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TX Water Code § 51.750 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 51 - Water Control and Improvement Districts|Subchapter O. Adding and Excluding Territory and Consolidating Districts|Section 51.750. Governing Resulting Districts

Sec. 51.750.  GOVERNING RESULTING DISTRICTS.  (a)  After the original district is divided into two or more districts, the resulting districts shall be separate districts and shall be governed as separate districts.(b)  During a period of 90 days after the date of the election to approve division, the board of the original district shall continue to act in behalf of the original district to wind up the affairs of the original district.(c)  The directors of the original district shall continue to act as directors of one of the resulting districts until the next general election and shall name persons to serve as temporary directors of each of the other resulting districts until an election is held on the next uniform election date for elections set forth in Section 41.001, Election Code, for the election of permanent directors.  Upon the election of such directors, the three directors receiving the greatest number of votes shall serve until May of the first even-numbered year after the expiration of four years from the date of the election and two directors shall serve until May of the first even-numbered year after the expiration of two years from the date of the election.(d)  The temporary directors of each of the resulting districts must qualify as directors of the district pursuant to Section 51.072 within the period of 90 days after the election approving the division of the original district and shall assume their offices at the expiration of the 90-day period.(e)  The board of each of the resulting districts shall approve the bond of each director.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 280, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 51.751 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 51 - Water Control and Improvement Districts|Subchapter O. Adding and Excluding Territory and Consolidating Districts|Section 51.751. Current Obligations of Original District

Sec. 51.751.  CURRENT OBLIGATIONS OF ORIGINAL DISTRICT.  After the division of the original district into two or more districts, the current obligations and any bond authorizations of the original district are protected and are not impaired.  These debts may be paid by taxes, revenues, or assessments levied on the land in the original district as if it had not divided or contributions from each of the resulting districts on terms stated in the division proposed by the board and approved by the election under Section 51.749 of this code.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 280, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1989.|
TX Water Code § 51.752 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 51 - Water Control and Improvement Districts|Subchapter O. Adding and Excluding Territory and Consolidating Districts|Section 51.752. Powers of Resulting Districts

Sec. 51.752.  POWERS OF RESULTING DISTRICTS.  (a)  After division, each of the resulting districts shall have all of the power to incur and pay debts created by each district and shall in every respect have the full power and authority of a district created and governed by the provision of this chapter.(b)  Each of the resulting districts shall have the authority to contract with one another for the provision of water, wastewater, and such other matters as the board of directors of each of the districts deems appropriate.(c)  Each of the resulting districts shall assume the obligations of the original district under any agreements or resolutions consenting to the creation of the original district imposed by any municipality having jurisdiction over such creation to the extent that such agreements and resolutions (i) are applicable, (ii) are not contrary to any other law or the provisions of this chapter, and (iii) do not impose obligations that limit the district's powers and authority to issue bonds for any purpose authorized under this chapter.  Any such obligations that so limit the district's powers and authority to issue bonds for any purpose authorized under this chapter are void.(d)  Any other obligations of the original district shall be divided pro rata among the resulting districts either on an acreage basis or on such other terms as are satisfactory to such resulting districts.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 280, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 778, Sec. 3, eff. June 16, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 51.753 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 51 - Water Control and Improvement Districts|Subchapter O. Adding and Excluding Territory and Consolidating Districts|Section 51.753. Notice of Resulting Districts

Sec. 51.753.  NOTICE OF RESULTING DISTRICTS.  Within 30 days after the election within the original district that confirms a plan for division, the original district shall provide written notice of such plan to the commission, the attorney general, the commissioners court of any county in which such original district is located, and any municipality having extraterritorial jurisdiction over the land within the original district.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 280, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 11.323, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 51.754 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 51 - Water Control and Improvement Districts|Subchapter O. Adding and Excluding Territory and Consolidating Districts|Section 51.754. Exclusion of Land From District Without Indebtedness

