Texas Special District Local Laws Code - SDLL § 8132.152. Division Procedures
Current as of April 14, 2021 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
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(a) The board may consider a proposal to divide the district on its own motion or on receipt of a petition to that effect from a district landowner.
(b) The board may adopt a resolution to divide the district into two districts named Williamson County Municipal Utility District No. 21-A and Williamson County Municipal Utility District No. 21-B. The resolution must include:
(1) the names of and a metes and bounds description of the territory of the two new districts; and
(2) the terms and conditions of the division, including a plan that:
(A) ensures current obligations of the district are not impaired by providing for the payment or performance of any outstanding district obligations; and
(B) provides for the assumption of any district obligations under an agreement with or resolution adopted by a municipality having jurisdiction over the creation of the district consenting to the creation of the district, to the extent that the agreement or resolution:
(i) is applicable;
(ii) is not contrary to any other law or provision of this chapter; and
(iii) does not impose obligations that limit the district's powers and authority to issue bonds for any purpose authorized under this chapter.
(c) Not later than the 30th day after the date the board adopts a resolution dividing the district, the board shall provide a copy of the resolution and the names of the temporary directors of the new districts to:
(1) the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality;
(2) the attorney general;
(3) the Commissioners Court of Williamson County; and
(4) any municipality having extraterritorial jurisdiction over land in the original district.
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