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TX Water Code § 58.646 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter M. Taxation on the Benefit Basis|Section 58.646. Costs of Hearing

Sec. 58.646.  COSTS OF HEARING.  The commissioners may adjudge and apportion the costs of the hearing in any manner they consider equitable.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 58.647 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter M. Taxation on the Benefit Basis|Section 58.647. Commissioners' Decree

Sec. 58.647.  COMMISSIONERS' DECREE.  (a)  After the commissioners have made a final decision, they shall issue a decree confirming their report insofar as it remains unchanged and shall approve and confirm changes in the report.(b)  The final decree and judgment of the commissioners shall be entered in the minutes of the board, and certified copies shall be filed with the county clerk of each county in which part of the district is located and shall be notice to all persons of the contents and purpose of the decree.(c)  The findings of the commissioners which relate to benefits and damages to irrigable land in the district are final and conclusive.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.  Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1248, Sec. 74, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Water Code § 58.648 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter M. Taxation on the Benefit Basis|Section 58.648. Effect of Final Judgment and Decree

Sec. 58.648.  EFFECT OF FINAL JUDGMENT AND DECREE.  The final judgment and decree of the commissioners shall form the basis for all taxation in the district.  Taxes shall be apportioned and levied on each tract of irrigable land in the district in proportion to the net benefits to the land stated in the final judgment and decree.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 58.649 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter M. Taxation on the Benefit Basis|Section 58.649. Fixing Tax as Equal Sum on Each Acre

Sec. 58.649.  FIXING TAX AS EQUAL SUM ON EACH ACRE.  At the election at which the plan of taxation is determined or at any other time before the bonds are issued, the voters of any district operating under the provisions of Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution, may vote on the proposition of whether or not benefits for tax purposes shall be fixed as an equal sum on each acre of land that is irrigated or to be irrigated by gravity flow from the canal system of the district.  The benefit per acre shall be voted on as it is applied to land in the district that can be irrigated by gravity flow from the irrigation system, and also the benefit to land in the district that cannot be irrigated by gravity flow.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 58.650 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter M. Taxation on the Benefit Basis|Section 58.650. Election

Sec. 58.650.  ELECTION.  (a)  If the board desires to submit the question of whether or not to adopt the method of assessing benefits provided in Section 58.649 of this code, it shall order an election to be held in the district and shall submit the proposition in the manner provided for other district elections.(b)  The ballots for the election shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the proposition:  "Uniform assessment of benefits of $____ per acre on all irrigable land in the district."(c)  The board shall determine the amounts to fill the space in the proposition.  The amount of charge per acre may be found by dividing the number of acres of land into the amount of debt to be incurred by the district in providing for irrigation.(d)  If a majority of the persons voting in the election vote in favor of the proposition, it shall be adopted.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 58.651 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter M. Taxation on the Benefit Basis|Section 58.651. Setting Annual Value of Land Unnecessary

Sec. 58.651.  SETTING ANNUAL VALUE OF LAND UNNECESSARY.  If the district adopts the uniform acreage valuation for taxation, the valuation shall be applied to all irrigable land in the district, and it is not necessary to annually fix the value of the land.  It is also unnecessary for the board to appoint a commission to ascertain or fix the value of the improvement to particular land.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.  Amended by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 2321, ch. 841, Sec. 4(r), eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
TX Water Code § 58.652 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter M. Taxation on the Benefit Basis|Section 58.652. Preparing Tax Rolls

Sec. 58.652.  PREPARING TAX ROLLS.  (a)  The board shall examine the tax rolls to determine if all property subject to taxation appears on the tax rolls.  The board shall add to the tax roll any property which was left off and shall examine, correct, and certify the tax roll.(b)  Any property owner may protest to the board that his property has not been properly classified.  The board shall consider the protest and enter its findings in the minutes in the manner provided by law.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.  Amended by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 2321, ch. 841, Sec. 4(r), eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
TX Water Code § 58.653 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter M. Taxation on the Benefit Basis|Section 58.653. Rendition of Property