Sec. 51.754.  EXCLUSION OF LAND FROM DISTRICT WITHOUT INDEBTEDNESS.  An original district governed by the provisions of this chapter that does not have any outstanding indebtedness secured by the taxes or net revenues of the district may exclude land from the district as provided by Sections 51.754 through 51.758 of this code.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 280, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1989.|
TX Water Code § 51.755 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 51 - Water Control and Improvement Districts|Subchapter O. Adding and Excluding Territory and Consolidating Districts|Section 51.755. Application to Exclude Land

Sec. 51.755.  APPLICATION TO EXCLUDE LAND.  (a)  A petition for exclusion of land under Sections 51.748 through 51.758 of this code must accurately describe the land to be excluded by metes and bounds or by reference to a plat recorded in the plat records of the county or counties in which the original district is located.(b)  The petition must be signed by the owner or owners of the land to be excluded, or by at least 10 percent of the owners of the land to be excluded, or by five or more of the owners if the number of owners is more than 50, and must be filed with the district at least 15 days before the hearing on the petition for exclusion and shall clearly state the particular grounds on which the exclusion is sought.  Only the ground stated in the petition shall be considered.  Notice of the hearing shall be published by the board once a week for two consecutive weeks in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the original district.  The first publication shall appear at least 15 days and not more than 40 days before the date of the hearing.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 280, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1989.|
TX Water Code § 51.756 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 51 - Water Control and Improvement Districts|Subchapter O. Adding and Excluding Territory and Consolidating Districts|Section 51.756. Findings by the Board

Sec. 51.756.  FINDINGS BY THE BOARD.  Before determining to exclude any land under Sections 51.754 through 51.758 of this code, the board shall find that the district has no obligations that will be impaired by the exclusion of the land, the district will incur no obligations because of that exclusion, and that the exclusion is in the best interest of the district.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 280, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1989.|
TX Water Code § 51.757 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 51 - Water Control and Improvement Districts|Subchapter O. Adding and Excluding Territory and Consolidating Districts|Section 51.757. Excluding Land

Sec. 51.757.  EXCLUDING LAND.  (a)  After considering all engineering data and other evidence presented to it, if the board makes the findings provided in Section 51.756 of this code and determines that it would be in the best interest of the district to exclude the land, the board shall enter an order excluding all land meeting the conditions and shall redefine the boundaries of the original district in order to embrace all land not excluded.  In the event the land to be excluded contains water or wastewater customers of the district, such customers shall remain customers of the district, and owners of lots to which district water and wastewater facilities have already been extended shall also be allowed to connect to the district's system and shall be customers of the district.(b)  Except as provided by Subsection (d) of this section, an order excluding land pursuant to a petition signed by the owner or owners of the land to be excluded takes effect on the date the board enters the order.(c)  Except as provided by Subsection (d) of this section, an order excluding land pursuant to a petition signed by less than all of the owners of the land to be excluded takes effect:(1)  if the district does not receive a timely petition under Section 51.758 of this code on the day following the deadline for submission of a petition;  or(2)  if the district receives timely petition under Section 51.758 of this code and the exclusion is ratified at an election held for that purpose.(d)  Before an order excluding land under Sections 51.754 through 51.758 of this code becomes effective, all taxes levied and assessed by the district on the land to be excluded shall be fully paid.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 280, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1989.|
TX Water Code § 51.758 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 51 - Water Control and Improvement Districts|Subchapter O. Adding and Excluding Territory and Consolidating Districts|Section 51.758. Notice of Certain Exclusions; Petition for Ratification Election

