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TX Water Code § 63.034 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 63 - Self-Liquidating Navigation Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 63.034. Notice of Election

Sec. 63.034.  NOTICE OF ELECTION.  (a)  The clerk of the court of jurisdiction shall give notice of the election by posting notices at the courthouse door of the county in which the district is located and at four other public places in the proposed district.(b)  If the district is composed of more than one county, the notices shall be posted in each county.(c)  The notices shall be posted for 30 days immediately preceding the time set for the election.(d)  The notices shall include:(1)  the time and place of the election;(2)  the proposition to be voted on;(3)  the purpose for which the bonds are to be issued;(4)  the amount of the bonds;  and(5)  a copy of the election order.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 63.035 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 63 - Self-Liquidating Navigation Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 63.035. Ballots

Sec. 63.035.  BALLOTS.  The ballots for the election shall be printed to provide for voting for or against:  "The navigation district and the issuance of bonds and the levy of a tax to pay for the bonds."|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 63.036 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 63 - Self-Liquidating Navigation Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 63.036. Conduct of Election

Sec. 63.036.  CONDUCT OF ELECTION.  The commissioners court shall create and define, by order, the voting precincts in the district and shall name convenient polling places in the precincts.  It shall appoint the judges and other necessary election officials and shall hold the election at the earliest legal time.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 63.037 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 63 - Self-Liquidating Navigation Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 63.037. Returns of Election

Sec. 63.037.  RETURNS OF ELECTION.  (a)  Immediately after the election, the officers holding the election shall make returns of the result to the commissioners court of jurisdiction and return the ballot boxes to the clerk of the court.(b)  The clerk shall keep the ballot boxes safely and deliver them, together with the returns of the election, to the commissioners court at its next regular or special session.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 63.038 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 63 - Self-Liquidating Navigation Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 63.038. Declaration of Result

Sec. 63.038.  DECLARATION OF RESULT.  The court shall canvass the vote and return at the session when it receives the ballot boxes and returns of the election.  If it finds that a majority of those voting at the election voted in favor of the proposition, the court shall declare the result of the election to be in favor of the district, issuance of the bonds, and the levy of the tax, and shall enter the following declaration in its minutes:"Commissioners Court of __________ County, Texas, __________ term A.D. __________, in the matter of the petition of __________ and __________ and others praying for the establishment of a navigation district, and issuance of bonds and levy of taxes in said petition described and designated by the name of __________ Navigation District.  Be it known that at an election called for the purpose in said district, held on the __________ day of __________ A.D. __________ a majority of the electors voting thereon voted in favor of the creation of said navigation district, and the issuance of bonds and levy of a tax.  Now, therefore, it is considered and ordered by the court that said navigation district be, and the same is hereby established by the name of __________ Navigation District, and that bonds of said district in the amount of __________ dollars be issued, and a tax of __________ cents on the $100, valuation, or so much thereof as may be necessary to be levied upon all property within said navigation district, whether real, personal, mixed or otherwise, sufficient in amount to pay the interest on such bonds and provide a sinking fund to redeem that at maturity, and that if said tax shall at any time become insufficient for such purpose same shall be increased until same is sufficient.  The metes and bounds of said district being as follows:  (Giving metes and bounds)."|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 63.039 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 63 - Self-Liquidating Navigation Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 63.039. Conversion of District

Sec. 63.039.  CONVERSION OF DISTRICT.  Any navigation district organized under the provisions of Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution, or Article III, Section 52, of the Texas Constitution, and not originally within the scope of this chapter, may be converted into a self-liquidating district operating under this chapter in the manner provided in Sections 63.040-63.044 of this code.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 63.040 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 63 - Self-Liquidating Navigation Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 63.040. Resolution to Convert

Sec. 63.040.  RESOLUTION TO CONVERT.  (a)  The commission, by resolution entered in the minutes, shall declare that in its judgment it is for the best interest of the district and will benefit the land and property in the district to operate under the provisions of this chapter, permitting the district to become self-liquidating and to return the construction cost within a reasonable period by means of tolls, rents, fees, assessments, or other charges other than taxation.(b)  The commission shall designate in the resolution the sections of this chapter under which the district wishes to operate.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 63.041 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 63 - Self-Liquidating Navigation Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 63.041. Notice

Sec. 63.041.  NOTICE.  (a)  Notice of the adoption of a resolution under Section 63.040 of this code shall be given by publishing the resolution in a newspaper with general circulation in the county or counties in which the district is located.(b)  The notice shall be published once a week for two consecutive weeks with the first publication not less than 14 full days before the day set for a hearing.(c)  The notice shall:(1)  state the time and place of the hearing;(2)  set out the resolution in full;  and(3)  notify all interested persons to appear and offer testimony for or against the proposal contained in the resolution.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 63.042 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 63 - Self-Liquidating Navigation Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 63.042. Hearing

Sec. 63.042.  HEARING.  The hearing may be adjourned from day to day until all interested persons have had an opportunity to appear and present testimony.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 63.043 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 63 - Self-Liquidating Navigation Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 63.043. Findings

