1, 2007.
2023 Texas Statutes › Special District Local Laws Code › Title 6 - Water and Wastewater › Subtitle G - River Authorities › Chapter 8503 - Lower Colorado River Authority › Section 8503.020. Disposition of Property

Sec. 8503.020.  DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY.  (a)  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as authorizing the authority, and the authority is not authorized, to mortgage or otherwise encumber any of its property of any kind, real, personal, or mixed, or any interest in such property, or to acquire any property or interest subject to a mortgage or conditional sale, provided that this section may not be construed as preventing the pledging of the revenues of the authority as authorized by this chapter.
(b)  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as authorizing the sale of any property or interest by the authority or by any receiver of any of its properties or through any court proceeding or otherwise, unless, by the affirmative vote of three-fourths of its statutory membership, the board has determined that the property or interest is not necessary or convenient or of beneficial use to the business of the authority and has approved the terms of the sale.  Except by sale as expressly authorized in this section, authority property or interest may not come into the ownership or control, directly or indirectly, of any person, firm, or corporation other than a public authority created under the laws of this state or a nonprofit corporation created by the authority under Chapter 152, Water Code.
(c)  The limitations on the sale of property of the authority in this section do not and are not intended to preclude the authority from selling any interest owned or held by the authority in any jointly owned electric power and generating facilities constructed, or to be constructed, under Section 8503.004(t), provided that the sale of an ownership interest in a joint project is provided for and in conformance with any contract with other owners regarding the electric power and energy generating facilities.
(d)  All authority property is exempt from forced sale, and nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize the sale of any of the property of the authority under a judgment rendered in a suit, and a sale of that kind is prohibited.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 996, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Renumbered from Water Code, Section 222.020 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 13.006(b), eff. September 1, 2007.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 13.006(l), eff. September 1, 2007.
2023 Texas Statutes › Special District Local Laws Code › Title 6 - Water and Wastewater › Subtitle G - River Authorities › Chapter 8503 - Lower Colorado River Authority › Section 8503.021. Property Agreements With City of Austin

Sec. 8503.021.  PROPERTY AGREEMENTS WITH CITY OF AUSTIN.  Nothing in this chapter prohibits the authority from owning property in conjunction with, acquiring property from, or selling property to the City of Austin, on terms and conditions to which the authority and the city agree.  The authority may acquire property from the City of Austin subject to repurchase agreements, or other terms and conditions as are agreed on between the authority and the city, and may enter into any contractual relations with the city respecting property that the parties agree on.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 996, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Renumbered from Water Code, Section 222.021 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 13.006(b), eff. September 1, 2007.
2023 Texas Statutes › Special District Local Laws Code › Title 6 - Water and Wastewater › Subtitle G - River Authorities › Chapter 8503 - Lower Colorado River Authority › Section 8503.022. Property Useful in the Production or Utilization of Electric Energy

Sec. 8503.022.  PROPERTY USEFUL IN THE PRODUCTION OR UTILIZATION OF ELECTRIC ENERGY.  This chapter does not prohibit or restrict the sale, lease, or other disposition, to an electric cooperative, municipality, nonprofit corporation created by the authority under Chapter 152, Water Code, or other governmental agency or body politic and corporate of this state, of any property acquired or constructed by the authority and incidental to or used or useful in the generation, production, transmission, distribution, or sale of electric energy.  The authority may pledge the proceeds of a sale under this section to the same extent and in the same manner in which it is authorized to pledge its revenues.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 996, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Renumbered from Water Code, Section 222.022 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 13.006(b), eff. September 1, 2007.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 13.006(m), eff. September 1, 2007.
2023 Texas Statutes › Special District Local Laws Code › Title 6 - Water and Wastewater › Subtitle G - River Authorities › Chapter 8503 - Lower Colorado River Authority › Section 8503.023. Public Access