Sec. 58.653.  RENDITION OF PROPERTY.  Land which is taxed on the uniform acreage valuation shall be rendered for taxation as subject to irrigation.  When land is rendered, the value need not be stated, and it is unnecessary for the person rendering the property to include the value of the land in an affidavit or for the assessor and collector to set a value on the land.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 58.654 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter M. Taxation on the Benefit Basis|Section 58.654. Law Governing Administration of Benefit Tax Plan

Sec. 58.654.  LAW GOVERNING ADMINISTRATION OF BENEFIT TAX PLAN.  In a district that levies taxes on a benefit basis, the rate of taxation and the assessment and collection of taxes shall be governed by the law relating to ad valorem taxes to the extent applicable.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.  Amended by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 2321, ch. 841, Sec. 4(r), eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
TX Water Code § 58.655 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter M. Taxation on the Benefit Basis|Section 58.655. Irrigating Nonirrigable Land

Sec. 58.655.  IRRIGATING NONIRRIGABLE LAND.  If land which is classified as nonirrigable is later irrigated by the district, before the owner of the land receives the water, he shall pay to the district an amount equal to the entire amount that would have been charged to the owner if the land had been originally classified as irrigable.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 58.702 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter N. Adding and Excluding Territory and Consolidating Districts|Section 58.702. Exclusion of Nonagricultural and Nonirrigable Land From the District

 Sec. 58.702.  EXCLUSION OF NONAGRICULTURAL AND NONIRRIGABLE LAND FROM THE DISTRICT.  After the district is organized, acquires facilities with which to function as an irrigation district, and votes, issues, and sells bonds for the purposes for which the district was organized, land within the district subject to taxation which is not agricultural land or cannot be irrigated in a practicable manner may be excluded from the district by complying with the provisions of Sections 58.703-58.713 of this code.  The land may also be excluded pursuant to the provisions contained in either Chapter 119, Acts of the 47th Legislature, Regular Session, 1941, as amended, or Chapter 86, Acts of the 62nd Legislature, Regular Session, 1971, in the same manner as if the district was a water control and improvement district.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 58.703 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter N. Adding and Excluding Territory and Consolidating Districts|Section 58.703. Prerequisite to Application for Exclusion

Sec. 58.703.  PREREQUISITE TO APPLICATION FOR EXCLUSION.  The owner of land in the district which is not agricultural land or cannot be irrigated in a practicable manner may apply for its exclusion from the district if all taxes levied and assessed by the district on the land to be excluded have been fully paid, including all bond tax and flat water rate assessment.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 58.704 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter N. Adding and Excluding Territory and Consolidating Districts|Section 58.704. Substituting Land of Equal Acreage and Value

Sec. 58.704.  SUBSTITUTING LAND OF EQUAL ACREAGE AND VALUE.  Land which can be irrigated in a practicable manner of at least equal acreage and equal value to the land being excluded must be added to the district simultaneously with the exclusion of the nonagricultural or nonirrigable land.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 58.705 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter N. Adding and Excluding Territory and Consolidating Districts|Section 58.705. Securing Application to Substitute Land

Sec. 58.705.  SECURING APPLICATION TO SUBSTITUTE LAND.  The board may require an owner of land in the district who has applied for the exclusion of his nonagricultural or nonirrigable land from the district to procure an application of the owner of land adjoining the boundaries or the canals of the district, and capable of being irrigated in a practicable manner from the facilities of the district, for inclusion in the district of his land in an amount and value at least equal to the land which is to be excluded under the application of the owner of nonagricultural or nonirrigable land.  Each application shall set forth the facts concerning the land to be excluded from and the land to be added to the district, including evidence of their reasonable market value.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 58.706 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter N. Adding and Excluding Territory and Consolidating Districts|Section 58.706. Application of Owner of New Land to Be Substituted

