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TX Water Code § 58.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 58.001. Definitions

Sec. 58.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "District" means an irrigation district.(2)  "Board" means the board of directors of a district.(3)  "Director" means a member of the board of directors of a district.(4)  "Commissioners court" means the commissioners court of the county in which a district or part of a district is located.(5)  "Commission" means the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.  Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 984, ch. 367, Sec. 40, eff. June 10, 1981;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 3, Sec. 1.080, eff. Aug. 12, 1991.|
TX Water Code § 58.011 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 58.011. Creation of District

Sec. 58.011.  CREATION OF DISTRICT.  An irrigation district may be created under and subject to the authority, conditions, and restrictions of either Article III, Section 52, of the Texas Constitution, or Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 58.012 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 58.012. Composition of District

Sec. 58.012.  COMPOSITION OF DISTRICT.  (a)  A district may include all or part of one or more counties, including any town, village, or municipal corporation, and may include any other political subdivision of the state or any defined district, providing the land contained therein is agricultural in character.(b)  The areas composing a district do not have to be contiguous but may consist of separate bodies of land separated by land not included in the district;  however, each segregated area, before it may be included in the district, must cast a majority vote in favor of the creation of the district.(c)  No district may include territory located in more than one county except by a majority vote of the electors residing within the territory in each county sought to be included in the district.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 58.013 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 58.013. Petition

Sec. 58.013.  PETITION.  (a)  A petition requesting creation of a district shall be signed by a majority of the persons who hold title to land in the proposed district which represents a total value of more than 50 percent of the value of all the land in the proposed district as indicated by the county tax rolls.  If there are more than 50 persons holding title to land in the proposed district, the petition is sufficient if signed by 50 of them.(b)  The petition may be signed and filed in two or more copies.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 58.014 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 58.014. Contents of Petition

Sec. 58.014.  CONTENTS OF PETITION.  The petition shall include:(1)  the name of the district;(2)  the area and boundaries of the district;(3)  the provision of the Texas Constitution under which the district is to be organized;(4)  the purpose or purposes of the district;(5)  a statement of the general nature of the work to be done and the necessity and feasibility of the project, with reasonable detail and definiteness to assist the court or commission passing on the petition in understanding the purpose, utility, feasibility, and need;  and(6)  a statement of the estimated cost of the project based on the information available to the person filing the petition at the time of filing.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 58.015 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 58.015. Place of Filing; Recording

Sec. 58.015.  PLACE OF FILING;  RECORDING.  (a)  The petition shall be filed in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the district is located.  If land in more than one county is included in the district, copies of the petition certified by the clerk shall be filed in the office of the county clerk of each county in which a portion of the district is located.(b)  The petition shall be recorded in a book kept for that purpose in the office of the county clerk.(c)  If more than one petition is filed and the petitions are identical except for the signature, one copy of the petition shall be recorded and all signatures on the other petitions shall be included.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 58.016 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 58.016. Board or Commission to Consider Creation of District

Sec. 58.016.  BOARD OR COMMISSION TO CONSIDER CREATION OF DISTRICT.  If the land to be included in a district is within one county, the creation of the district shall be considered and ordered by the commissioners court, but if the land to be included in a district is in two or more counties, the creation of the district shall be considered and ordered by the commission.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 58.017 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 58.017. Single-County District; Hearing

Sec. 58.017.  SINGLE-COUNTY DISTRICT;  HEARING.  (a)  If a petition is filed for the creation of a district within one county, the county judge shall issue an order setting the date of hearing on the petition by the commissioners court and shall endorse the order on the petition or on a paper attached to the petition.(b)  After the order is issued, the county clerk shall issue notice of the hearing.(c)  The petition may be considered at a regular or special session of the court.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 58.018 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 58.018. Single-County District; Notice of Hearing

Sec. 58.018.  SINGLE-COUNTY DISTRICT;  NOTICE OF HEARING.  (a)  The notice of hearing on the petition shall include a statement of the nature and purpose of the district and the date, time, and place of hearing.(b)  The notice shall be prepared with one original and three copies.  The county clerk shall retain one copy of the notice in his files and deliver the original and two copies to the county sheriff.(c)  The sheriff shall post one copy of the notice at the courthouse door 15 days before the day of the hearing and shall publish one copy in a newspaper of general circulation in the county once a week for two consecutive weeks.  The first newspaper publication shall be made at least 20 days before the day of the hearing.(d)  Before the hearing, the sheriff shall make due return of service of the notice with copy and affidavit of publication attached to the original.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 58.019 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 58.019. Single-County District; Name

Sec. 58.019.  SINGLE-COUNTY DISTRICT;  NAME.  (a)  A district located in one county may be named the ________ County Irrigation District Number ________ (insert the name of the county and proper consecutive number).(b)  A district may be known and designated by any term descriptive of the location of the district and descriptive of the principal powers to be exercised by the district;  however, the word "district" shall be included in the designation and a consecutive number shall be assigned to it if other districts of the same name have been created in the county.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 58.020 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 58.020. Single-County District; Testimony at Hearing

Sec. 58.020.  SINGLE-COUNTY DISTRICT;  TESTIMONY AT HEARING.  (a)  At the hearing on the petition, any person whose land is included in or would be affected by the creation of the district may appear and contest the creation of the district and may offer testimony to show that the district:(1)  is or is not necessary;(2)  would or would not be a public utility or benefit to land in the district;  and(3)  would or would not be feasible or practicable.(b)  The hearing may be adjourned from day to day.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 58.021 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 58.021. Single-County District; Granting or Refusing Petition

