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TX Water Code § 56.304 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 56 - Drainage Districts|Subchapter H. Dissolution|Section 56.304. Expenses of the Trustee

Sec. 56.304.  EXPENSES OF THE TRUSTEE.  (a)  The trustee shall charge against the trust estate all reasonable expenses incurred by him in caring for, conducting, and controlling the business of the district, in employing counsel for the district, and in conducting or defending suits, and on posting notice as required in cases of other claims, the trustee shall present the charges to the commissioners court annually at a regular meeting.(b)  On approval by the commissioners court, the expenses become a valid and subsisting claim against the district and may be retained by the trustee out of funds controlled by him as treasurer of the dissolved district.(c)  If the claim for expenses is rejected either in whole or in part, the trustee may appeal the decision as other claimants appeal decisions under this subchapter.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 526, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 56.305 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 56 - Drainage Districts|Subchapter H. Dissolution|Section 56.305. Presentation of Claims

Sec. 56.305.  PRESENTATION OF CLAIMS.  (a)  Within the six-month period immediately following approval of the trustee's bond, any person who has a claim against the district shall present the claim duly verified to the trustee, and if the trustee finds that the claim is correct, he shall allow the claim, and the claimant shall file the claim with the clerk of the commissioners court before the beginning of the 20-day period immediately preceding the next regular meeting of the commissioners court.(b)  The clerk shall immediately issue notice of the filing to all persons interested in the district, and the notice shall be posted in three public places and at the courthouse door before the beginning of the 20-day period immediately preceding the next regular meeting of the commissioners court.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 526, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 56.306 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 56 - Drainage Districts|Subchapter H. Dissolution|Section 56.306. Approval of Claim

Sec. 56.306.  APPROVAL OF CLAIM.  (a)  At a regular meeting, the commissioners court shall determine the validity of the claim, and if the commissioners court finds that the claim is correct, it shall approve the claim and enter an order of approval in its minutes.(b)  After the claim is approved, it is a valid and subsisting claim against the district and shall be filed with the trustee who shall pay the claim in the order it was filed from the district treasury or from funds collected as liquidation taxes.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 526, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 56.307 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 56 - Drainage Districts|Subchapter H. Dissolution|Section 56.307. Appeal

Sec. 56.307.  APPEAL.  If any claimant is not satisfied with the judgment of the commissioners court, he may appeal the judgment in the manner that cases are appealed from the justice court.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 526, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 56.308 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 56 - Drainage Districts|Subchapter H. Dissolution|Section 56.308. Rejection of Claim

Sec. 56.308.  REJECTION OF CLAIM.  (a)  If the trustee finds any claim unjust either in whole or in part, he shall endorse on the claim his refusal to allow it.(b)  If the whole claim is refused, the claimant may bring suit to collect the claim against the trustee in a court of competent jurisdiction in the county, and if the claim is judged valid by the court, the judgment shall be filed with the trustee and paid in its order as other claims.(c)  If the claim is refused only in part and the claimant waives his claim to the part refused, he shall file the claim in the commissioners court for approval, but if the claimant does not waive his claim to the part refused, he shall withdraw his claim from the trustee and may bring suit as provided in Subsection (b) of this section.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 526, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 56.309 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 56 - Drainage Districts|Subchapter H. Dissolution|Section 56.309. Bonds and Approved Claims

Sec. 56.309.  BONDS AND APPROVED CLAIMS.  Bonds and approved claims which were outstanding debts of the district before its dissolution are valid and subsisting claims against the district without further approval under this subchapter, but they are subject to contest according to the provisions of this subchapter.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 527, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 56.310 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 56 - Drainage Districts|Subchapter H. Dissolution|Section 56.310. Contesting Claim

Sec. 56.310.  CONTESTING CLAIM.  (a)  If any district taxpayer files with the trustee a protest against any claim which was allowed by the former drainage commissioners before the district was dissolved and which was unpaid at the time the district was dissolved, the trustee shall refuse to pay the claim.  The protest shall be accompanied by a bond in double the amount of the claim with sufficient sureties to be approved by the trustee and payable to the trustee, conditioned on payment by the contestant of all costs of suit if the claimant establishes his claim.(b)  After the trustee rejects the claim, the claimant may bring suit against the trustee to recover the claim as in other suits of a civil nature, and the contestant and his bondsman shall be parties to the suit.  The trustee shall make all defenses urged against the claim by the contestant.  If the claimant recovers, judgment shall be rendered against the contestant and his bondsman for costs incurred in the suit, and the claimant shall file the judgment with the trustee who shall pay the claim as other claims are paid under this subchapter.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 527, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 56.311 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 56 - Drainage Districts|Subchapter H. Dissolution|Section 56.311. Final Report of Trustee