Sec. 58.706.  APPLICATION OF OWNER OF NEW LAND TO BE SUBSTITUTED.  The owner of the new land to be added shall submit an application setting forth that the owner of the new land assumes the payment of all taxes to be levied on his land by the district after the date the land is added to the district.  The application also shall set forth an agreement by the owner of the new land that the land will be subject to future taxes for bond tax and flat rate and all other assessments levied and assessed by the district as though the land had been incorporated originally in the district.  The application also shall contain an agreement by the owner of the new land that the land will be subject to the same liens and provisions as all other land in the district and subject to the statutes governing all other land in the district.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 58.707 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter N. Adding and Excluding Territory and Consolidating Districts|Section 58.707. Consent of Outstanding Bondholders

Sec. 58.707.  CONSENT OF OUTSTANDING BONDHOLDERS.  (a)  The board shall communicate the contents of the applications to exclude nonagricultural or nonirrigable land and to include an equal amount of irrigable land to the holders of outstanding bonds voted, issued, sold, and delivered by the district and payable from taxes levied on property in the district.(b)  If the consent in writing of 95 percent or more of the bondholders to the plan is filed with the board, the board may hold a hearing on the applications.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 58.708 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter N. Adding and Excluding Territory and Consolidating Districts|Section 58.708. Notice of Hearing on Applications

Sec. 58.708.  NOTICE OF HEARING ON APPLICATIONS.  The board shall give notice of the hearing on the applications by publishing the time, place, and nature of the hearing one time in a newspaper published in a county in which all or part of the district is located.  The newspaper must have been published regularly for more than 12 months preceding the date of the publication of the notice and must have circulation in the district.  The notice shall be published not less than 10 days nor more than 20 days before the date of the hearing.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 58.709 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter N. Adding and Excluding Territory and Consolidating Districts|Section 58.709. Hearing Procedure

Sec. 58.709.  HEARING PROCEDURE.  The board shall hear all interested parties and all evidence in connection with the applications.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 58.710 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter N. Adding and Excluding Territory and Consolidating Districts|Section 58.710. Board's Resolution to Substitute Land

Sec. 58.710.  BOARD'S RESOLUTION TO SUBSTITUTE LAND.  If the board finds that all the conditions provided for the exclusion of land and inclusion of other land in the district exist, it may adopt and enter in its minutes a resolution to exclude land which is nonagricultural or nonirrigable in a practicable manner and include land which may be irrigated from the facilities of the district in a practicable manner.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 58.711 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter N. Adding and Excluding Territory and Consolidating Districts|Section 58.711. Liability of Excluded and Included Land

Sec. 58.711.  LIABILITY OF EXCLUDED AND INCLUDED LAND.  The land excluded from the district is free from any lien or liability created on the excluded land by reason of its having been included in the district.  Land added to the district is subject to all laws, liens, and provisions governing the district and the land in the district.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 58.712 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter N. Adding and Excluding Territory and Consolidating Districts|Section 58.712. Duty to Advise Commission

Sec. 58.712.  DUTY TO ADVISE COMMISSION.  The board shall furnish the commission a detailed description of the land excluded and a detailed description of the land included within 30 days after the exclusion and inclusion of land under the provisions of Sections 58.702-58.711 of this code.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.  Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 961, ch. 367, Sec. 1, eff. June 10, 1981.|
TX Water Code § 58.713 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter N. Adding and Excluding Territory and Consolidating Districts|Section 58.713. Right to Serve New Land Included in District

Sec. 58.713.  RIGHT TO SERVE NEW LAND INCLUDED IN DISTRICT.  The district has the same right to furnish water service to the included land that it previously had to furnish service to the excluded land.  The mere inclusion of a larger total acreage than that excluded does not give the district the right to irrigate a larger total acreage or to appropriate a larger quantity or volume of public water for irrigation than the district would have had the right to irrigate or to appropriate before the exclusion and inclusion of the land.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 58.726 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter N. Adding and Excluding Territory and Consolidating Districts|Section 58.726. Consolidation of Districts

