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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) The district may provide or finance, or contract with a governmental or private person to provide or finance, the following types of projects or activities in support of or incidental to one of the projects:
(1) an improvement project that is a public improvement, facility, or service that may be provided by a municipal utility district or a municipal management district, including:
(A) water, wastewater, reclamation, drainage, road, trail, or bridge improvement;
(B) utilization and reuse of treated effluent in landscape and other features, including temporary holding features;
(C) transportation of treated effluent for reuse; and
(D) injection of treated stormwater runoff or stormwater collected from roofs into aquifers as storage or to recharge the aquifer; and
(2) the purchase and maintenance of conservation land for endangered species, including the cost of:
(A) any permits relating to endangered species or the maintenance of the land; and
(B) purchasing land or easements for conservation mitigation.
(b) The district may inject stormwater as authorized by Subsection (a)(1)(D) without the consent, concurrence, or authorization of a groundwater conservation district, but only if the injection is authorized by a commission rule or permit under Chapter 27, Water Code.
(c) To finance an improvement project under Subsection (a)(1), the district may, in the manner authorized by:
(1) Chapter 375, Local Government Code, or Chapter 54, Water Code, use funds derived from:
(A) ad valorem taxes;
(B) sales and use taxes from a strategic partnership agreement authorized by Section 7982.109;
(C) assessments imposed under Section 7982.201;
(D) revenue from an improvement project;
(E) impact fees; or
(F) any other source; and
(2) Sections 375.201 through 375.205, Local Government Code, enter into obligations, including:
(A) lease purchase agreements;
(B) certificates of participation in lease purchase agreements;
(C) general obligation bonds and notes and revenue bonds and notes;
(D) combination general obligation and revenue bonds and notes; and
(E) other interest-bearing obligations.
(d) Sections 375.161 through 375.163, Local Government Code, do not apply to an assessment imposed by the district.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Texas Special District Local Laws Code - SDLL § 7982.105. Improvement Projects - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/special-district-local-laws-code/sdll-sect-7982-105/
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