05-16-83 Meeting of the La Porte Area Water Authority Board Minutes

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1 Statutes, as amended, to provide disposal systems, and prior. to 2 acquiring or constructing waste treatment and disposal facilities, 3 the authority must acquire the consent of the Gulf Coast Waste Dis- 4 posal Authority, or the Texas Water Quali ty Board if the consent 5 of the Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority is unreasonably withheld 6 or delayed. 7 Section 6. It shall not be necessary for the board of directors 8 to call or hold an election for the confirmation of the authority. 9 Section 7. It shall not be necessary for the board of directors 10 to call or hold a hearing on the exclusions of land or other property 11 from the authority; provided, however, that the board shall hold such 12 hearing upon the written petition of any landowner or other property 13 owner within the authority filed with the secretary of the board 14 prior to the passage of the first order or resolution authorizing 15 bonds to be issued by the authori ty. The board may act on said 16 peti tion in the same manner that it may act on a petition for the 17 add i tion of land under Sections 54.711-.715, Ti tJ e 4, Wa ter Code, 18 and no notice of hearing shall be required other than notice of 19 the meeting whereat such action is taken pursuant to Section 54.109, 20 Title 4, Water Code. The board on its own motion may call and hold 21 an exclusions hearing or hearings in the manner provided by the 22 general law. 23 Section 8. Land may be added or annexed to the authority in 24 the manner now prov ided by Chapter 54, Title 4, Water Code, and 25 without the consent of any city as provided in Article 970a, Vernon's 26 Texas Civil Statutes, as amended, either before or after revenue 27 bonds of the authority have been issued, and no such boundary change 10