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TX Water Code § 55.023 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion to Article Xvi, Section 59, District|Section 55.023. District May Include Cities, Towns, Etc

Sec. 55.023.  DISTRICT MAY INCLUDE CITIES, TOWNS, ETC.  A district may include all or part of one or more cities, towns, villages, and municipal corporations, but no land may be included in more than one district at any one time.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 428, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 55.024 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion to Article Xvi, Section 59, District|Section 55.024. Petition

Sec. 55.024.  PETITION.  (a)  A petition requesting creation of a district may be presented to the commissioners court.  The petition must be signed by a majority of the persons who hold title to land in the proposed district, representing a total value of more than 50 percent of the value of all the land in the proposed district as indicated by the county tax rolls.  However, if there are more than 50 persons holding title to land in the proposed district, the petition is sufficient if signed by 50 of them.  The petition must set out the boundaries of the district and designate a name for the district.(b)  The petition may be signed and presented to the commissioners court in several copies.  In this case the county clerk shall make a certified copy of the petition, including a list of the names of all signers, and shall file the certified copy and the original copies.  The certified copy of the petition shall be considered the petition in all proceedings under this chapter.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 428, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 55.025 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion to Article Xvi, Section 59, District|Section 55.025. Date Set for Hearing

Sec. 55.025.  DATE SET FOR HEARING.  The commissioners court shall set a date for a hearing on the petition, to be held at a regular or special session not less than 15 days nor more than 40 days after the day the petition is presented.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 429, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 55.026 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion to Article Xvi, Section 59, District|Section 55.026. Notice of Hearing

Sec. 55.026.  NOTICE OF HEARING.  (a)  The county clerk shall issue a notice of the hearing directed to the sheriff giving the date and place of the hearing, and a copy of the order of the court setting the hearing.  The sheriff shall serve the notice in the manner provided by law.(b)  The sheriff shall post copies of the notice in three public places in the proposed district, and shall post one copy at the courthouse door or on the bulletin board used for public notices.  These notices shall be posted for 10 full days before the date of the hearing.  The notice shall also be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, if a newspaper is published in the county, at least five days before the date of the hearing.  The sheriff shall make return of a true copy of the notice, showing the times and places of posting and publication.  The county clerk shall record the return in the minutes of the court.(c)  Any person interested may inspect the boundaries of the district as set out in the petition, and any person may inspect the petition in the office of the county clerk.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 429, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 55.027 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion to Article Xvi, Section 59, District|Section 55.027. Hearing

Sec. 55.027.  HEARING.  (a)  At the hearing, any person whose land is included in and would be affected by the district may support or oppose creation of the district and may offer testimony to show that the district is or is not necessary, would or would not be of public utility, or would or would not be feasible or practicable.(b)  Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the commissioners court has exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine all contests and objections to creation of the district and all other matters pertaining to creation of the district.(c)  The commissioners court may adjourn the hearing from day to day.(d)  The judgment rendered by the commissioners court is final, except as otherwise provided by this chapter.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 429, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 55.028 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion to Article Xvi, Section 59, District|Section 55.028. Findings; Order

Sec. 55.028.  FINDINGS;  ORDER.  The commissioners court shall make and enter its findings in the record.  If it finds that creation of the district and the construction or purchase of the proposed irrigation system, or cooperation with the United States as provided by Section 55.161 of this code, is feasible, practicable, and necessary, and would be a public benefit and a benefit to the land included in the district, then the court shall make and enter an order granting the petition and directing that an election be held in the proposed district.  Otherwise, the court shall dismiss the petition at the cost of the petitioners.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 430, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 55.029 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion to Article Xvi, Section 59, District|Section 55.029. Appeal

Sec. 55.029.  APPEAL.  (a)  Any petitioner or any landowner in the district aggrieved by the order of the commissioners court may appeal the order to the district court.  Notice of appeal must be filed with the commissioners court at the time of the hearing, and an appeal bond must be filed with the county clerk within 10 days after the day notice of appeal is given.  At the time notice of appeal is given, the commissioners court shall fix the amount of the appeal bond at not less than $2,000 nor more than $5,000;  and the bond shall be made payable to the county judge for the benefit of adverse parties.(b)  Except as otherwise provided by this section, the appeal shall be tried de novo under the rules prescribed for practice in the district court and shall be de novo.(c)  The county clerk shall transfer to the district clerk the judgment and all records filed in the commissioners court within 10 days after the day the appeal bond is filed, and no other pleadings need be filed.(d)  The final judgment on appeal shall be certified to the commissioners court for its action within 10 days after the day the judgment becomes final.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 430, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 55.031 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion to Article Xvi, Section 59, District|Section 55.031. Voting Precincts

Sec. 55.031.  VOTING PRECINCTS.  (a)  The commissioners court, at the time it orders the election, shall order creation of one or more election precincts in the district and shall designate polling places in each precinct.(b)  The election precincts created under this section shall remain the election precincts of the district until changed by an order of its board.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 430, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 55.032 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion to Article Xvi, Section 59, District|Section 55.032. Election Officials