Sec. 51.758.  NOTICE OF CERTAIN EXCLUSIONS;  PETITION FOR RATIFICATION ELECTION.  (a)  If the board issues an order excluding land pursuant to a petition signed by less than all of the owners of the land to be excluded, the board shall publish notice describing the excluded land and stating that the exclusion becomes final if the district does not receive, not later than the 35th day after the date of the board's order, a petition requesting a ratification election that is signed by at least 10 percent of the qualified voters that reside in the land area to be excluded.(b)  The board shall publish the notice required by Subsection (a) of this section once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the district.  The first notice must be published not later than the fifth day after the date of the board's order.(c)  If the district receives, not later than the 35th day after the date of the board's order, a petition requesting a ratification election that is signed by at least 10 percent of the qualified voters that reside in the land area to be excluded, the order does not take effect unless approved by a majority vote at a ratification election held for that purpose of the residents of the district.(d)  The notice of the election, the manner and the time of giving the notice, the manner of holding the election, and qualifications of the voters are governed by Subchapter E of this chapter.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 280, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1989.|
TX Water Code § 51.759 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 51 - Water Control and Improvement Districts|Subchapter O. Adding and Excluding Territory and Consolidating Districts|Section 51.759. Exclusion of Certain Nonirrigated Land

Sec. 51.759.  EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN NONIRRIGATED LAND.  (a)  If a district is principally engaged in providing water for agricultural irrigation or the primary purpose of the district is to provide water for agricultural irrigation, by complying with Sections 51.760 through 51.766, the board may exclude from the district land that is not being irrigated because:(1)  the land is not irrigable;(2)  the owners of a majority of the acreage of the land no longer intend to irrigate the land;(3)  the land has been subdivided into town lots, town lots and blocks, or small parcels having the same general nature of town lots, including lots and blocks designed, intended, or suitable for a residential, commercial, or other nonagricultural purpose;  or(4)  the land is located on subdivided land and is:(A)  designated as a street, alley, parkway, or park;  or(B)  a railroad property or right-of-way.(b)  Land described by Subsection (a) may be excluded regardless of whether:(1)  the land is within or near municipal boundaries;  or(2)  a plat or map of the land has been filed for record in the office of the county clerk of the county in which any part of the land is located.(c)  The board may not exclude land described by Subsection (a) if the land has been used for an agricultural purpose within the year preceding the date of the hearing held under Section 51.761.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 42, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 51.760 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 51 - Water Control and Improvement Districts|Subchapter O. Adding and Excluding Territory and Consolidating Districts|Section 51.760. Initiating Exclusion

Sec. 51.760.  INITIATING EXCLUSION.  (a)  A petition to exclude land may be filed with the board by the owners of a majority in acreage of land described by Section 51.759 that is located in the district.(b)  The petition must accurately describe the land to be excluded by metes and bounds or lot and block number.  A petition for exclusion of other property must describe the property to be excluded.(c)  The board may initiate a proceeding to exclude land without receiving a petition by holding a hearing on its own motion and issuing an order as provided by Section 51.761.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 42, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 51.761 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 51 - Water Control and Improvement Districts|Subchapter O. Adding and Excluding Territory and Consolidating Districts|Section 51.761. Hearing, Notice, and Order of Exclusion

Sec. 51.761.  HEARING, NOTICE, AND ORDER OF EXCLUSION.  (a)  On the board's motion or on receipt of a petition to exclude land, the board shall give notice and hold a hearing on the proposed exclusion.(b)  The board shall publish notice of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the district once each week for two consecutive weeks.  The first publication must appear at least 14 days before the date of the hearing.(c)  The notice must advise interested property owners in the district:(1)  of the right to offer evidence in support of or to contest the proposed exclusion;(2)  of the right to present a petition for exclusion under Sections 51.759 through 51.766;(3)  of the date, time, and place of the hearing;  and(4)  by a general description of the property proposed for exclusion.(d)  The board may adjourn the hearing from one day to another until the board hears every person who desires to be heard.(e)  The board shall specifically describe all property that it proposes to exclude on its own motion.(f)  In a hearing on exclusion of property on the board's own motion, the board shall hear protests and evidence against the exclusion before the board hears any other evidence or matter.(g)  The board shall issue an order excluding the property if after considering evidence presented at the hearing the board finds that:(1)  the described property is eligible for exclusion under Section 51.759;(2)  if applicable, the written consent required by Section 51.762 has been filed;(3)  the owners of the property to be excluded do not object to the exclusion;  and(4)  to exclude the property from the district is in the best interest of the district and of the property.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 42, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 51.762 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 51 - Water Control and Improvement Districts|Subchapter O. Adding and Excluding Territory and Consolidating Districts|Section 51.762. Consent of Debt Holders

