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Municipal Utility Districts

Summaries

KP-0169
Ken Paxton

Surplus funds may not be used by Wells Branch Municipal Utility District to repair or replace residential cluster-type mailbox facilities

GA-0032
Greg Abbott

Trustee barred from simultaneously serving as board member of municipal utility district where geographical boundaries overlap and both have taxing authority|College district trustee barred from simultaneously serving as board member of municipal utility district where geographical boundaries overlap and both have taxing authority

GA-0428
Greg Abbott

Municipal utility district board, part-time community college instructor may be compensated for service as member of|Part-time community college instructor may be compensated for service as member of board of municipal utility district

GA-0451
Greg Abbott

Dissolution, Lake LBJ Municipal Utility District No. 2

GA-0849
Greg Abbott

Position of general manager of a water district is not incompatible with the position of city manager|City manager of a home-rule city is not an officer within the common-law doctrine of incompatibility if he is subject to appointment and removal by city council|General manager of, not an officer|Conversion into a municipal utility district

GA-0883
Greg Abbott

Tax classifications based on land ownership in the original districts of a consolidated municipal utility district, a court could conclude that such classifications would not violate article VIII, section 1(a) of the Texas Constitution|Property annexed that was not part of the original district, a consolidated municipal utility district may levy a different debt service tax rate on|Debt service obligations on debt issued after district consolidation, under section 54.601of the Water Code the Legislature has authorized a consolidated municipal utility district to levy one tax rate on all property within the district to fund

JC-0184
John Cornyn

Abstention by district board member from participating in action to employ her spouse did not cure violation of nepotism law|Board member's abstention from participating in action to employ her spouse did not cure violation of nepotism law

JC-0339
John Cornyn

Municipal utility director barred from serving as member of city planning and zoning commission by common-law doctrine of incompatibility|City delegates sovereign power to planning and zoning commission, members are public officers if|Directors are public officers; common-law doctrine of incompatibility prevents them from holding another public office

JC-0391
John Cornyn

Director, individual employed by company receiving all its revenue from state contract may be compensated as|Municipal utility district director, individual employed by company receiving all its revenue from state contract may be compensated as

KP-0468
Ken Paxton

Consideration of the following issues with respect to a municipal utility district: the legality of a board meeting, a vacancy on the board, applications for a place on the ballot, filling vacancies on the board, alleged misconduct by the board, and the role of the commissioners court in the appointment or removal of board directors.