Sec. 63.043.  FINDINGS.  (a)  If at the hearing the commission finds that conversion of the district into a district operating under this chapter would serve the best interest of the district and would be a benefit to the land and property included in the district, it shall enter an order making this finding.(b)  If the commission finds that the conversion of the district would not serve the best interest of the district and would not be a benefit to the land and property included in the district, it shall enter an order against conversion of the district into one operating under this chapter.(c)  The adverse findings of the commission shall be final and not subject to appeal or review.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 63.044 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 63 - Self-Liquidating Navigation Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 63.044. Effect of Conversion

Sec. 63.044.  EFFECT OF CONVERSION.  If the finding of the commission is favorable to the resolution, the commission shall have the same right, power, and authority to act under the provisions of this chapter adopted by the resolution as if the district had originally come within the scope of this chapter.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 63.081 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 63 - Self-Liquidating Navigation Districts|Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions|Section 63.081. Appointment of Commissioners

Sec. 63.081.  APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONERS.  After a district is created, the commissioners court shall appoint three navigation and canal commissioners, whose duties are provided in this chapter.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 63.082 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 63 - Self-Liquidating Navigation Districts|Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions|Section 63.082. Qualifications

Sec. 63.082.  QUALIFICATIONS.  To be qualified for appointment as a commissioner, a person must be a resident of the district, a freehold property taxpayer, and a qualified elector of the county.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 63.083 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 63 - Self-Liquidating Navigation Districts|Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions|Section 63.083. Vacancies

Sec. 63.083.  VACANCIES.  All vacancies in the office of appointed commissioner occurring through death, resignation, or otherwise shall be filled by the remaining commissioners or, if only one commissioner remains, by the remaining commissioner and the district judge residing in the county in which a majority of the acreage of the district is located.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 63.084 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 63 - Self-Liquidating Navigation Districts|Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions|Section 63.084. Oath

Sec. 63.084.  OATH.  In addition to the constitutional oath provided for county commissioners, before beginning to perform his duties each appointed commissioner shall take and subscribe before the county judge of the county of jurisdiction an oath to discharge faithfully the duties of his office without favor or partiality.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 63.085 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 63 - Self-Liquidating Navigation Districts|Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions|Section 63.085. Bond

Sec. 63.085.  BOND.  Before beginning to perform his duties, each appointed commissioner shall execute a good and sufficient bond for $1,000, payable to the county judge of the county of jurisdiction for the use and benefit of the district, conditioned on the faithful performance of his duties.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 63.086 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 63 - Self-Liquidating Navigation Districts|Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions|Section 63.086. Term of Office

Sec. 63.086.  TERM OF OFFICE.  Each commissioner shall hold office for four years and until his successor has qualified after appointment or election.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.  Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 5217, ch. 951, Sec. 14, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.|
TX Water Code § 63.087 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 63 - Self-Liquidating Navigation Districts|Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions|Section 63.087. Optional Term of Office

Sec. 63.087.  OPTIONAL TERM OF OFFICE.  (a)  The commission may provide by resolution for six-year staggered terms of office for commissioners with the term of one commissioner expiring every two years.(b)  At the first election of commissioners after a resolution is adopted under this section, three commissioners shall be elected.  After the commissioners have taken the oath of office and executed bonds, they shall draw lots to determine who will serve for a two-year term, who will serve for a four-year term, and who will serve for a six-year term.(c)  Successors to the commissioners elected under the provisions of Subsection (b) of this section shall serve for full six-year terms.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 63.088 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 63 - Self-Liquidating Navigation Districts|Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions|Section 63.088. Commission Organization and Quorum

Sec. 63.088.  COMMISSION ORGANIZATION AND QUORUM.  The commission shall organize by electing one of their members chairman and one secretary.  Two of the commissioners shall constitute a quorum and a concurrence of two shall be sufficient in all matters relating to the business of the district.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 63.089 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 63 - Self-Liquidating Navigation Districts|Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions|Section 63.089. Election of Commissioners

Sec. 63.089.  ELECTION OF COMMISSIONERS.  (a)  An election shall be held in the district on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each even numbered year to elect the three commissioners.  However, the commissioners may, by adopting an order duly entered on the minutes, determine to hold the election on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in October of each even numbered year to elect the commissioners authorized by law.(b)  Section 41.001(a), Election Code, requiring that certain elections be held on specified uniform dates, and Section 41.003, Election Code, allowing only certain elections to be held on the date of the general election for state and county officers, do not apply to the election provided for in this section.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.  Amended by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 1984, ch. 612, art. 1, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1971;  Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 1129, ch. 427, Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 1973;  Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1978, ch. 791, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 522, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.|
TX Water Code § 63.090 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 63 - Self-Liquidating Navigation Districts|Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions|Section 63.090. Placing Names of Candidates on Ballot

Sec. 63.090.  PLACING NAMES OF CANDIDATES ON BALLOT.  A candidate for commissioner must file an application with the secretary not later than 5 p.m. of the 45th day before the date of the election to have the candidate's name printed on the ballot.  Also, a candidate's name may be placed on the ballot by petition of 20 or more qualified electors of the district filed with the secretary by the deadline stated in the preceding sentence.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.  Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1978, ch. 791, Sec. 2, eff. Aug. 29, 1977;  Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1009, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Water Code § 63.091 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 63 - Self-Liquidating Navigation Districts|Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions|Section 63.091. Polling Place

