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TX Water Code § 36.309 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle E - Groundwater Management|Chapter 36 - Groundwater Conservation Districts|Subchapter I. Performance Review and Dissolution|Section 36.309. Appeals

Sec. 36.309.  APPEALS.  Appeals from any commission order shall be filed and heard in the district court of any of the counties in which the land is located.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 933, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Renumbered from Water Code Sec. 36.306 and amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1010, Sec. 4.36, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Water Code § 36.310 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle E - Groundwater Management|Chapter 36 - Groundwater Conservation Districts|Subchapter I. Performance Review and Dissolution|Section 36.310. Assets Escheat

Sec. 36.310.  ASSETS ESCHEAT.  Upon the dissolution of a district by the commission, all assets of the district shall be sold at public auction and the proceeds given to the county if it is a single-county district.  If it is a multicounty district, the proceeds shall be divided with the counties in proportion to the surface land area in each county served by the district.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 933, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1423, Sec. 20.10, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  Renumbered from Water Code Sec. 36.307 and amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1010, Sec. 4.36, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Water Code § 36.321 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle E - Groundwater Management|Chapter 36 - Groundwater Conservation Districts|Subchapter J. Adding Territory to District|Section 36.321. Adding Land by Petition of Landowner

Sec. 36.321.  ADDING LAND BY PETITION OF LANDOWNER.  Subject to Section 36.331, the owner of land not already in a district may file with the board a notarized petition requesting that the owner's land be included in the district.  The petition must describe the land by legal description or by metes and bounds or by lot and block number if there is a recorded plat of the area to be included in the district.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 933, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 415 (H.B. 2767), Sec. 18, eff. June 10, 2015.|
TX Water Code § 36.322 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle E - Groundwater Management|Chapter 36 - Groundwater Conservation Districts|Subchapter J. Adding Territory to District|Section 36.322. Assumption of Bonds

Sec. 36.322.  ASSUMPTION OF BONDS.  If the district has bonds, notes, or other obligations outstanding or bonds payable in whole or in part from taxation that have been voted but are unissued, the petitioner shall assume its share of the outstanding bonds, notes, or other obligations and any voted but unissued tax bonds of the district, and the property shall be assessed an ad valorem tax at the same rate as that set for the existing district to pay for outstanding bonds and for the maintenance and operation of the district.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 933, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 36.323 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle E - Groundwater Management|Chapter 36 - Groundwater Conservation Districts|Subchapter J. Adding Territory to District|Section 36.323. Hearing and Determination of Petition

Sec. 36.323.  HEARING AND DETERMINATION OF PETITION.  (a)  The board shall hear and consider the petition and may add to the district the land described in the petition if it is considered to be to the advantage of the petitioner and to the existing district.(b)  If the district has bonds payable in whole or in part from taxation that are voted but unissued at the time of the annexation, the board may issue the voted but unissued bonds even though the boundaries of the district have been altered since the authorization of the bonds.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 933, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 36.324 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle E - Groundwater Management|Chapter 36 - Groundwater Conservation Districts|Subchapter J. Adding Territory to District|Section 36.324. Recording Petition

Sec. 36.324.  RECORDING PETITION.  A petition that is granted which adds land to the district shall be recorded in the office of the county clerk of the county or counties in which the land is located and the county or counties in which the existing district's principal office is located.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 933, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 36.325 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle E - Groundwater Management|Chapter 36 - Groundwater Conservation Districts|Subchapter J. Adding Territory to District|Section 36.325. Adding Certain Territory by Petition

Sec. 36.325.  ADDING CERTAIN TERRITORY BY PETITION.  (a)  Landowners of a defined area of territory not already in a district may file with any district a petition requesting inclusion in that district and, subject to Section 36.331, the defined area of territory is not required to be contiguous with that district.(b)  The petition must be signed by:(1)  a majority of the landowners in the territory;(2)  at least 50 landowners if the number of landowners is more than 50; or(3)  the commissioners court of the county in which the area is located if the area is identified as a priority groundwater management area or includes the entire county.(c)  The petition must describe the land by legal description or by metes and bounds or by lot and block number if there is a recorded plat of the area to be included in the district.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 933, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1010, Sec. 4.37, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 415 (H.B. 2767), Sec. 19, eff. June 10, 2015.|
TX Water Code § 36.326 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle E - Groundwater Management|Chapter 36 - Groundwater Conservation Districts|Subchapter J. Adding Territory to District|Section 36.326. Hearing on Petition

