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Texas Water Code - Chapter 49 Provisions Applicable To All Districts

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  • Texas Water Code Section 49.236 - Notice Of Tax Hearing
    Text of section as added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 248, § 18 (a) Before the board adopts an ad valorem tax rate ...
  • Texas Water Code Section 49.236 - Notice Of Tax Hearing
    Text of section as added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 335, § 1 (a) Before the board adopts an ad valorem tax rate ...
  • Texas Water Code Section 49.237 - District Consent Requirement
    (a) This section applies only to a district that: (1) provides potable water or sewer service; (2) contracts for or employs peace officers; (3) maintains ...
  • Texas Water Code Section 49.271 - Contracts For Construction Work
    (a) Any contract made by the board for construction work shall conform to the provisions of this chapter. (b) The contract shall contain, incorporate by ...
  • Texas Water Code Section 49.272 - Reports Furnished To Prospective Bidders
    The board shall furnish to any person who desires to bid on construction work, and who makes a request in writing, a copy of the ...
  • Texas Water Code Section 49.273 - Contract Award
    (a) The board shall contract for construction and repair and renovation of district facilities and for the purchase of equipment, materials, machinery, and all things ...
  • Texas Water Code Section 49.274 - Emergency Approval Of District Projects
    If a district experiences an emergency condition that may create a serious health hazard or unreasonable economic loss to the district that requires immediate corrective ...
  • Texas Water Code Section 49.275 - Contractor's Bond
    Any person, firm, partnership, or corporation to whom a contract is let must give good and sufficient performance and payment bonds in accordance with Chapter ...
  • Texas Water Code Section 49.276 - Payment For Construction Work
    (a) The district shall pay the contract price of construction contracts only as provided in this section. (b) The district will make progress payments under ...
  • Texas Water Code Section 49.277 - Inspection Of And Reports On Construction Work
    (a) The board shall have control of construction work being done for the district under contract to determine whether or not the contract is being ...
  • Texas Water Code Section 49.278 - Nonapplicability
    (a) This subchapter does not apply to: (1) equipment, materials, or machinery purchased by the district at an auction that is open to the public; ...
  • Texas Water Code Section 49.279 - Prevailing Wage Rates
    In addition to the alternative procedures provided by Section 2258.022, Government Code: (1) a district located wholly or partially within one or more municipalities or ...
  • Texas Water Code Section 49.301 - Adding Land By Petition Of Landowner
    (a) In addition to any other provision provided by law, the owner or owners of land whether or not contiguous to the district or otherwise ...
  • Texas Water Code Section 49.302 - Adding Land By Petition Of Less Than All The Landowners
    (a) In addition to the method of adding land to a district described in Section 49.301, defined areas of land, whether or not they are ...
  • Texas Water Code Section 49.303 - Excluding Land Or Other Property From District
    (a) A district may exclude land or other property from the district under this subchapter if the district has no outstanding bonds payable in whole ...
  • Texas Water Code Section 49.304 - Hearing To Announce Proposed Exclusions And To Receive Petitions
    (a) If the board determines that an exclusion hearing should be held as provided by Section 49.303, the board shall give notice of the time ...
  • Texas Water Code Section 49.305 - Petition
    (a) A petition for exclusion of land must accurately describe by metes and bounds or lot and block number the land to be excluded. A ...
  • Texas Water Code Section 49.306 - Grounds For Exclusion
    Exclusions from the district may be made on the grounds that: (1) to retain certain land or other property within the district's taxing power would ...
  • Texas Water Code Section 49.307 - Hearing And Order Excluding Land
    (a) The board may adjourn the hearing from one day to another and until all persons desiring to be heard are heard. The board immediately ...
  • Texas Water Code Section 49.3075 - Exclusion For Failure To Provide Sufficient Services; No Outstanding Bonds
    (a) The board shall call a hearing on the exclusion of land from a district on a written petition filed with the secretary of the ...
  • Texas Water Code Section 49.3076 - Exclusion For Failure To Provide Sufficient Services; Bonds Outstanding
    (a) The board of a district that has a total area of more than 5,000 acres shall call a hearing on the exclusion of land ...
  • Texas Water Code Section 49.3077 - Tax Liability Of Excluded Land; Bonds Outstanding
    (a) Land excluded from a district under Section 49.3076 that is pledged as security for any outstanding debt of the district remains pledged for its ...
  • Texas Water Code Section 49.308 - Suit To Review Exclusion
    (a) Any person owning an interest in land affected by the order may file a petition within 20 days after the effective date of the ...
  • Texas Water Code Section 49.309 - Exclusion Of Nonirrigated Property
    For the purposes of this section and Sections 49.310 through 49.314, the following definitions shall apply: (1)(A) "Nonirrigated property" means land that: (i) is not ...
  • Texas Water Code Section 49.310 - Authority To Exclude Land
    (a) A petition for exclusion may be filed by the owner or owners, or their authorized agent, of a majority in acreage of nonirrigated property ...
  • Texas Water Code Section 49.311 - Consent From Holders Of Indebtedness
    If the district has outstanding bonded indebtedness, or indebtedness under a loan from a governmental agency, a written consent from an authorized representative of the ...
