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TX Water Code § 51.025 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 51 - Water Control and Improvement Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 51.025. Single-County District: Judgment of District Court; Appeal

Sec. 51.025.  SINGLE-COUNTY DISTRICT:  JUDGMENT OF DISTRICT COURT;  APPEAL.  (a)  In the appeal, the district court shall apply to the determination its full powers to the end that substantial justice may be done.(b)  An appeal from the judgment of the district court may be taken as in other civil causes, but appeals filed under Section 51.022 of this code shall be given precedence on the docket of any higher court over all causes which are not of similar public concern.(c)  The final judgment of the district court, or other court to which an appeal may be prosecuted, shall be certified and transmitted to the clerk of the commissioners court with all original documents and processes which were transmitted from the commissioners court to the district court on appeal.(d)  The commissioners court shall enter its order on the petition to conform to the decree entered by the court of final jurisdiction and shall enter other and further orders as may be required by law to execute the intent of the certified decree.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 51.026 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 51 - Water Control and Improvement Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 51.026. Single-County District: Appointment of Directors; Bond

Sec. 51.026.  SINGLE-COUNTY DISTRICT:  APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS;  BOND.  (a)  If the commissioners court grants a petition for creation of a district, it shall appoint five directors who shall serve until their successors are elected or appointed in accordance with law.(b)  Each director shall, within 15 days after appointment, file his official bond in the office of the county clerk, and the county clerk shall present the bond to the county judge for approval.  The county judge shall pass on the bond and approve it, if it is proper and sufficient, or disapprove it and shall endorse his action on the bond and return it to the county clerk.(c)  If approved, the bond of a director shall be recorded in a record kept for that purpose in the office of the county clerk, but if a bond is not approved, a new bond may be furnished within 10 days after disapproval.(d)  If any director appointed under this section fails to qualify, the commissioners court shall appoint another person to replace him.(e)  Each director appointed under this section shall take the oath of office as provided by Section 51.078 of this code.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 51.027 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 51 - Water Control and Improvement Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 51.027. Multi-County District: Hearing by Commission

Sec. 51.027.  MULTI-COUNTY DISTRICT:  HEARING BY COMMISSION.  (a)  The commission shall have exclusive jurisdiction and power to hear and determine all petitions for creation of a district which will include land or property located in two or more counties.(b)  The orders of the commission concerning the organization of a district shall be final, unless an appeal is taken from the orders as provided in this subchapter.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 51.028 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 51 - Water Control and Improvement Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 51.028. Multi-County District: Notice of Hearing

Sec. 51.028.  MULTI-COUNTY DISTRICT:  NOTICE OF HEARING.  (a)  When a petition is filed, the commission shall give notice of an application in the manner provided in Section 49.011 and may conduct a hearing on the application if the commission determines that a hearing is necessary under that section.(b)  Further, the notice shall be posted at the courthouse door, on the bulletin board used for posting legal notices, in each county in which the district may be located.(c)  The notice shall be published in one or more newspapers with general circulation in the area of the proposed district.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1070, Sec. 25, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Water Code § 51.031 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 51 - Water Control and Improvement Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 51.031. Multi-County District: Appeal From Commission Decision

Sec. 51.031.  MULTI-COUNTY DISTRICT:  APPEAL FROM COMMISSION DECISION.  (a)  When the commission grants or refuses a petition, any person who comes within the requirements specified in Sections 51.020-51.025 of this code may prosecute an appeal from the judgment of the commission under Sections 51.022-51.025 of this code.(b)  The appeal may be taken to any district court in any county in which part of the proposed district is located or to a district court in Travis County.(c)  The time within which an appeal bond may be approved and filed is 15 days after the entry of the final order by the commission.(d)  On the perfection of the appeal, the appellant shall pay the actual cost of the transcript of the record, which will be assessed as part of the costs incurred on the appeal.(e)  Whenever practicable, the original documents and processes with the returns attached shall be sent to the district court.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 51.032 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 51 - Water Control and Improvement Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 51.032. Multi-County District: Appointment of Directors by Commission; Bond

Sec. 51.032.  MULTI-COUNTY DISTRICT:  APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS BY COMMISSION;  BOND.  (a)  If the commission grants the petition for creation of the district, it shall appoint five directors, who shall serve until their successors are elected or appointed.(b)  A certified copy of the order of the commission granting a petition and naming the directors shall be filed in the office of the county clerk of each county in which a portion of the district is located.(c)  Each director named in the order shall, within 15 days after appointment, file his official bond in the office of the county clerk of the county of his residence.  The county clerk shall present the bond to the county judge for approval.(d)  The county judge shall act on each bond in the manner provided in Section 51.026 of this code.(e)  If any director appointed under this section fails to qualify, the commissioners court of the county in which he lives shall appoint some qualified person to replace him.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 51.035 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 51 - Water Control and Improvement Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 51.035. Inclusion of City, Town, or Municipal Corporation in District