Sec. 36.326.  HEARING ON PETITION.  The board by order shall set the time and place of separate hearings on the petition to include the territory in the district.  At least one hearing shall be held in the existing district and one hearing shall be held in the territory to be added.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 933, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 36.327 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle E - Groundwater Management|Chapter 36 - Groundwater Conservation Districts|Subchapter J. Adding Territory to District|Section 36.327. Resolution to Add Territory

Sec. 36.327.  RESOLUTION TO ADD TERRITORY.  If the board finds after the hearing on the petition that the addition of the land would benefit the district and the territory to be added, it may add the territory to the district by resolution.  The board does not have to include all the territory described in the petition if it finds that a modification or change is necessary or desirable.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 933, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 36.328 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle E - Groundwater Management|Chapter 36 - Groundwater Conservation Districts|Subchapter J. Adding Territory to District|Section 36.328. Election to Ratify Annexation of Land

Sec. 36.328.  ELECTION TO RATIFY ANNEXATION OF LAND.  (a)  Annexation of the territory by petition filed under Section 36.325 is not final until ratified by a majority vote of the voters in the territory to be added.  An election in the existing district accepting the addition of land is not required.(b)  The ballots for the election shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the proposition:  "The inclusion of (briefly describe additional area) in the __________ District."  If the district levies a property tax for payment of its maintenance and operating expenses, the proposition shall include the following language:  "and the levy of a tax on property at a rate not to exceed _____ cents on each $100 of assessed valuation for payment of maintenance and operating expenses of the district."(c)  The amount of the tax included in the proposition shall be the maximum amount that the district is authorized to levy.  If the district has outstanding or authorized bonded indebtedness, the proposition shall include language providing for the assumption by the additional area of a proportional share of the bonded indebtedness of the district.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 933, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 415 (H.B. 2767), Sec. 20, eff. June 10, 2015.|
TX Water Code § 36.329 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle E - Groundwater Management|Chapter 36 - Groundwater Conservation Districts|Subchapter J. Adding Territory to District|Section 36.329. Notice and Procedure of Election

Sec. 36.329.  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 the Election Code.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 933, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 36.330 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle E - Groundwater Management|Chapter 36 - Groundwater Conservation Districts|Subchapter J. Adding Territory to District|Section 36.330. Liability of Added Territory

Sec. 36.330.  LIABILITY OF ADDED TERRITORY.  The added territory shall bear its pro rata share of 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. 933, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 36.331 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle E - Groundwater Management|Chapter 36 - Groundwater Conservation Districts|Subchapter J. Adding Territory to District|Section 36.331. Annexation of Noncontiguous Territory

Sec. 36.331.  ANNEXATION OF NONCONTIGUOUS TERRITORY.  Land not contiguous to the existing boundaries of a district may not be added to or annexed to a district unless the land is located either within the same management area, priority groundwater management area, or a groundwater subdivision designated by the commission or its predecessors.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 933, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1010, Sec. 4.38, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Water Code § 36.351 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle E - Groundwater Management|Chapter 36 - Groundwater Conservation Districts|Subchapter K. Consolidation of Districts|Section 36.351. Consolidation of Districts

Sec. 36.351.  CONSOLIDATION OF DISTRICTS.  (a)  Two or more districts may consolidate into one district.  To initiate a consolidation, the board of a district shall adopt a resolution proposing a consolidation and deliver a copy of the resolution to the board of each district with which consolidation is proposed.(b)  Adjacent districts may consolidate portions of either district if one district relinquishes land within that district to the jurisdiction of the other district.(c)  A consolidation under this subchapter occurs if the board of each involved district adopts a resolution containing the terms and conditions of the consolidation.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 933, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1025, Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 1999.|
TX Water Code § 36.352 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle E - Groundwater Management|Chapter 36 - Groundwater Conservation Districts|Subchapter K. Consolidation of Districts|Section 36.352. Terms and Conditions of Consolidation

