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TX Water Code § 49.508 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter O. Effect of Subdivision of Nonagricultural Land on Water Rights|Section 49.508. Contract to Use Proportionate Water Rights; Water Supply Contract

Sec. 49.508.  CONTRACT TO USE PROPORTIONATE WATER RIGHTS; WATER SUPPLY CONTRACT.  (a)  A municipal water supplier may contract to use water associated with the proportionate water rights described by Section 49.505.(b)  The contract must be for at least 40 years.(c)  The price for the contractual right to use the municipal use water is based on an amount for one acre-foot of municipal use water with a municipal use priority of allocation and may not exceed the sum of:(1)  an amount equal to the district's annual flat rate charge per assessed acre; and(2)  the equivalent of the charge for four irrigations per flat rate acre of irrigable property in the district.(d)  The parties to the contract shall agree on the terms of payment of the contract price.(e)  The board periodically shall determine the flat rate charge and irrigation per acre charge described by Subsection (c).(f)  The contract must be in writing in a document entitled "Water Supply Contract."  The contract may contain any terms to which the parties agree.(g)  The municipal water supplier shall file the contract with the Rio Grande watermaster not later than the 10th day after the date the contract is executed.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1430 (S.B. 3), Sec. 2.24, eff. September 1, 2007.|
TX Water Code § 49.509 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter O. Effect of Subdivision of Nonagricultural Land on Water Rights|Section 49.509. Duty of Rio Grande Regional Water Authority to Calculate Current Market Value

Sec. 49.509.  DUTY OF RIO GRANDE REGIONAL WATER AUTHORITY TO CALCULATE CURRENT MARKET VALUE.  (a)  Subject to Subsection (d), the Rio Grande Regional Water Authority annually at its January meeting shall calculate the current market value by using the average price per acre-foot of municipal use water after conversion from irrigation use water to municipal use water with a municipal priority of allocation under commission rules of the last three purchases involving:(1)  a municipal water supplier;(2)  a party other than a municipal water supplier; and(3)  at least 100 acre-feet of municipal use water, with municipal priority of allocation.(b)  The Rio Grande Regional Water Authority shall use information from the water rights sales contracts reported to the Rio Grande Watermaster's Office to calculate the current market value.(c)  The Rio Grande Regional Water Authority shall make the calculation:(1)  without charging any of the parties involved; and(2)  using 100 percent of the value of monetary exchanges, not in-kind exchanges.(d)  For purposes of this subsection, "outer boundaries of a district" means a district's boundaries without considering any exclusion of land from inside the district.  The Rio Grande Regional Water Authority shall exclude from the calculation of current market value under Subsection (a) any sale between a municipal water supplier and a district if any territory inside the outer boundaries of the district is:(1)  subject to the municipal water supplier's certificate of convenience and necessity; or(2)  in the corporate limits of the municipality served by the municipal water supplier, if the municipal water supplier does not hold a certificate of convenience and necessity.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1430 (S.B. 3), Sec. 2.24, eff. September 1, 2007.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 438 (H.B. 2208), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Water Code § 49.510 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter O. Effect of Subdivision of Nonagricultural Land on Water Rights|Section 49.510. Accounting for Sale of Water Rights

Sec. 49.510.  ACCOUNTING FOR SALE OF WATER RIGHTS.  A district shall maintain an accounting of money received from the sale of water rights under this subchapter.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1430 (S.B. 3), Sec. 2.24, eff. September 1, 2007.|
TX Water Code § 49.511 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter O. Effect of Subdivision of Nonagricultural Land on Water Rights|Section 49.511. Capital Improvements

Sec. 49.511.  CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.  A district shall designate at least 75 percent of the proceeds from the sale of water rights for capital improvements in the district.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1430 (S.B. 3), Sec. 2.24, eff. September 1, 2007.|
TX Water Code § 49.512 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter O. Effect of Subdivision of Nonagricultural Land on Water Rights|Section 49.512. Map of Service Area

Sec. 49.512.  MAP OF SERVICE AREA.  (a)  In this section, "outer boundaries of a district" means district boundaries without considering any exclusion of land from inside the district.(b)  Each municipal water supplier that has a certificate of convenience and necessity service area in the outer boundaries of a district shall file a map of the service area with the district.(c)  The municipal water supplier shall update the map and forward the map to the district when changes are made.(d)  A district periodically shall provide to a municipal water supplier that serves territory in the district a copy of the district's map showing the outer boundaries of the district.(e)  A district may request from a municipal water supplier a map of the municipal water supplier's service area, and a municipal water supplier may request from the district a map of the district's outer boundaries.  On request, the district and a municipal water supplier shall provide the map free of charge to each other at least one time each year.  If the district or municipal water supplier receives more than one request a year for a map, the district or municipal water supplier may charge a reasonable fee for the map.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1430 (S.B. 3), Sec. 2.24, eff. September 1, 2007.|
TX Water Code § 50.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 50 - Provisions Generally Applicable to Districts|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 50.004. Write-in Voting in Certain Districts