Sec. 51.035.  INCLUSION OF CITY, TOWN, OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION IN DISTRICT.  (a)  No city, town, or municipal corporation may be included within any district created under this chapter unless the proposition for the creation of the district has been adopted by a majority of the electors in the city, town, or municipal corporation.(b)  Any municipal corporation included within a district shall be a separate voting district, and the ballots cast within the municipal corporation shall be counted and canvassed separately from the remainder of the district.(c)  No district which includes a city, town, or municipal corporation may include land outside of the municipal corporation unless the election to confirm and ratify the creation of the district favors the creation of the district independent of the vote within the municipal corporation.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 51.036 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 51 - Water Control and Improvement Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 51.036. Confirmation Election in District Including Land in More Than One County

Sec. 51.036.  CONFIRMATION ELECTION IN DISTRICT INCLUDING LAND IN MORE THAN ONE COUNTY.  No district, the major portion of which is located in one county, may be organized to include land in another county unless the election held in the other county to confirm and ratify the creation of the district is adopted by those voting in the other county.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 51.037 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 51 - Water Control and Improvement Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 51.037. Exclusion of Parts of District; Dissolution

Sec. 51.037.  EXCLUSION OF PARTS OF DISTRICT;  DISSOLUTION.  (a)  If any portion of a district governed by Sections 51.035 and 51.036 of this code, votes against the creation of the district and the remainder of the district votes for the creation, the district is confirmed and ratified in those portions of the district voting for the creation, and the district is composed only of those portions.(b)  The excluded portions of the district shall be excluded from all debts and obligations incurred after the election;  however, all land and property included in the original district shall be subject to the payment of taxes for the payment of all debts and obligations, including organization expenses, incurred while it was a part of the district.(c)  If a district is created and portions of the proposed district are excluded by the vote in those portions, 10 percent of the voters in the district may file with the board a petition asking for a new election on the issue.  A new election shall be ordered and held for the remaining portion of the district or the district organization may be dissolved by order of the board and a new district formed.(d)  A petition requesting a new election shall be filed within 30 days after the day on which the result of the election is canvassed and declared by the board.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 51.038 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 51 - Water Control and Improvement Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 51.038. Municipal Districts

Sec. 51.038.  MUNICIPAL DISTRICTS.  (a)  A district operating under the provisions of this chapter may, by order of the board entered in the minutes, become a "municipal district."(b)  To become a municipal district, a district shall have a taxing power unlimited as to rate and amount and may not have outstanding or authorized bond obligations exceeding 20 percent of the established assessable, taxable evaluation of the real estate subject to the district's taxing power.  In computing outstanding or authorized bond obligations, the bond obligations which may be retired by the district out of revenues from sources other than the income from district taxation shall not be included.(c)  To be eligible to become a municipal district, a district:(1)  shall embrace the total area of a municipal corporation which has bond obligations which may be declared eligible for purchase by savings banks and trusts under the acts of the State of New York, and which has plans designed for furnishing, in whole or in part, a water supply, sanitation facilities, flood protection, or other service inuring to the general benefit of the inhabitants of the embraced city;  or(2)  shall have a population, according to the last preceding federal census, of at least 30,000 persons and have established assessable real estate values of at least $50 million.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 51.039 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 51 - Water Control and Improvement Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 51.039. Bonds of Municipal Districts

Sec. 51.039.  BONDS OF MUNICIPAL DISTRICTS.  (a)  A district operating under Section 51.038 of this code may issue bonds which bear the legend "municipal bond."(b)  Bonds issued in compliance with this section and with Section 51.038 of this code shall be eligible for investment of the funds of:(1)  state banks, trust funds, and savings banks;(2)  insurance companies, for the purpose of holding the bonds as legal reserves against liability under their contracts for insurance or for investment of an accumulated surplus;(3)  counties, cities, towns, and other political bodies, for the purpose of investing the accumulated sinking fund money of those bodies;(4)  the State Board of Education and the regents of The University of Texas System;  and(5)  trustees, receivers, administrators, and guardians administering funds under orders of a court.(c)  Municipal bonds issued under this section, when in the lawful possession of any person, shall be lawful reserves, where reserves are required by law.(d)  The bonds are eligible for deposit with the banking and insurance departments of Texas in all cases where deposit, pledge, or security is required by law.(e)  The bonds shall be lawful security for any bank designated as an official depository for a political body under the laws of Texas.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 51.040 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 51 - Water Control and Improvement Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 51.040. Conversion of Certain Districts Into Districts Operating Under This Chapter