Sec. 36.352.  TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF CONSOLIDATION.  (a)  The terms and conditions for consolidation shall include:(1)  adoption of a name for the district;(2)  the number and apportionment of directors to serve on the board;(3)  the effective date of the consolidation;(4)  an agreement on finances for the consolidated district, including disposition of funds, property, and other assets of each district;(5)  transfer of all permits issued in the area that is the subject of the consolidation to the consolidated district;  and(6)  an agreement on governing the districts during the transition period, including selection of officers.(b)  The terms and conditions for consolidation may include:(1)  assumption by each district of the other district's bonds, notes, voted but unissued bonds, or other obligations;(2)  an agreement to levy taxes to pay for bonds;(3)  any other terms of conditions agreed upon by the board of each district.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 933, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 36.353 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle E - Groundwater Management|Chapter 36 - Groundwater Conservation Districts|Subchapter K. Consolidation of Districts|Section 36.353. Notice and Hearing on Consolidation

Sec. 36.353.  NOTICE AND HEARING ON CONSOLIDATION.  (a)  Each board shall publish notice and hold a public hearing within that district on the terms and conditions for consolidation of the districts.(b)  After the hearing, the board may, by resolution, approve the terms and conditions for consolidation and enter an order consolidating the districts.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 933, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 36.354 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle E - Groundwater Management|Chapter 36 - Groundwater Conservation Districts|Subchapter K. Consolidation of Districts|Section 36.354. Elections to Approve Consolidation

Sec. 36.354.  ELECTIONS TO APPROVE CONSOLIDATION.  (a)  An election to ratify the consolidation is required in each district that initiates consolidation.  An election is not required in a district that does not initiate consolidation.(b)  The board of each district that is required by Subsection (a) to conduct an election shall order an election in the district only after the board of each district to be consolidated has agreed on the terms and conditions of consolidation.  The directors of each district conducting an election shall order the election to be held on the same day in each district.  The election shall be held and notice given in the manner provided by the Election Code.(c)  The ballots for the election shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the proposition:  "The consolidation of (names of the districts to be consolidated) in the __________ District."  If the district levies a property tax for payment of its bonded indebtedness, the proposition shall include the following language:  "and the levy of a tax on property at a rate not to exceed _____ cents on each $100 of assessed valuation for payment of bonds."  If the district levies a property tax for payment of its maintenance and operating expenses, the proposition shall include the following language:  "and the levy of a tax on property at a rate not to exceed _____ cents on each $100 of assessed valuation for payment of maintenance and operating expenses of the district."(d)  A district may be consolidated only if a majority of the electors in each district required by Subsection (a) to conduct an election vote in favor of the consolidation.  If more than two districts are consolidating, failure of any one district to ratify the consolidation shall not prevent the consolidation of the other districts.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 933, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1025, Sec. 2, eff. June 18, 1999.|
TX Water Code § 36.355 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle E - Groundwater Management|Chapter 36 - Groundwater Conservation Districts|Subchapter K. Consolidation of Districts|Section 36.355. Governing Consolidated Districts

Sec. 36.355.  GOVERNING CONSOLIDATED DISTRICTS.  (a)  After two or more districts are consolidated, they become one district and are governed as one district.(b)  During the transition period, the officers of each district shall continue to act jointly as officers of the original districts to settle the affairs of their respective districts.(c)  If the consolidated district elects directors, directors for the consolidated district shall be elected in the same manner and for the same term as directors elected at a confirmation election.  The directors' election shall be set for the next regular election.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 933, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 36.356 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle E - Groundwater Management|Chapter 36 - Groundwater Conservation Districts|Subchapter K. Consolidation of Districts|Section 36.356. Debts of Original Districts

Sec. 36.356.  DEBTS OF ORIGINAL DISTRICTS.  (a)  After two or more districts are consolidated, the consolidated district shall protect the debts of the original districts and shall assure that the debts are not impaired.  If the consolidated district has taxing authority, the debts may be paid by taxes levied on the land in the original districts as if they had not consolidated or from contributions from the consolidated district on terms stated in the consolidation agreement.(b)  If the consolidated district has taxing authority and assumes the bonds, notes, and other obligations of the original districts, taxes may be levied uniformly on all taxable property within the consolidated district to pay the debts.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 933, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 36.357 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle E - Groundwater Management|Chapter 36 - Groundwater Conservation Districts|Subchapter K. Consolidation of Districts|Section 36.357. Assessment and Collection of Taxes