Sec. 51.762.  CONSENT OF DEBT HOLDERS.  If the district has outstanding bonded debt or debt under a loan from a governmental agency, a written consent to the exclusion from an authorized representative of the holders of the debt shall be obtained and filed with the district before the hearing is held.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 42, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 51.763 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 51 - Water Control and Improvement Districts|Subchapter O. Adding and Excluding Territory and Consolidating Districts|Section 51.763. Results of Exclusion

Sec. 51.763.  RESULTS OF EXCLUSION.  (a)  On the issuance of an order excluding property:(1)  the property is no longer a part of the district and is not entitled to district services;(2)  any tax, assessment, or other charge owed to the district at the time of exclusion remains the obligation of the owner of excluded property and continues to be secured by statutory liens on the property, if any;  and(3)  the owner of excluded land has no further liability to the district for future taxes, assessments, or other charges of the district attributable to the excluded land.(b)  The district shall record a copy of the order excluding the property from the district, certified and acknowledged by the secretary of the board, in the real property records of the county in which the excluded property is located.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 42, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 51.764 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 51 - Water Control and Improvement Districts|Subchapter O. Adding and Excluding Territory and Consolidating Districts|Section 51.764. District Facilities on Excluded Property

Sec. 51.764.  DISTRICT FACILITIES ON EXCLUDED PROPERTY.  The exclusion does not affect or interfere with any rights that the district has to maintain and continue operation of any canal, ditch, pipeline, pump, or other facility of the district located on land excluded by the order to serve land remaining in the district.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 42, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 51.765 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 51 - Water Control and Improvement Districts|Subchapter O. Adding and Excluding Territory and Consolidating Districts|Section 51.765. Water Allocations

Sec. 51.765.  WATER ALLOCATIONS.  (a)  After the district adopts an order excluding nonirrigated property, a municipality or water supply corporation that serves the excluded land with a potable water supply may petition the district to apply to the commission to convert the proportionate irrigation water allocation of the excluded land from irrigation use to municipal use allocation.(b)  The district shall make the application to the commission not later than the 30th day after the date a municipality or water supply corporation that serves the land with a potable water supply petitions the district to make the application if the municipality or water supply corporation:(1)  pays the district the amount the district estimates will be its reasonable expenses and attorney's fees incurred in the commission conversion proceedings;  and(2)  enters into an agreement with the district establishing the terms on which the water allocation shall be delivered or made available to the municipality or water supply corporation.(c)  If the parties cannot agree to water allocation terms, the parties shall attempt resolution of their differences through mediation, arbitration, or another alternative dispute resolution process.  The commission does not have jurisdiction to resolve the parties' differences.(d)  Together with the district's application, the municipality or water supply corporation must provide the commission with evidence to support the projected need for water for the five years after the conversion to a municipal-use water allocation.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 42, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 51.766 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 51 - Water Control and Improvement Districts|Subchapter O. Adding and Excluding Territory and Consolidating Districts|Section 51.766. Suit to Review Exclusion

Sec. 51.766.  SUIT TO REVIEW EXCLUSION.  (a)  A person who owns an interest in property affected by an exclusion order issued under Section 51.761 may sue to review, set aside, modify, or suspend the order not later than the 20th day after the effective date of the order.(b)  Venue is in any district court that has jurisdiction in the county in which the district is located.  If the district includes land in more than one county, venue is in the district court having jurisdiction in the county in which the largest portion of the acreage of the land sought to be excluded from the district is located.(c)  A person may appeal from the judgment or order of a district court in a suit brought under this section to the court of civil appeals and the supreme court as in other civil cases in which the district court has original jurisdiction.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 42, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 51.781 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 51 - Water Control and Improvement Districts|Subchapter P. Dissolution of District|Section 51.781. Dissolution of District Prior to Issuance of Bonds

Sec. 51.781.  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 51.781-51.792 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 51.782-51.785 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.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 377, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|