Sec. 178.051. APPLICABILITY  


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  • This subchapter applies to any type of special district with a board that is wholly or partly appointed, including:

    (1) agricultural development districts;

    (2) appraisal districts;

    (3) athletic stadium authorities;

    (4) civic center authorities;

    (5) coastal water authorities;

    (6) coordinated county transportation authorities;

    (7) conservation and reclamation districts;

    (8) county development districts;

    (9) county health care funding districts;

    (10) county hospital authorities;

    (11) county mass transit authorities;

    (12) crime control and prevention districts;

    (13) defense adjustment management authorities;

    (14) defense base development authorities;

    (15) districts governing groundwater;

    (16) drainage districts;

    (17) emergency communication districts;

    (18) emergency services districts;

    (19) fire control, prevention, and emergency medical services districts;

    (20) freight rail districts;

    (21) fresh water supply districts;

    (22) groundwater conservation districts;

    (23) health care funding districts;

    (24) health services districts;

    (25) higher education facility authorities;

    (26) hospital districts;

    (27) improvement districts;

    (28) indigent health care districts;

    (29) intermunicipal commuter rail districts;

    (30) irrigation districts;

    (31) jail districts;

    (32) levee improvement districts;

    (33) library districts;

    (34) metropolitan rapid transit authorities;

    (35) multi-jurisdictional library districts;

    (36) municipal development districts;

    (37) municipal hospital authorities;

    (38) municipal management districts;

    (39) municipal utility districts;

    (40) navigation districts;

    (41) noxious weed control districts;

    (42) park and recreation districts;

    (43) parks and recreational facilities districts;

    (44) port authorities;

    (45) public improvement districts;

    (46) rail districts;

    (47) rapid transit authorities;

    (48) regional districts;

    (49) regional transportation authorities;

    (50) river authorities;

    (51) road districts;

    (52) road utility districts;

    (53) rural rail transportation districts;

    (54) rural transit districts;

    (55) school districts;

    (56) seawall commissions;

    (57) solid waste management districts;

    (58) soil and water conservation districts;

    (59) special utility districts;

    (60) sports and community venue districts;

    (61) sports facility districts;

    (62) stormwater control districts;

    (63) subsidence districts;

    (64) urban transit districts;

    (65) water control and improvement districts;

    (66) water control and preservation districts;

    (67) water districts;

    (68) water import authorities; and

    (69) water improvement districts.

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 985 , Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007. Renumbered from Local Government Code, Section 177.051 by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 , Sec. 27.001(65), eff. September 1, 2009.