Sec. 36.357.  ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF TAXES.  If the consolidated district has taxing authority, the district shall assess and collect taxes on property on all property in the district for maintenance and operation of the district.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 933, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 36.358 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle E - Groundwater Management|Chapter 36 - Groundwater Conservation Districts|Subchapter K. Consolidation of Districts|Section 36.358. Voted but Unissued Bonds

Sec. 36.358.  VOTED BUT UNISSUED BONDS.  If either district has voted but unissued bonds payable in whole or in part from taxation assumed by the consolidated district, the consolidated district may issue the voted but unissued bonds in the name of the consolidated district and levy a uniform tax on all taxable property in the consolidated district to pay for the bonds.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 933, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 36.359 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle E - Groundwater Management|Chapter 36 - Groundwater Conservation Districts|Subchapter K. Consolidation of Districts|Section 36.359. Filing of Order With County Clerk and Executive Director

Sec. 36.359.  FILING OF ORDER WITH COUNTY CLERK AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.  A consolidation order issued by the board shall be kept in the records of the consolidated district, recorded in the office of the county clerk in each of the counties in the consolidated district, and filed with the executive director.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 933, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 36.3705 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle E - Groundwater Management|Chapter 36 - Groundwater Conservation Districts|Subchapter L. Groundwater Conservation District Loan Assistance Fund|Section 36.3705. Definition

Sec. 36.3705.  DEFINITION.  In this subchapter, "applicant" means a newly confirmed district applying for a loan from the loan fund.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 970 (H.B. 1763), Sec. 16, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Water Code § 36.371 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle E - Groundwater Management|Chapter 36 - Groundwater Conservation Districts|Subchapter L. Groundwater Conservation District Loan Assistance Fund|Section 36.371. Groundwater Conservation District Loan Assistance Fund

Sec. 36.371.  GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT LOAN ASSISTANCE FUND.  (a)  The groundwater conservation district loan assistance fund is created, to be funded by direct appropriation and by the Texas Water Development Board from the water assistance fund.(b)  Repayments of loans shall be deposited in the water assistance fund.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1010, Sec. 4.39, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 415 (H.B. 2767), Sec. 22, eff. June 10, 2015.|
TX Water Code § 36.372 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle E - Groundwater Management|Chapter 36 - Groundwater Conservation Districts|Subchapter L. Groundwater Conservation District Loan Assistance Fund|Section 36.372. Financial Assistance

Sec. 36.372.  FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.  (a)  The loan fund may be used by the Texas Water Development Board to provide loans to newly confirmed districts and legislatively created districts that do not require a confirmation election to pay for their creation and initial operations.(b)  The Texas Water Development Board shall establish rules for the use and administration of the loan fund.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1010, Sec. 4.39, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Water Code § 36.373 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle E - Groundwater Management|Chapter 36 - Groundwater Conservation Districts|Subchapter L. Groundwater Conservation District Loan Assistance Fund|Section 36.373. Application for Assistance

Sec. 36.373.  APPLICATION FOR ASSISTANCE.  (a)  In an application to the Texas Water Development Board for financial assistance from the loan fund, the applicant shall include:(1)  the name of the district and its board members;(2)  a citation of the law under which the district operates and was created;(3)  a description of the initial operations;(4)  the total start-up cost of the initial operations;(5)  the amount of state financial assistance requested;(6)  the plan for repaying the total cost of the loan;  and(7)  any other information the Texas Water Development Board may require to perform its duties and protect the public interest.(b)  The Texas Water Development Board may not accept an application for a loan from the loan fund unless it is submitted in affidavit form by the applicant's board.  The Texas Water Development Board shall prescribe the affidavit form in its rules.(c)  The rules implementing this section shall not restrict or prohibit the Texas Water Development Board from requiring additional factual material from an applicant.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1010, Sec. 4.39, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Water Code § 36.374 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle E - Groundwater Management|Chapter 36 - Groundwater Conservation Districts|Subchapter L. Groundwater Conservation District Loan Assistance Fund|Section 36.374. Approval of Application

Sec. 36.374.  APPROVAL OF APPLICATION.  The Texas Water Development Board, by resolution, may approve an application if it finds that:(1)  granting financial assistance to the applicant will serve the public interest;  and(2)  the revenue pledged by the applicant from district taxes and fees and other sources will be sufficient to meet all the obligations assumed by the applicant.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1010, Sec. 4.39, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|