Sec. 63.091.  POLLING PLACE.  The commission shall designate the polling place or places in the election order.  If more than one polling place is required, the board shall divide the district into election precincts, which may be changed from time to time.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 63.092 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 63 - Self-Liquidating Navigation Districts|Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions|Section 63.092. Election Officers

Sec. 63.092.  ELECTION OFFICERS.  The commission shall appoint the election officers, consisting of one presiding judge, an assistant judge, and two clerks, when the election is ordered.  Additional clerks may be appointed by the presiding judge when necessary.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 63.093 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 63 - Self-Liquidating Navigation Districts|Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions|Section 63.093. Notice of Election

Sec. 63.093.  NOTICE OF ELECTION.  (a)  The notice of the election shall be signed by the president and secretary of the commission and shall contain a copy of the election order.(b)  The notice shall be published once a week for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in the district or, if a newspaper is not published in the district, in a newspaper located nearest to the boundaries of the district.  The first publication shall be made not less than 32 days nor more than 46 days before the day of the election.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.  Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1978, ch. 791, Sec. 3, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 63.094 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 63 - Self-Liquidating Navigation Districts|Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions|Section 63.094. Conduct of Election

Sec. 63.094.  CONDUCT OF ELECTION.  (a)  The election officers shall make and deliver the returns in triplicate.  One copy shall be retained by the presiding judge, one shall be delivered to the chairman of the commission, and one shall be delivered to the secretary.(b)  The ballot boxes and other election records and supplies shall be delivered to the secretary at the office of the district.  All boxes containing voted or mutilated ballots shall be preserved for six months, subject to the order of any court in which an election contest is filed.  The ballot boxes shall be destroyed after six months unless a contrary order is entered by a court of competent jurisdiction.(c)  The commission shall meet and canvass the returns of the election not less than five full days nor more than seven days after the election.  If the returns cannot be canvassed within seven days, they shall be canvassed as soon as possible after seven days.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 63.0945 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 63 - Self-Liquidating Navigation Districts|Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions|Section 63.0945. Write-in Candidates

Sec. 63.0945.  WRITE-IN CANDIDATES.  (a)  In an election to elect a commissioner, a write-in vote may not be counted unless the name written in appears on the list of write-in candidates.(b)  To be entitled to a place on the list of write-in candidates, a candidate must make a declaration of write-in candidacy.(c)  A declaration of write-in candidacy must be filed with the authority with whom an application for a place on the ballot is required to be filed in the election.(d)  A declaration of write-in candidacy must be filed not later than the deadline prescribed by Section 146.054, Election Code, for a write-in candidate in a city election.(e)  Subchapter B, Chapter 146, Election Code, applies to write-in voting in an election to elect a commissioner except to the extent of a conflict with this subchapter.(f)  Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1318, Sec. 51(4), eff. September 1, 2011.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1343, Sec. 3, eff. June 20, 1997.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 925, Sec. 8, eff. Nov. 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1109 (H.B. 2339), Sec. 35, eff. September 1, 2005.Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1318 (S.B. 100), Sec. 48, eff. September 1, 2011.Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1318 (S.B. 100), Sec. 51(4), eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Water Code § 63.095 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 63 - Self-Liquidating Navigation Districts|Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions|Section 63.095. Vacancies on Commission

Sec. 63.095.  VACANCIES ON COMMISSION.  (a)  A vacancy in the office of elected commissioner shall be filled by appointment by the commission itself for the unexpired term.(b)  If two vacancies occur at the same time, the remaining commissioner shall call a special election to fill the vacancies.(c)  If the remaining commissioner fails to call a special election within 15 days after the vacancies occur, or if the third place is vacant also, the judge of the district court of the judicial district in which the district is located may order the election on the petition of any voter or creditor of the district.  The district judge shall fix the date of the election, order the publication of notice of the election by the county clerk, and name the officers to hold the election.  The returns of an election held by order of the district judge shall be made and filed in the office of the clerk of the district court, and the clerk shall declare the result of the election.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 63.096 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 63 - Self-Liquidating Navigation Districts|Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions|Section 63.096. Commissioner's Oath

Sec. 63.096.  COMMISSIONER'S OATH.  Each commissioner shall subscribe an oath of office containing the applicable conditions provided by law for members of the commissioners court.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 63.097 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 63 - Self-Liquidating Navigation Districts|Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions|Section 63.097. Commissioner's Bond

Sec. 63.097.  COMMISSIONER'S BOND.  (a)  Each commissioner shall execute a good and sufficient bond for $1,000, payable to the district, conditioned on the faithful performance of his duties.(b)  The commissioner's bond shall be approved by the commission and by the district judge of the district court which has jurisdiction over the territory of the district.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.  Amended by Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 1129, ch. 427, Sec. 2, eff. June 14, 1973.|