Sec. 58.021.  SINGLE-COUNTY DISTRICT;  GRANTING OR REFUSING PETITION.  (a)  The commissioners court or the commission shall grant the petition requesting the creation of a district if it appears at the hearing that:(1)  organization of the district as requested is feasible and practicable;(2)  the land to be included and the residents of the proposed district will be benefited by the creation of the district;(3)  there is a public necessity or need for the district;  and(4)  the creation of the district would further the public welfare.(b)  If the commissioners court or the commission fails to make the findings required by Subsection (a) of this section, it shall refuse to grant the petition.(c)  If the commissioners court or the commission finds that any of the land sought to be included in the proposed district will not be benefited by inclusion in the district, it may exclude that land not to be benefited and shall redefine the boundaries of the proposed district to include only the land that will receive benefits from the district.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 58.022 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 58.022. Single-County District; Appeal From Order of Commissioners Court

Sec. 58.022.  SINGLE-COUNTY DISTRICT;  APPEAL FROM ORDER OF COMMISSIONERS COURT.  (a)  If the commissioners court grants or refuses to grant the petition, any person who signed the petition or any person who appears and protests the petition and offers testimony against the creation of the district may appeal from the order of the court by giving notice of appeal in open court at the time of the entry of the order, which shall be entered on the court's docket, and by filing with the clerk of the commissioners court within five days a good and sufficient appeal bond in the amount of $2,500.(b)  The appeal bond shall be approved by the clerk of the commissioners court payable to the county judge conditioned for the prosecution of the appeal with effect and the payment of all costs incurred with the appeal in the event the final decree of the court is against the appellant.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 58.023 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 58.023. Single-County District: Record on Appeal; Notice of Appeal

Sec. 58.023.  SINGLE-COUNTY DISTRICT:  RECORD ON APPEAL;  NOTICE OF APPEAL.  (a)  On completion of an appeal as provided in Section 58.022 of this code, the clerk of the commissioners court shall, within 10 days, prepare a certified transcript of all orders entered by the commissioners court and transmit them with all original documents, processes, and returns on processes to the clerk of the district court to which the appeal is taken.(b)  All persons shall be charged with notice of the appeal without notice or service of notice.  No person who fails to appear by petition, in person, or by attorney in the commissioners court may be permitted to intervene in the district court trial.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 58.024 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 58.024. Single-County District: Hearing in District Court; Procedure

Sec. 58.024.  SINGLE-COUNTY DISTRICT:  HEARING IN DISTRICT COURT;  PROCEDURE.  (a)  The district court, either in term time or in vacation time, shall schedule the appeal for hearing with all reasonable dispatch.(b)  In the proceeding in the district court, formal pleadings shall not be required but, with the court's permission, may be filed.(c)  The trial and decision shall be by the court without the intervention of a jury, and the hearing shall be conducted as though the jurisdiction of the district court were original jurisdiction.(d)  The following matters may be contested in the district court:(1)  all matters that were or might have been presented in the commissioners court;(2)  the validity of the Act under which the district is proposed to be created;  and(3)  the regularity of all previous proceedings.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.  Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 2646, ch. 707, Sec. 4(47), eff. Aug. 31, 1981.|
TX Water Code § 58.025 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 58.025. Single-County District: Judgment of District Court; Appeal

Sec. 58.025.  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 58.022 of this code shall be given precedence on the docket of any higher court over all causes that 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.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 58.026 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 58.026. Single-County District: Appointment of Directors; Bond

Sec. 58.026.  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 58.077 of this code.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 58.027 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 58.027. Multicounty District: Consideration by Commission

Sec. 58.027.  MULTICOUNTY DISTRICT:  CONSIDERATION BY COMMISSION.  (a)  The commission shall have exclusive jurisdiction and power to consider and determine all petitions for creation of a district that 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.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1070, Sec. 36, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Water Code § 58.028 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 58.028. Multicounty District: Notice and Hearing on District Creation

Sec. 58.028.  MULTICOUNTY DISTRICT:  NOTICE AND HEARING ON DISTRICT CREATION.  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.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1070, Sec. 37, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Water Code § 58.030 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 58.030. Multicounty District: Consideration by Commission; Procedure

Sec. 58.030.  MULTICOUNTY DISTRICT:  CONSIDERATION BY COMMISSION;  PROCEDURE.  (a)  The commission shall consider and determine on the issues a petition filed under Section 58.028.(b)  The commission shall be governed by the provisions of Section 58.021.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1070, Sec. 38, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Water Code § 58.031 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 58.031. Multicounty District: Appeal From Commission Decision

Sec. 58.031.  MULTICOUNTY DISTRICT:  APPEAL FROM COMMISSION DECISION.  (a)  When the commission grants or refuses a petition, any person who comes within the requirements specified in Sections 58.020-58.025 of this code may prosecute an appeal from the judgment of the commission under Sections 58.022-58.025 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.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 58.032 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 58.032. Multicounty District: Appointment of Directors by Commission; Bond

Sec. 58.032.  MULTICOUNTY 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 58.026 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.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 58.035 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 58.035. Inclusion of City, Town, or Municipal Corporation in District

Sec. 58.035.  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 that 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.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 58.036 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts|Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District|Section 58.036. Confirmation Election in District Including Land in More Than One County

Sec. 58.036.  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.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.|