Sec. 51.040.  CONVERSION OF CERTAIN DISTRICTS INTO DISTRICTS OPERATING UNDER THIS CHAPTER.  (a)  Any water improvement district, levee improvement district, or irrigation district created under Article III, Section 52, of the Texas Constitution, or under Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution, or any conservation and reclamation district created under Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution, may be converted to a district operating under this chapter.(b)  The governing body of a district which desires to convert into a district operating under this chapter shall adopt and enter in the minutes of the governing body a resolution declaring that, in its judgment, conversion into a water control and improvement district operating under this chapter and under Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution, would serve the best interest of the district and would be a benefit to the land and property included in the district.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 51.041 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 51 - Water Control and Improvement Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 51.041. Conversion of District; Notice

Sec. 51.041.  CONVERSION OF DISTRICT;  NOTICE.  (a)  Notice of the adoption of a resolution under Section 51.040 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 time 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 § 51.042 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 51 - Water Control and Improvement Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 51.042. Conversion of District; Findings

Sec. 51.042.  CONVERSION OF DISTRICT;  FINDINGS.  (a)  If, on a hearing, the governing body of the district finds that conversion of the district into one 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 and the district shall become a district operating under this chapter.(b)  If the governing body 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 findings of the governing body of a district entered under this section are 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 § 51.043 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 51 - Water Control and Improvement Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 51.043. Effect of Conversion

Sec. 51.043.  EFFECT OF CONVERSION.  A district which converts into a district operating under this chapter shall:(1)  be constituted a water control and improvement district operating under and governed by this chapter;(2)  be a conservation and reclamation district under the provisions of Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution;  and(3)  have and may exercise all the powers, authority, functions, and privileges provided in this chapter in the same manner and to the same extent as if the district had been created under this chapter.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 51.044 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 51 - Water Control and Improvement Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 51.044. Reservation of Certain Powers for Converted Districts

Sec. 51.044.  RESERVATION OF CERTAIN POWERS FOR CONVERTED DISTRICTS.  (a)  Any water improvement district, water control and preservation district, fresh water supply district, levee improvement district, drainage district, or navigation district, after conversion under Section 51.040 of this code, may continue to exercise all necessary specific powers under any specific conditions provided by the chapter of this code under which the district was operating before conversion.(b)  At the time of making the order of conversion, the governing body shall specify in the order the specific provisions of the chapter of the code under which the district had been operating which are to be preserved and made applicable to the operations of the district after conversion into a district operating under this chapter.(c)  A reservation of a former power under Subsection (a) of this section may be made only if this chapter does not make specific provision concerning a matter necessary to the effectual operation of the converted district.(d)  In all cases in which this chapter does make specific provision, this chapter shall, after conversion, control the operations and procedure of the converted district.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 51.045 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 51 - Water Control and Improvement Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 51.045. Conversion of a District Operating Under This Chapter to a Fresh Water Supply District

Sec. 51.045.  CONVERSION OF A DISTRICT OPERATING UNDER THIS CHAPTER TO A FRESH WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT.  (a)  Any district operating under this chapter may be converted into a district operating as a fresh water supply district under Chapter 53 of this code in the manner provided in this section.(b)  The governing body of a district desiring to convert under this section shall adopt a resolution declaring that, in its judgment, conversion of the district into one operating under Chapter 53 of this code and under the provisions of Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution, would be in the best interest of the district and would be a benefit to the land and property in the district.(c)  The resolution shall provide for a public hearing on the proposition at a date to be fixed by the governing body not less than 15 days nor more than 30 days from the date of the resolution.(d)  Notice of the hearing shall be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper with general circulation in the area in which the district is located.  The first publication shall be not less than 14 days before the time set for the hearing.  The notice shall contain a copy of the resolution or a substantial statement of the matters contained in the resolution.(e)  At the hearing, any person may appear and offer testimony and other evidence.(f)  If, on hearing, the board finds that the conversion of the district operating under this chapter into one operating under Chapter 53 of this code would be in the best interest of the district and would be a benefit to the land and property in the district, it shall enter an order declaring the district to be one operating under Chapter 53 of this code, and thereafter, the district shall operate under the provisions of Chapter 53.(g)  If the board finds that conversion would not be in the best interest of the district and would not be a benefit to the land and property in the district, it shall enter its order to that effect and the district shall continue to operate under this chapter.(h)  The findings of the governing body shall be final and not subject to review or appeal.(i)  Nothing in this section may be construed to authorize the impairment of any existing contract.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 51.046 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 51 - Water Control and Improvement Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 51.046. Organization of District to Conduct Preliminary Surveys

Sec. 51.046.  ORGANIZATION OF DISTRICT TO CONDUCT PRELIMINARY SURVEYS.  A district may be organized for the sole purpose of conducting preliminary surveys to determine whether or not improvements are needed and what improvements, if any, are required to promote the public welfare.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 51.047 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 51 - Water Control and Improvement Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 51.047. Creation of Master District

Sec. 51.047.  CREATION OF MASTER DISTRICT.  A master district may be created under this chapter and may include all or any part of the area of one or more districts created and operating under the provisions of this chapter or Chapters 53, 55, 56, 57, 60-63 of this code or Chapter 3, Title 128, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, 1925.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|