Sec. 58.726.  CONSOLIDATION OF DISTRICTS.  Two or more districts governed by the provisions of this chapter may consolidate into one district as provided by Sections 58.727-58.730 of this code.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 58.727 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter N. Adding and Excluding Territory and Consolidating Districts|Section 58.727. Elections to Approve Consolidation

Sec. 58.727.  ELECTIONS TO APPROVE CONSOLIDATION.  (a)  After the directors of each district have agreed on the terms and conditions of consolidation, they shall order an election in each district to determine whether the districts should be consolidated.(b)  The directors of each district shall order the election to be held on the same day in each district and shall give notice of the election for at least 20 days in the manner provided by law for other elections.(c)  The districts may be consolidated only if the electors in each district vote in favor of the consolidation.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 58.728 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter N. Adding and Excluding Territory and Consolidating Districts|Section 58.728. Governing Consolidated Districts

Sec. 58.728.  GOVERNING CONSOLIDATED DISTRICTS.  (a)  After two or more districts are consolidated, they become one district, except for the payment of debts created before consolidation, and are governed as one district.(b)  During a period of 90 days after the date of the election to approve consolidation, the officers of each district shall continue to act jointly as officers of the original districts to wind up the affairs of their respective districts.(c)  The consolidation agreement may provide that the officers of the original districts shall continue to act jointly as officers of the consolidated district until the next general election or name persons to serve as officers of the consolidated district until the next general election if all officers of the original districts agree to resign.(d)  New officers of the consolidated district must qualify as officers of the district within the period of 90 days after the election and shall assume their offices at the expiration of the 90-day period.(e)  The current board shall approve the bond of each new officer.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 58.729 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter N. Adding and Excluding Territory and Consolidating Districts|Section 58.729. Debts of Original Districts

Sec. 58.729.  DEBTS OF ORIGINAL DISTRICTS.  After two or more districts are consolidated, the debts of the original districts are protected and are not impaired.  These debts may be paid by taxes or assessments levied on the land in the original districts as if they had not consolidated or contributions from the consolidated district on terms stated in the consolidation agreement.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 58.730 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter N. Adding and Excluding Territory and Consolidating Districts|Section 58.730. Assessment and Collection of Taxes

Sec. 58.730.  ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF TAXES.  After consolidation, the officers of the consolidated district shall assess and collect taxes on property in the original district to pay debts created by the original district.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 58.731 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter N. Adding and Excluding Territory and Consolidating Districts|Section 58.731. Exclusion of Certain Nonirrigated Land

Sec. 58.731.  EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN NONIRRIGATED LAND.  The board may exclude from the district land that is not being irrigated as provided by Sections 51.759 through 51.766.  This section applies only to land that is eligible for exclusion under Section 51.759.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 42, Sec. 3, eff. Aug. 28, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 58.781 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter O. Dissolution of District|Section 58.781. Dissolution of District Prior to Issuance of Bonds

Sec. 58.781.  DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF BONDS.  (a)  If the electors of a district reject the proposal to issue construction bonds by a constitutional or statutory majority vote, the board must dissolve the district and liquidate the affairs of the district as provided in Sections 58.781-58.792 of this code.(b)  Subject to the provisions of Subchapter G of Chapter 50 of this code, if a district finds at any time before the authorization of construction bonds or the final lending of its credit in another form that the proposed undertaking for any reason is impracticable or apparently cannot be successfully and beneficially accomplished, the board may issue notice of a hearing on a proposal to dissolve the district.(c)  Subject to the provisions of Subchapter G of Chapter 50 of this code, if 20 percent of the qualified voters of a district petition the board for a hearing on a proposal to dissolve the district and deposit with the board an amount estimated to cover the actual cost of giving notice and holding the hearing, the board shall publish notice of the hearing within 10 days and shall hold the hearing within 40 days after the filing of the petition, as provided in Sections 58.782-58.785 of this code.  If the finding is against the petition, the deposit shall be applied to pay the cost of giving notice and holding the hearing.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.|