2005 Texas Special Districts Code CHAPTER 8123. PARKER CREEK MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT OF ROCKWALL COUNTY

SPECIAL DISTRICT LOCAL LAWS CODE

CHAPTER 8123. PARKER CREEK MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT OF ROCKWALL 
COUNTY

SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS


	§ 8123.001. DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:                                  
		(1)  "Board" means the board of directors of the 
district.                  
		(2)  "District" means the Parker Creek Municipal 
Utility District of Rockwall County.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 902, § 1, eff. June 17, 2005.           


	§ 8123.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.  The district is a 
municipal utility district in Rockwall County created under and 
essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 52, Article III, 
and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 902, § 1, eff. June 17, 2005.           


	§ 8123.003. 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 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 902, § 1, eff. June 17, 2005.           

SUBCHAPTER B. ANNEXATION BY MUNICIPALITY


	§ 8123.051. REQUEST FOR ANNEXATION.  (a) The board may 
adopt a resolution requesting that a municipality in whose 
extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is wholly or partly 
located annex all or part of the territory of the district.
	(b)  The resolution adopted must describe the territory 
requested for annexation by metes and bounds.
	(c)  If the board adopts a resolution as provided by 
Subsection (a), the municipality may by ordinance annex the 
territory described in the resolution without complying with other 
procedural requirements.
	(d)  If the board adopts a resolution requesting annexation 
by a municipality under this section, the terms of the resolution 
control the annexation.  If the board does not adopt a resolution 
requesting annexation, the terms regarding annexation of any 
agreement between the municipality and the district or a property 
owner in the district control the annexation.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 902, § 1, eff. June 17, 2005.           


	§ 8123.052. CONTINUANCE OF DISTRICT;  DISTRICT 
POWERS.  Annexation by a municipality of all or part of the 
territory of the district under this subchapter does not affect any 
district power or duty that the district had before the annexation.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 902, § 1, eff. June 17, 2005.           

SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES CONTINGENT ON ANNEXATION BY 
MUNICIPALITY


	§ 8123.101. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.  This 
subchapter applies to the district only if the district is wholly or 
partly annexed by a municipality under Subchapter B.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 902, § 1, eff. June 17, 2005.           


	§ 8123.102. ROAD PROJECTS.  (a) In the part of the 
district annexed by the municipality, the district may construct, 
acquire, improve, maintain, or operate macadamized, graveled, or 
paved roads or turnpikes or improvements in aid of those roads or 
turnpikes.
	(b)  A project authorized by this section must meet or exceed 
all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision 
requirements, and regulatory ordinances of the municipality.  The 
district may not undertake a road project under this section unless 
the municipality consents by ordinance or resolution.
	(c)  The district may contract for a road project in the 
manner provided by Subchapter I, Chapter 49, Water Code.
	(d)  Section 49.182, Water Code, does not apply to a project 
under this section.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 902, § 1, eff. June 17, 2005.           


	§ 8123.103. FINANCING OF ROAD PROJECTS.  (a) Except as 
provided by Subsections (b) and (c), the district may issue bonds or 
other obligations as provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to 
finance a project under Section 8123.102 in the part of the district 
annexed by a municipality.
	(b)  The district may not issue bonds or other obligations 
secured wholly or partly by ad valorem taxes to finance a project 
under Section 8123.102 unless the issuance is approved by a vote of 
a two-thirds majority of the voters of the district voting at an 
election called for that purpose.
	(c)  Bonds or other obligations issued to finance projects 
under Section 8123.102 may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed 
value of the real property in the district.
	(d)  Section 49.181, Water Code, does not apply to bonds 
issued under this section.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 902, § 1, eff. June 17, 2005.           

SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL FINANCIAL POWERS


	§ 8123.151. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER 
OBLIGATIONS.  (a) The district may issue bonds in accordance with 
Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code.
	(b)  District bonds or other obligations are payable wholly 
or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, grants, 
other district money, or any combination of those sources of money.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 902, § 1, eff. June 17, 2005.           


	§ 8123.152. TAX TO REPAY BONDS.  The district may impose a 
tax to pay the principal of and interest on bonds issued under 
Section 8123.103 or 8123.151.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 902, § 1, eff. June 17, 2005.           


	§ 8123.153. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.  (a) The 
district may impose a tax for any district operation and 
maintenance purpose in the manner provided by Section 49.107, Water 
Code.
	(b)  Section 49.107(f), Water Code, does not apply to 
reimbursement for a project constructed or acquired under Section 
8123.102.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 902, § 1, eff. June 17, 2005.