Sec. 8503.023.  PUBLIC ACCESS.  (a)  The authority may not prevent the public use of its lands for recreational purposes and fishing except at such points where, in the opinion of the board, the use would interfere with the proper conduct of the business of the authority or would interfere with the lawful use of the property.  A lease of authority lands, except one expressly permitted by Section 8503.022, is not lawful unless it provides for free public use of the lands for recreational purposes and fishing.
(b)  All public rights-of-way traversing the areas flooded or to be flooded by the impounded waters shall remain open as a way of free public passage to and from the lakes created, and a charge may not be made to the public for the right to engage in fishing or boating on or swimming in those lakes.
(c)  If any citizen of this state or of the United States advises the attorney general that this section has not been complied with, the attorney general may, after investigation of the complaint and notice to the authority, institute the proper legal proceedings, if any are required, to require the authority or its successor to comply with this section.
(d)  If any of the authority's land bordering the lakes to be created under this chapter is sold by the authority, the authority shall retain in each tract a strip 20 feet wide abutting the high-water line of the lake for the purpose of passage and use by the public for public sports and amusements;  provided, however, that this subsection does not apply to any sales of land by the authority to any state or federal agency to be used for game or fish sanctuaries or preserves or for game or fish propagation purposes.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 996, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Renumbered from Water Code, Section 222.023 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 13.006(b), eff. September 1, 2007.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 13.006(n), eff. September 1, 2007.
2023 Texas Statutes › Special District Local Laws Code › Title 6 - Water and Wastewater › Subtitle G - River Authorities › Chapter 8503 - Lower Colorado River Authority › Section 8503.024. Bonds Exempt From Taxation

Sec. 8503.024.  BONDS EXEMPT FROM TAXATION.  All bonds and interest on the bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter are exempt from taxation, except inheritance taxes, by this state or by any municipal corporation, county, or other political subdivision or taxing district of this state.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 996, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Renumbered from Water Code, Section 222.024 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 13.006(b), eff. September 1, 2007.
2023 Texas Statutes › Special District Local Laws Code › Title 6 - Water and Wastewater › Subtitle G - River Authorities › Chapter 8503 - Lower Colorado River Authority › Section 8503.025. Source of Authority

Sec. 8503.025.  SOURCE OF AUTHORITY.  (a)  This chapter, without reference to other statutory provisions, constitutes full authority for the authorization and issuance of bonds under this chapter, and no other act or law regarding the authorization or issuance of obligations or the deposit of the proceeds of obligations, or in any way impeding or restricting the carrying out of the acts authorized by this chapter shall be construed as applying a limitation to any proceedings taken under or acts done under this chapter.
(b)  Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the authority from issuing bonds under any applicable general law of this state, provided, however, that no bonds are issued that would be in conflict with Section 8503.024.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 996, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Renumbered from Water Code, Section 222.025 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 13.006(b), eff. September 1, 2007.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 13.006(o), eff. September 1, 2007.
2023 Texas Statutes › Special District Local Laws Code › Title 6 - Water and Wastewater › Subtitle G - River Authorities › Chapter 8503 - Lower Colorado River Authority › Section 8503.026. Bonds as Investments and Security for Deposits

Sec. 8503.026.  BONDS AS INVESTMENTS AND SECURITY FOR DEPOSITS.  (a)  All authority bonds are legal and authorized investments for individuals, partnerships, profit and nonprofit corporations, banks, savings banks, trust companies, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, insurance companies, fiduciaries, trustees, and guardians and for the sinking funds of municipalities, counties, school districts, or other political corporations or subdivisions of this state.
(b)  The bonds are eligible to secure the deposit of all public funds of this state and any public funds of municipalities, counties, school districts, or other political corporations or subdivisions of this state and are lawful and sufficient security for those deposits to the extent of their par value when accompanied by all unmatured coupons.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 996, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Renumbered from Water Code, Section 222.026 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 13.006(b), eff. September 1, 2007.