Sec. 56.311.  FINAL REPORT OF TRUSTEE.  (a)  When all claims against the district are paid and all costs and expenses incurred in controlling and managing the district are satisfied, the trustee shall file with the commissioners court his account for final settlement.(b)  The trustee's account shall include a complete statement of all money received and paid out, of all property controlled and disposed of by the trustee, and of all other matters relating to management of the district's affairs.(c)  On approval of the account, the commissioners court shall direct the trustee to turn over to persons entitled to it as found by the commissioners court all money and property remaining in the control of the trustee, and on compliance with this order, the trustee shall report to the commissioners court, and the commissioners court shall enter an order discharging the trustee and his bondsman and closing the trust estate.(d)  Before entering an order discharging the trustee and the surety on the trustee's bond and closing the trust estate, the commissioners court shall order all transactions of the trustee audited by an independent certified public accountant.  A copy of the audit shall be filed with the commissioners court and the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, and a copy shall be provided to the trustee.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 527, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 298, Sec. 17, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Water Code § 56.751 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 56 - Drainage Districts|Subchapter J. Alternate Procedure for Annexation by Existing District|Section 56.751. Petition for Annexation

Sec. 56.751.  PETITION FOR ANNEXATION.  The landowners of a defined area of territory not included in a district may file with the secretary of the board a petition requesting an election on the inclusion of the territory in a district.  The petition must:(1)  be signed by registered voters residing in the territory equal in number to at least five percent of the number of votes received in the territory to be included by all candidates in the most recent gubernatorial general election;  and(2)  describe by metes and bounds the territory to be included in the district.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 958, Sec. 2, eff. June 16, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 56.752 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 56 - Drainage Districts|Subchapter J. Alternate Procedure for Annexation by Existing District|Section 56.752. Hearing on Determination of Petition

Sec. 56.752.  HEARING ON DETERMINATION OF PETITION.  (a)  The board shall hear the petition to determine if the petition meets the requirements of Section 56.751.(b)  The board by order shall set the time and place of the hearing on the petition.  The hearing shall be held not less than 30 days after the date of the order.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 958, Sec. 2, eff. June 16, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 56.753 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 56 - Drainage Districts|Subchapter J. Alternate Procedure for Annexation by Existing District|Section 56.753. Notice of Hearing

Sec. 56.753.  NOTICE OF HEARING.  (a)  The secretary of the board shall issue notice of the time and place of the hearing.  The notice must describe the territory proposed to be annexed.(b)  The secretary shall post copies of the notice in three public places in the district and one copy in a public place in the territory proposed to be annexed.  The notices must be posted for at least 15 days before the day of the hearing.(c)  The notice must be published one time in a newspaper with general circulation in the county.  The notice must be published at least 15 days before the day of the hearing.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 958, Sec. 2, eff. June 16, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 56.754 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 56 - Drainage Districts|Subchapter J. Alternate Procedure for Annexation by Existing District|Section 56.754. Elections to Approve Annexation of Territory

Sec. 56.754.  ELECTIONS TO APPROVE ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY.  (a)  If the board determines the petition meets the requirements of Section 56.751, the board shall order elections to approve the annexation.(b)  Annexation of the territory must be approved by a majority vote of the voters at a separate election held in the district and by a majority vote of the voters at a separate election held in the territory proposed to be added.(c)  If the district has outstanding debts or taxes, the election to approve annexation also determines whether the territory to be added assumes its proportion of the debts or taxes if the territory is added to the district.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 958, Sec. 2, eff. June 16, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 56.755 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 56 - Drainage Districts|Subchapter J. Alternate Procedure for Annexation by Existing District|Section 56.755. Notice and Procedure of Election