Sec. 55.032.  ELECTION OFFICIALS.  The commissioners court shall appoint two judges and two clerks for each polling place, and designate one of the judges to be presiding judge.  If an officer fails to serve, his place shall be filled in the manner provided by the general election law.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 430, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 55.037 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion to Article Xvi, Section 59, District|Section 55.037. Directors

Sec. 55.037.  DIRECTORS.  The commissioners court shall declare the five persons receiving the most votes to be elected directors.  If not all five positions can be determined because of a tie vote, the commissioners court shall fill the necessary positions by selecting among the tying candidates.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 431, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 55.038 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion to Article Xvi, Section 59, District|Section 55.038. Issuance of Notes

Sec. 55.038.  ISSUANCE OF NOTES.  (a)  If the proposition to issue notes carries, the board of directors shall issue notes of the district, in an amount not to exceed four percent of the cost of the proposed improvements, for the purpose of creating a fund to pay the cost of organizing the district and the cost of all surveys, investigations, engineering, issuance of bonds, making and filing of maps and reports, legal expenses, and all other costs and expenses authorized or made necessary by the provisions of this chapter.  The board shall sell the notes or exchange them in payment of the costs and expenses.(b)  The notes shall be secured by the levy, assessment, and collection of taxes as provided for payment of bonds.  The notes shall be paid out of the proceeds of the district's bonds when they are issued and sold.  If the bond election fails to carry, then the notes shall be paid out of the tax revenue.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 431, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 55.039 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion to Article Xvi, Section 59, District|Section 55.039. Recordation of Order

Sec. 55.039.  RECORDATION OF ORDER.  (a)  After the commissioners court makes and enters in its minutes the order creating the district or an order changing the name of a district, the court shall file a certified copy of the order accompanied by a plat defining the district boundaries with the county clerk.(b)  The county clerk shall have the certified copy of the order and the plat recorded and indexed in the deed records of the county.(c)  Recordation of the order and plat has the same effect, as to notice, as the recordation of a deed.(d)  The district shall pay the cost of making and recording the certified copy of the order and the plat.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 432, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 187, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.|
TX Water Code § 55.040 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion to Article Xvi, Section 59, District|Section 55.040. Multi-County District: Petition

Sec. 55.040.  MULTI-COUNTY DISTRICT:  PETITION.  Creation of a district composed of land in two or more counties may be initiated by presenting a petition to the commission signed by the owners of more than half the land in the proposed district or by 50 qualified property taxpaying electors of the territory of the proposed district.  The petition shall describe the boundaries of the proposed district and request an order on the advisability of creating the district and an order for an election.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 432, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.  Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 961, ch. 367, Sec. 1, eff. June 10, 1981;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1070, Sec. 34, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Water Code § 55.042 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion to Article Xvi, Section 59, District|Section 55.042. Multi-County District: Hearing

Sec. 55.042.  MULTI-COUNTY DISTRICT:  HEARING.  If the commission determines that a hearing is necessary under Section 49.011, the commission shall conduct a hearing and any person whose land would be affected by creation of the district may appear and support or oppose creation of the proposed district, and may offer competent testimony to show that the district would or would not serve a beneficial purpose, be practicable, or accomplish the purposes intended.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 432, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1070, Sec. 35, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Water Code § 55.043 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion to Article Xvi, Section 59, District|Section 55.043. Multi-County District: Findings

Sec. 55.043.  MULTI-COUNTY DISTRICT:  FINDINGS.  (a)  If the commission finds that the plan of water conservation, irrigation, and use presented in the petition is practicable and would be a public utility, the commission shall enter the findings in its records and shall send a certified copy of the findings to the commissioners court in each county in which part of the proposed district is located.  The commission shall also inform each commissioners court of a date set by the commission on which an election shall be held in the area of the proposed district to determine whether the district will be created and to elect five directors for the district.(b)  If the commission finds that creation of the district is not practicable, that it would not serve a beneficial purpose, and that it would not be possible to accomplish through its creation the purposes proposed, the commission shall enter its findings in its records and shall dismiss the petition.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 432, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 55.044 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion to Article Xvi, Section 59, District|Section 55.044. Multi-County District: Notice of Election

Sec. 55.044.  MULTI-COUNTY DISTRICT:  NOTICE OF ELECTION.  On receiving a certified copy of the findings of the commission authorizing the election, the commissioners court of each county shall have notices of the election posted, in the manner provided for an election to create a single-county district, for not less than 15 nor more than 30 days before the date of the election.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 432, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 55.045 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion to Article Xvi, Section 59, District|Section 55.045. Multi-County District: Rules Governing Election

Sec. 55.045.  MULTI-COUNTY DISTRICT:  RULES GOVERNING ELECTION.  Except as provided by the succeeding sections, the election shall be held, the returns made and canvassed, and the results declared, as provided in the case of a single-county district.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 433, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 55.046 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion to Article Xvi, Section 59, District|Section 55.046. Multi-County District: Election Returns, Canvass, Result

