CHAPTER 8320. SIENNA PLANTATION MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 4
SPECIAL DISTRICT LOCAL LAWS CODE
TITLE 6. WATER AND WASTEWATER
SUBTITLE F. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICTS
CHAPTER 8320. SIENNA PLANTATION MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 4
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 8320.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "district" means
the Sienna Plantation Municipal Utility District No. 4.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch.
208, Sec. 1, eff. May 27, 2009.
Sec. 8320.002. NATURE AND PURPOSES OF DISTRICT. (a) The
district is a municipal utility district created under and
essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI,
Texas Constitution.
(b) The district is essential to accomplish the purposes of
Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the
construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, or maintenance
of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements,
including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch.
208, Sec. 1, eff. May 27, 2009.
SUBCHAPTER B. POWERS AND DUTIES
Sec. 8320.051. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district has the
powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes described
by Section 8320.002.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch.
208, Sec. 1, eff. May 27, 2009.
Sec. 8320.052. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
The district has the powers and duties provided by the general
law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code,
applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section
59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch.
208, Sec. 1, eff. May 27, 2009.
Sec. 8320.053. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS. Under Section 52,
Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design,
acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate,
maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality
for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved
roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those
roads.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch.
208, Sec. 1, eff. May 27, 2009.
Sec. 8320.054. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS. (a) A road
project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning
and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each
municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial
jurisdiction the road project is located.
(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits or
extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road project
must meet all applicable construction standards, subdivision
requirements, and regulations of each county in which the road
project is located.
(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the Texas
Transportation Commission must approve the plans and
specifications of the road project.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch.
208, Sec. 1, eff. May 27, 2009.
Sec. 8320.055. LIMITATION ON USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN. The
district may not exercise the power of eminent domain outside the
district to acquire a site or easement for a road project
authorized by Section 8320.053.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch.
208, Sec. 1, eff. May 27, 2009.
SUBCHAPTER C. BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS
Sec. 8320.101. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS
FOR ROAD PROJECTS. (a) The district may issue bonds or other
obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes,
impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other
district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for a
road project authorized by Section 8320.053.
(b) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem
taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved
by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting
at an election held for that purpose.
(c) At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of bonds
or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road projects
and payable from ad valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of
the assessed value of the real property in the district.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch.
208, Sec. 1, eff. May 27, 2009.
Sec. 8320.102. TAXES FOR BONDS. At the time the district issues
bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the
district shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing
direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while
all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the
manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch.
208, Sec. 1, eff. May 27, 2009.