  • Texas Water Code Section 49.312 - Results Of Exclusion
    (a) Upon issuance of an order excluding property, that property is no longer a part of the district and is not entitled to water service ...
  • Texas Water Code Section 49.313 - District Facilities On Excluded Property
    If any canals, ditches, pipelines, pumps, or other facilities of the district are located on lands excluded by the resolution of the board, the exclusion ...
  • Texas Water Code Section 49.314 - Water Allocations
    (a) After the district adopts an order excluding nonirrigated property, a city or other water supply corporation that serves the excluded land with a potable ...
  • Texas Water Code Section 49.315 - Adding And Excluding Land Before Confirmation
    (a) A district may add or exclude land in accordance with this subchapter: (1) after a district is created by order of the commission or ...
  • Texas Water Code Section 49.321 - Dissolution Authority
    After notice and hearing, the commission may dissolve any district that is inactive for a period of five consecutive years and has no outstanding bonded ...
  • Texas Water Code Section 49.322 - Notice Of Hearing
    (a) The commission shall give notice of the dissolution hearing that briefly describes the reasons for the proceeding. (b) The notice shall be published once ...
  • Texas Water Code Section 49.323 - Investigation
    The executive director shall investigate the facts and circumstances of the district to be dissolved and the result of the investigation shall be included in ...
  • Texas Water Code Section 49.324 - Order Of Dissolution
    The commission may enter an order dissolving the district at the conclusion of the hearing if it finds that the district has performed none of ...
  • Texas Water Code Section 49.325 - Certified Copy Of Order
    The commission shall file a certified copy of the order of dissolution of the district in the deed records of the county or counties in ...
  • Texas Water Code Section 49.326 - Appeals
    (a) Appeals from a commission order dissolving a district shall be filed and heard in the district court of any of the counties in which ...
  • Texas Water Code Section 49.327 - Assets Escheat To State
    Upon the dissolution of a district by the commission, all assets of the district shall escheat to the State of Texas. The assets shall be ...
  • Texas Water Code Section 49.351 - Fire Departments
    (a) A district providing potable water or sewer service to household users may establish, operate, and maintain a fire department to perform all fire-fighting services ...
  • Texas Water Code Section 49.352 - Municipal System In Unserved Area
    (a) This section applies only to a home-rule municipality that: (1) is located in a county with a population of more than 1.75 million that ...
  • Texas Water Code Section 49.451 - Posting Signs In The District
    (a) A district subject to the notice requirements of Section 49.452 shall, within 30 days after the effective date of this section or the creation ...
  • Texas Water Code Section 49.452 - Notice To Purchasers
    (a)(1) Any person who proposes to sell or convey real property located in a district created under this title or by a special Act of ...
  • Texas Water Code Section 49.453 - Notice Form From District
    (a) A district covered by Section 49.452 shall also maintain in the district office the particular form of Notice to Purchasers required by Section 49.452 ...
  • Texas Water Code Section 49.454 - Notice Of Unpaid Standby Fees
    (a) A district covered by Section 49.452 shall, on the written request of any person, issue a certificate stating the amount of any unpaid standby ...
  • Texas Water Code Section 49.455 - Filing Information
    (a) The board covered by the provisions of Section 49.452 shall file with the county clerk in each of the counties in which all or ...
  • Texas Water Code Section 49.456 - Bankruptcy Of Districts; Authority Of Commission
    (a) Notwithstanding Section 140.001, Local Government Code, or any other law of this state, a district created under Sections 52(b)(1) and (2), Article III, or ...
  • Texas Water Code Section 49.461 - Policy And Purpose
    (a) The legislature finds that: (1) the provision of parks and recreational facilities is necessary and desirable for the health and well-being of the people ...
  • Texas Water Code Section 49.462 - Definitions
    In this subchapter: (1) "Recreational facilities" means parks, landscaping, parkways, greenbelts, sidewalks, trails, public right-of-way beautification projects, and recreational equipment and facilities. The term includes ...
  • Texas Water Code Section 49.463 - Authorization Of Recreational Facilities
    In addition to the other purposes for which a district is created, a district is created for the purpose of financing, developing, and maintaining recreational ...
  • Texas Water Code Section 49.464 - Acquisition Of And Payment For Recreational Facilities
    (a) Except as provided by Section 49.4645, a district may not issue bonds supported by ad valorem taxes to pay for the development and maintenance ...
  • Texas Water Code Section 49.4645 - District In Certain Counties: Bonds For Recreational Facilities
    (a) A district all or part of which is located in Bastrop County, Bexar County, Waller County, Travis County, Williamson County, Harris County, Galveston County, ...
  • Texas Water Code Section 49.465 - Standards
    The board by rule shall establish standards for recreational facilities to be developed and maintained by a district and for the allocation of a district's ...
  • Texas Water Code Section 49.466 - Commission Rules
    (a) The commission shall adopt rules regarding the provision and financing of recreational facilities funded through the issuance of bonds that are supported by ad ...
  • Last modified: August 11, 2007