Sec. 55.046.  MULTI-COUNTY DISTRICT:  ELECTION RETURNS, CANVASS, RESULT.  (a)  The commission shall designate the county judge of one of the counties in the proposed district to act as a canvassing board to receive and canvass the votes cast and to declare the result of the election.(b)  In each county, the officers appointed by the commissioners court to hold the election shall return the results to the commissioners court and shall return all ballot boxes to the county clerk.(c)  On receiving the returns of the election, the commissioners court shall canvass the returns and certify the result of the election in the county to the county judge appointed to act as canvassing board.(d)  When the county judge receives the returns from all the counties, he shall canvass the returns and certify the result of the election to the commissioners court of each county, which shall enter the result of the election in its permanent records.(e)  If the proposition to create the district is carried, the county judge acting as the canvassing board shall make and transmit to each commissioners court an appropriate order declaring that the district is created and describing it boundaries.  He shall also issue certificates of election to the persons elected as directors, who shall proceed with the organization of the district as otherwise provided by this chapter.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 433, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 55.047 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion to Article Xvi, Section 59, District|Section 55.047. Exclusion of City, Unincorporated Area, or County Voting Against District

Sec. 55.047.  EXCLUSION OF CITY, UNINCORPORATED AREA, OR COUNTY VOTING AGAINST DISTRICT.  (a)  As used in this section:(1)  "city" includes town or other municipal corporation;  and(2)  "unincorporated area" means an area not included within the boundaries of a city.(b)  Each city included within the boundaries of the proposed district shall be treated as a separate voting unit, and the votes cast in the city shall be counted and canvassed to show the result of the election in the city.  No city shall be included in the district unless the majority of the votes cast in the city favor creation of the district.(c)  If the proposed district includes both incorporated and unincorporated areas in a county, the unincorporated area shall not be included in the district unless the majority of the votes cast in the unincorporated area favor creation of the district.(d)  No district, the major portion of which is in one county, shall be organized to include land in another county unless the majority of the votes cast in the other county favor creation of the district.(e)  If any portion of a proposed district, under the provisions of this section, votes against creation of the district, and the remaining area of the proposed district votes for the district, then the proposition shall be adopted and the district confirmed except as to the territory voting against the district.(f)  All property in the territory of the district as originally proposed is subject to taxation for the payment of all debts and obligations, including organization expenses, incurred while part of the district.(g)  If at least 10 percent of the qualified electors of the area remaining in the district file a petition with the board of directors requesting a new election on creation of the district, then a new election shall be ordered and held for the remaining area, or the district organization may be dissolved by order of the board of directors and a new district formed.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 433, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 55.048 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion to Article Xvi, Section 59, District|Section 55.048. Name of District

Sec. 55.048.  NAME OF DISTRICT.  (a)  The name of a district wholly within one county shall include the name of the county and a number.  Districts wholly within one county shall be numbered consecutively as created, and no two districts may have the same number.(b)  The name of a district with territory in two or more counties may include the names of those counties, or the district may adopt any appropriate name.  The name may include a number, but the number may not be the same as the number of a district in any of the counties.  The number of a district created in any county may not be the same as the number of a district with territory in that county and other counties.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 434, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 55.049 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion to Article Xvi, Section 59, District|Section 55.049. Survey of District Boundaries

Sec. 55.049.  SURVEY OF DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.  Immediately after the directors are qualified, the board shall order a survey of the boundaries of the district to be made according to the boundaries designated in the petition for creation of the district, or the board shall adopt, in whole or in part, the boundaries already established, and order the boundaries marked by suitable monuments.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 434, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 55.050 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion to Article Xvi, Section 59, District|Section 55.050. Chapter Applicable to Irrigation Districts

Sec. 55.050.  CHAPTER APPLICABLE TO IRRIGATION DISTRICTS.  Irrigation districts created under the laws of 1905, 1913, and 1915 (Chapter 50, Acts of the 29th Legislature, 1905;  Chapter 172, Acts of the 33rd Legislature, 1913;  and Chapter 138, Acts of the 34th Legislature, 1915), are governed by the provisions of this chapter.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 434, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 55.051 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion to Article Xvi, Section 59, District|Section 55.051. Change of District Name

Sec. 55.051.  CHANGE OF DISTRICT NAME.  (a)  An irrigation district created under the law of 1905, 1913, or 1915 (Chapter 50, Acts of the 29th Legislature, 1905;  Chapter 172, Acts of the 33rd Legislature, 1913;  and Chapter 138, Acts of the 34th Legislature, 1915), may change the name of the district to the name provided in this chapter by filing a declaration to change the name with the commissioners court of the county in which the district is located.(b)  The declaration to change the district's name shall be in the form of a deed of conveyance and shall be acknowledged by the president and secretary of the board.  It shall include a copy of the minutes of the board and the resolution adopted to change the name.(c)  After the declaration is recorded, the name of the district shall be changed.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 434, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|