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

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1 shall have any effect upon the validity of any bonds of the authority. 2 Section 9. A. The authority shall have no right, power or 3 authority to impose, levy, assess or collect taxes on any property, 4 real, personal or mixed, nor shall the authori ty have the r igh t, 5 power or authority to issue bonds or create indebtedness which would 6 be payable directly from ad valorem taxes levied by the authority. 7 B. The enactment of this law shall not have the effect of pre- 8 venting the organization of conservation and reclamation districts 9 or of preventing boundary changes of such districts within the boun- 10 daries of the authority as authorized in Article XVI, Section 59 11 and Article III, Section 52 of the Constitution of Texas. To encour- 12 age the state policy referred to in Section 5(A) hereof and to prevent 13 wasteful duplication, all conservation and reclamation districts 14 created in the future wi thin the boundaries of the authority shall, 15 however, contract with the authority for the provision of facilities 16 and services that the authority is empowered to provide under this 17 Act whenever the authority has or in its determination can provide 18 such facilities and services. 19 Section 10. A. All powers of the authority shall be exercised 20 by a board of five directors, none of whom shall be a member of the 21 city council of the City of La Porte during his term as director. 22 One director must reside wi thout the ci ty limi ts of La Porte but 23 within the boundaries of the authority. By September 1, 1981, the 24 city council of the City of La Porte shall assign position numbers 25 to each director's office and shall appoint directors to such posi- 26 tions for two-year terms as follows: those directors occupying 27 Positions Number 1 and Number 2 shall serve until September 1, 1982, 11 ~