CHAPTER 8848. LONE WOLF GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT
SPECIAL DISTRICT LOCAL LAWS CODE
TITLE 6. WATER AND WASTEWATER
SUBTITLE H. DISTRICTS GOVERNING GROUNDWATER
CHAPTER 8848. LONE WOLF GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT
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SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
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Sec. 8848.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.
(2) "Director" means a board member.
(3) "District" means the Lone Wolf Groundwater Conservation
District.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch.
1139, Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2011.
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Sec. 8848.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a
groundwater conservation district created under and essential to
accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas
Constitution.
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1139, Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2011.
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Sec. 8848.003. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC USE AND BENEFIT. (a) The
district is created to serve a public use and benefit.
(b) All land and other property included in the district will
benefit from the works and projects accomplished by the district
under the powers conferred by Section 59, Article XVI, Texas
Constitution.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch.
1139, Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2011.
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Sec. 8848.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY. The district's boundaries
are coextensive with the boundaries of Mitchell County unless the
district's territory has been modified under:
(1) Subchapter J, Chapter 36, Water Code; or
(2) other law.
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1139, Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2011.
SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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Sec. 8848.051. COMPOSITION OF BOARD; TERMS. (a) The district
is governed by a board of five directors.
(b) Directors serve staggered four-year terms.
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1139, Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2011.
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Sec. 8848.052. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS. (a) Directors are
elected according to the commissioners precinct method as
provided by this section.
(b) One director is elected by the voters of the entire
district. One director is elected from each county commissioners
precinct by the voters of that precinct.
(c) A person shall indicate on the application for a place on
the ballot:
(1) the precinct that the person seeks to represent; or
(2) that the person seeks to represent the district at large.
(d) When the boundaries of the county commissioners precincts
are changed, each director in office on the effective date of the
change or elected to a term of office beginning on or after the
effective date of the change serves in the precinct to which the
director was elected for the entire term to which the director
was elected, even though the change in boundaries places the
person's residence outside the precinct for which the person was
elected.
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1139, Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2011.
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Sec. 8848.053. ELECTION DATE. On the uniform election date in
May of each even-numbered year, the appropriate number of
directors shall be elected.
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1139, Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2011.
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Sec. 8848.054. ELIGIBILITY. (a) To be eligible to be a
candidate for or to serve as director at large, a person must be
a registered voter in the district.
(b) To be eligible to be a candidate for or to serve as director
from a county commissioners precinct, a person must be a
registered voter of that precinct, except as provided by Section
8848.052(d).
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1139, Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2011.
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Sec. 8848.055. COMPENSATION. A director is not entitled to fees
of office.
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1139, Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2011.
SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES
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Sec. 8848.101. GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT POWERS AND
DUTIES. The district has the rights, powers, privileges,
functions, and duties provided by the general law of this state,
including Chapter 36, Water Code, applicable to groundwater
conservation districts created under Section 59, Article XVI,
Texas Constitution.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch.
1139, Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2011.
SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
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Sec. 8848.151. LIMITATION ON TAX RATE FOR DEBT. The district
may impose an ad valorem tax at a rate not to exceed 20 cents for
each $100 of assessed valuation to pay any part of the bonds or
notes issued by the district if a majority of the voters approve:
(1) the authority to impose the tax at the confirmation
election; or
(2) that authority at a separate election called for that
purpose by the board.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch.
1139, Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2011.