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(a) This code is enacted as a part of the state's continuing statutory revision program, begun by the Texas Legislative Council in 1963 as directed by the legislature in the law codified as Section 323.007, Government Code. The program contemplates a topic-by-topic revision of the state's general and permanent statute…
Chapter 311, Government Code (Code Construction Act), applies to the construction of each provision in this code except as otherwise expressly provided by this code.
A reference in a law to a statute or a part of a statute revised by this code is considered to be a reference to the part of this code that revises that statute or part of that statute.
An entity governed by Title 6 and authorized by law to exercise the power of eminent domain may only exercise the power for a public use in accordance with Section 17, Article I, Texas Constitution.
The revision by Chapter 112 (S.B. 1026), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, effective April 1, 2015, of a law regarding eminent domain authority, or any other nonsubstantive revision in this code of a law regarding eminent domain authority, does not affect any expiration of an entity's eminent domain…
In this Act: (1) "Board" means the district's board of directors. (2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. (3) "Director" means a board member. (4) "District" means the Upper Sabine Valley Solid Waste Management District. (5) "Local government" means: (A) a municipality; (B) a county; or (C…
The district is a conservation and reclamation district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
The purpose of this chapter is to establish an instrumentality to develop and carry out a regional water quality protection program through solid waste management and regulation of waste disposal for Rains, Upshur, and Wood Counties and for the portion of Smith County that is north of Interstate Highway 20.
(a) The legislature finds that: (1) the quality of water in East Texas is materially affected by the disposal of waste throughout the region; (2) a regional effort to study water pollution, plan corrective and preventive measures, provide coordinated facilities for waste disposal, and regulate waste disposal is far mor…
The district's powers and duties are subject to the state policy of encouraging the development and use of integrated area-wide waste collection, treatment, and disposal systems to serve the waste disposal needs of this state's residents, if integrated systems can reasonably be provided for an area, so as to avoid the…
Unless the district territory has been modified under this subchapter, Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code, or other law, the district's territory consists of Rains, Upshur, and Wood Counties and the portion of Smith County north of Interstate Highway 20.
(a) The board may annex an adjacent county in the manner provided by this section and Sections 21.053 and 21.055. (b) To initiate annexation proceedings, the commissioners court of the adjacent county must petition the board requesting the board to call an election for the annexation of the petitioner's county. The pet…
(a) On receipt of a petition under Section 21.052, the board shall set a date, time, and place to hold a hearing on the petition. The date may not be later than the 20th day after the date on which the board receives the petition. (b) In addition to the notice required under the open meetings law, Chapter 551, Governme…
(a) The commissioners court of a county in the district may petition the board to hold an election in the county to determine if a majority of voters of that county want to exclude the county from the district. (b) If the district has not issued bonds or incurred other long-term debt before the commissioners court file…
(a) Annexation or exclusion of a county is final when approved by a majority of the voters at an election held in the county to be annexed or excluded. An election in the existing district accepting the addition of a county is not required. (b) Section 41.001(a), Election Code, does not apply to an election held under…
The exclusion of a county under Section 21.054(c) does not relieve the district of its obligation to perform and observe the covenants and obligations or the conditions prescribed by the order or resolution authorizing the issuance of the district's bonds.
(a) The district is governed by a board of directors composed of at least six directors. (b) If the district is composed of only one county, the commissioners court of that county shall appoint six persons to serve as directors. (c) If the district is composed of two counties, the commissioners court of each county inc…
(a) The commissioners court of an annexed county shall appoint two directors to serve on the board. (b) The newly appointed directors shall draw lots to determine their initial terms of office. One new director shall serve an initial term that coincides with the terms of directors that expire before the expiration of t…
Except as provided by Section 21.102(b), a director serves a term of four years.
To be eligible to be appointed as or to serve as a director, a person must be: (1) at least 18 years of age; (2) a qualified voter; and (3) a resident of the county governed by the appointing commissioners court.
A vacancy on the board shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment for the unexpired term.
Each director must execute a $5,000 bond with a corporate surety authorized to do business in this state and conditioned on the faithful performance of the director's duties.
A person selected as an officer serves for a term of one year.
The board shall adopt bylaws. The bylaws must prescribe the powers and duties of, and procedures for removal from, a board office.
Except as otherwise provided by law, the board shall meet at least one time each quarter and may meet at any other time provided by its bylaws.