Texas Water Code § 54.030 Conversion Of Certain Districts Into Districts Operating Under This Chapter

Sec. 54.030. CONVERSION OF CERTAIN DISTRICTS INTO DISTRICTS OPERATING UNDER THIS CHAPTER. (a) Any water improvement district, water control and improvement district, fresh water supply district, levee improvement district, irrigation district, or any other conservation and reclamation district created under Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution, may be converted to a district operating under this chapter.

(b) The governing body of a district which desires to convert into a district operating under this chapter shall adopt and enter in the minutes of the governing body a resolution declaring that in its judgment, conversion into a municipal utility district operating under this chapter and under Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution, would serve the best interest of the district and would be a benefit to the land and property included in the district. The resolution shall also request the commission to hold a hearing on the question of the conversion of the district.

(c) A copy of the resolution shall be filed with the commission.

Added by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 779, ch. 84, Sec. 1. Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 368, ch. 81, Sec. 9(e), eff. Sept. 1, 1983; Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 399, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

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