Sec. 56.755.  NOTICE AND PROCEDURE OF ELECTION.  The notice of the election, the manner and the time of giving the notice, the manner of holding the election, and qualifications of the voters are governed by Subchapter E, Chapter 58.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 958, Sec. 2, eff. June 16, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 56.756 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 56 - Drainage Districts|Subchapter J. Alternate Procedure for Annexation by Existing District|Section 56.756. Liability of Added Territory

Sec. 56.756.  LIABILITY OF ADDED TERRITORY.  The added territory shall bear its pro rata part of all indebtedness or taxes that may be owed, contracted, or authorized by the district to which it is added.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 958, Sec. 2, eff. June 16, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 56.801 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 56 - Drainage Districts|Subchapter K. Consolidation of Districts|Section 56.801. Consolidation of Districts

Sec. 56.801.  CONSOLIDATION OF DISTRICTS.  Two or more districts governed by this chapter may consolidate into one district as provided by this subchapter.|Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 222, Sec. 12, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Water Code § 56.802 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 56 - Drainage Districts|Subchapter K. Consolidation of Districts|Section 56.802. Consolidation by Agreement

Sec. 56.802.  CONSOLIDATION BY AGREEMENT.  (a)  The boards of the districts proposed to be consolidated may initiate consolidation.(b)  The board of each district proposed to be consolidated must agree on the terms and conditions of consolidation.  The consolidation agreement may include adoption of a name for the consolidated district and designation of election precincts for the consolidated district.  After the boards have agreed to the terms and conditions of consolidation, the boards jointly shall order an election to be held in each district to determine whether the districts should be consolidated.|Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 222, Sec. 12, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Water Code § 56.803 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 56 - Drainage Districts|Subchapter K. Consolidation of Districts|Section 56.803. Consolidation by Petition

Sec. 56.803.  CONSOLIDATION BY PETITION.  (a)  Consolidation may be initiated by a petition requesting that the districts be consolidated.(b)  The petition must be signed by a number of qualified voters in each district proposed to be consolidated that is equal to at least five percent of the number of votes cast in the district in the most recent gubernatorial general election.  There must be one petition for each district proposed to be consolidated.  A qualified voter may sign only the petition for the district in which the voter resides.(c)  The petitions shall be filed simultaneously with the secretary of each district proposed to be consolidated.(d)  A district's board shall determine whether the petition presented to that district meets the requirements of Subsection (b) and shall notify the board of each other district proposed to be consolidated whether the petition meets the requirements of Subsection (b).(e)  If the petitions meet the requirements of Subsection (b) in all districts proposed to be consolidated, the boards of the districts proposed to be consolidated shall:(1)  issue a joint order for an election to be held on the same day in each district to determine whether the districts should be consolidated;  and(2)  give notice of the election in the manner provided by law for other elections.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 222, Sec. 12, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Water Code § 56.804 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 56 - Drainage Districts|Subchapter K. Consolidation of Districts|Section 56.804. Time of Holding Election; Cost of Election

Sec. 56.804.  TIME OF HOLDING ELECTION;  COST OF ELECTION.  (a)  The election shall be held on a uniform election day in May.(b)  The election date selected must provide sufficient time for the preparation of the necessary voter registration lists for each district.(c)  Each district proposed to be consolidated is responsible for holding the election in that district and for the cost of the election in that district.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 222, Sec. 12, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 340, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 471 (H.B. 57), Sec. 6, eff. October 1, 2005.|
TX Water Code § 56.805 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 56 - Drainage Districts|Subchapter K. Consolidation of Districts|Section 56.805. Ballot

Sec. 56.805.  BALLOT.  The ballot in the election shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition:  "Consolidation of __________ (names of districts to be consolidated) into a single drainage district."|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 222, Sec. 12, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Water Code § 56.806 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 56 - Drainage Districts|Subchapter K. Consolidation of Districts|Section 56.806. Canvass; Result

Sec. 56.806.  CANVASS;  RESULT.  (a)  The board of each district proposed to be consolidated shall canvass the returns of the election held in that district.  The board of each district shall publish the results for that district.(b)  If the majority of votes cast in each district favor the consolidation, the districts become one district and are governed as one district.(c)  If the proposition does not carry, another election for consolidation may not be held in any district that was proposed to be consolidated for at least two years after the results of the election are declared.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 222, Sec. 12, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Water Code § 56.807 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 56 - Drainage Districts|Subchapter K. Consolidation of Districts|Section 56.807. Governing Consolidated Districts; Election of Directors

