Historically, the majority of local laws that governed individual special districts were published only in the volumes of legislative session laws, and those laws were not as readily accessible as the general laws printed in Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes and the subject matter codes, including the Government Code and the Water Code. In addition, many of those local laws have been repeatedly amended over the years, which required comparing the law as printed in several different session law volumes.
The Special District Local Laws Code project is the council's effort to have these local laws published and revised in the manner of the general laws, using the same numbering system employed in the other codes drafted by council attorneys. The code is divided into titles by broad subject areas and subtitles by the general types of special districts governed by local laws. The subtitles are further divided into numbered chapters, with one chapter for each individual district.
The code was adopted by the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, in a form that established the structure of the code with one or more chapters for each title and subtitle. The council has since prepared additional revised chapters for the code in subsequent legislative sessions.
The following legislation relating to the portions of the Special District Local Laws Code proposed for nonsubstantive revision by the 87th Legislature passed in 2021 and take effect April 1, 2023. That installment of the project was under the direction of Stephen Loomis of the legal staff. Questions, comments, or suggestions relating to that installment of the project may be directed to Stephen Loomis at PO Box 12128, Austin, Texas 78711, at telephone number (512) 463‐1151, or by email at stephen.loomis@tlc.texas.gov.
The following legislation relating to the portions of the Special District Local Laws Code proposed for nonsubstantive revision by the 86th Legislature passed in 2019 and took effect April 1, 2021.
The following legislation relating to the portions of the Special District Local Laws Code proposed for nonsubstantive revision by the 85th Legislature passed in 2017 and took effect April 1, 2019.
The following legislation relating to the portions of the Special District Local Laws Code proposed for nonsubstantive revision by the 84th Legislature passed in 2015 and took effect April 1, 2017.
The following legislation relating to the portions of the Special District Local Laws Code proposed for nonsubstantive revision by the 83rd Legislature passed in 2013 and took effect April 1, 2015.
The following legislation relating to the portions of the Special District Local Laws Code proposed for nonsubstantive revision by the 82nd Legislature passed in 2011 and took effect April 1, 2013.
The following legislation relating to the portions of the Special District Local Laws Code proposed for nonsubstantive revision by the 81st Legislature passed in 2009 and took effect April 1, 2011.
The following legislation relating to the portions of the Special District Local Laws Code proposed for nonsubstantive revision by the 80th Legislature passed in 2007 and took effect April 1, 2009.
The following legislation relating to the portions of the Special District Local Laws Code proposed for nonsubstantive revision by the 79th Legislature passed in 2005 and took effect April 1, 2007.
The following legislation relating to the portions of the Special District Local Laws Code proposed for nonsubstantive revision by the 78th Legislature passed in 2003 and took effect April 1, 2005.