Sec. 56.807.  GOVERNING CONSOLIDATED DISTRICTS;  ELECTION OF DIRECTORS.  (a)  When two or more districts are consolidated, they become one district and are governed as one district.(b)  Until the directors of the consolidated district are elected and qualify, the directors of each district shall continue to act jointly as directors of the consolidated district.  A vacancy on the joint boards occurring before the permanent directors of the consolidated district are elected may not be filled unless the number of members on the joint board is three or fewer.  If the number of members on the joint board is reduced to three or fewer, the consolidated district shall be governed by three directors.  If there are fewer than three directors, vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as vacancies on elected boards until there are three directors.(c)  The joint board shall immediately order an election of directors of the consolidated district to be held on the next available uniform election date as provided for election of directors under Chapter 49.(d)  The consolidation agreement may provide that the directors of the original districts continue to act jointly as directors of the consolidated district until the next election.  The agreement may name persons to serve as directors of the consolidated district until the next election if all directors of the original districts agree to resign.(e)  The joint board of the consolidated district shall approve the bond of each new director.(f)  If any of the consolidated districts were operating under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, at the time the districts were consolidated, the consolidated district shall operate under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and limitations imposed by Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, and this chapter on debts to be incurred and taxes to be levied do not apply to that district unless, not later than the 60th day after the districts are consolidated, the board of directors of the consolidated district adopts a resolution that the consolidated district shall operate under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 222, Sec. 12, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Water Code § 56.808 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 56 - Drainage Districts|Subchapter K. Consolidation of Districts|Section 56.808. Title to Property; Assumption of Debt

Sec. 56.808.  TITLE TO PROPERTY;  ASSUMPTION OF DEBT.  (a)  Title to all property of the consolidating districts vests in the consolidated district.  The consolidated district assumes and is liable for the outstanding indebtedness of the consolidating districts.(b)  All enforceable contract rights held or owned by a consolidating district are owned and held by the consolidated district.  The consolidated district is liable for contractual obligations of a consolidating district.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 222, Sec. 12, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Water Code § 56.809 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 56 - Drainage Districts|Subchapter K. Consolidation of Districts|Section 56.809. Unexpended Bond Proceeds

Sec. 56.809.  UNEXPENDED BOND PROCEEDS.  Any money received from the sale of bonds by a consolidating district that has not been spent before the date of consolidation may be spent by the consolidated district only on the project for which the bonds were issued.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 222, Sec. 12, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Water Code § 56.810 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 56 - Drainage Districts|Subchapter K. Consolidation of Districts|Section 56.810. Fiscal Year; Budget

Sec. 56.810.  FISCAL YEAR;  BUDGET.  (a)  A consolidated district shall adopt a fiscal year.  The fiscal year may be provided for in the consolidation agreement or adopted by the board of the consolidated district after the consolidation election.(b)  The fiscal year of each district that has been consolidated ends on the last day of the month in which the consolidation election was held.  Audits of each district that was consolidated shall be prepared up to and through the last day of the month in which the consolidation election was held.  The first audit of the consolidated district shall be for the period beginning on the first day of the month after the consolidation election and ending on the last day of the fiscal year adopted for the consolidated district.(c)  A budget shall be adopted for the period beginning on the first day of the month after the consolidation election and continuing through the end of the fiscal year adopted for the consolidated district.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 222, Sec. 12, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Water Code § 57.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 57 - Levee Improvement Districts|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 57.001. Definitions

Sec. 57.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "District" means levee improvement district.(2)  "Board" means the board of directors of a levee improvement district.(3)  "Water commission" means the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission.(4)  "Commissioners court" means the commissioners court of the county in which the district is located or the commissioners court of the county of jurisdiction.(5)  "Executive director" means the executive director of the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission.(6)  "Commission" means the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.  Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 982, ch. 367, Sec. 30, eff. June 10, 1981;  Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 795, Sec. 1.147, 1.155, eff. Sept. 1, 1985;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 3, Sec. 1.079, eff. Aug. 12, 1991.|
TX Water Code § 57.011 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 57 - Levee Improvement Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District|Section 57.011. Creation

Sec. 57.011.  CREATION.  A levee improvement district may be created in the manner prescribed by this chapter under Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|