Sec. 50.004.  WRITE-IN VOTING IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS.  (a)  In a general election for board members under this chapter or Chapter 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, or 58 of this code, a write-in vote may not be counted unless the name written in appears on the list of write-in candidates.(b), (c) Repealed by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 39, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.(d)  A declaration of write-in candidacy must be filed not later than 5 p.m. of the 45th day before election day.  However, if a candidate whose name is to appear on the ballot dies or is declared ineligible after the 48th day before election day, a declaration of write-in candidacy for the office sought by the deceased or ineligible candidate may be filed not later than 5 p.m. of the 42nd day before election day.(e), (f) Repealed by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 39, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 83, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 667, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 50.107 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 50 - Provisions Generally Applicable to Districts|Subchapter D. Reports to Executive Director|Section 50.107. Authority of Commission Over Issuance of District Bonds

Sec. 50.107.  AUTHORITY OF COMMISSION OVER ISSUANCE OF DISTRICT BONDS.  (a)  Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a district, other than a navigation district, created under Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution, the boundaries of which include less than the total area of one county, may not issue bonds that will be paid wholly or partially by taxes levied by the district unless the commission determines that the project to be financed by the bonds is feasible and issues an order approving the bonds.  This section does not apply to refunding bonds.(b)  to (h) Repealed by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 39, eff. Sept. 2, 1995.|Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 2788, ch. 754, Sec. 1, eff. June 16, 1981.  Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 729, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 81, Sec. 1, eff. May 11, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 51.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 51 - Water Control and Improvement Districts|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 51.001. Definitions

Sec. 51.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "District" means a water control and improvement 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.(6)  "Executive director" means the executive director of the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.  Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 961, ch. 367, Sec. 1, eff. June 10, 1981;  Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 3150, ch. 828, Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 1981;  Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 795, Sec. 1.138, eff. Sept. 1, 1985;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 3, Sec. 1.075, eff. Aug. 12, 1991.|
TX Water Code § 51.011 (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 51.011. Creation of District

Sec. 51.011.  CREATION OF DISTRICT.  A water control and improvement 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.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 51.012 (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 51.012. Composition of District

Sec. 51.012.  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.(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.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 51.013 (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 51.013. Petition

Sec. 51.013.  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 tax rolls of the central appraisal district.  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.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1423, Sec. 25, eff. June 17, 2001.|
TX Water Code § 51.014 (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 51.014. Contents of Petition

Sec. 51.014.  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.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 51.015 (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 51.015. Place of Filing; Recording

Sec. 51.015.  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.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 51.016 (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 51.016. Commissioners Court or Commission to Consider Creation of District

Sec. 51.016.  COMMISSIONERS COURT 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.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.  Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 961, ch. 367, Sec. 1, eff. June 10, 1981.|
TX Water Code § 51.017 (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 51.017. Single-County District: Hearing

Sec. 51.017.  SINGLE-COUNTY DISTRICT:  HEARING.  (a)  Except as provided in Subchapter H of this chapter, 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.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 51.018 (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 51.018. Single-County District: Notice of Hearing

Sec. 51.018.  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 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.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 51.019 (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 51.019. Single-County District: Name

Sec. 51.019.  SINGLE-COUNTY DISTRICT:  NAME.  (a)  A district located in one county may be named the ____________ County Water Control and Improvement 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.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 51.020 (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 51.020. Single-County District: Testimony at Hearing

Sec. 51.020.  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.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 51.021 (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 51.021. Single-County District: Granting or Refusing Petition

Sec. 51.021.  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 those lands 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.(d)  Repealed by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 936, Sec. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.  Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 936, Sec. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Water Code § 51.022 (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 51.022. Single-County District: Appeal From Order of Commissioners Court

Sec. 51.022.  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 $2500.(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 that the final decree of the court is against the appellant.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 51.023 (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 51.023. Single-County District: Record on Appeal; Notice of Appeal

Sec. 51.023.  SINGLE-COUNTY DISTRICT:  RECORD ON APPEAL;  NOTICE OF APPEAL.  (a)  On completion of an appeal as provided in Section 51.022 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 failed to appear by petition, in person, or by attorney in the commissioners court may be permitted to intervene in the district court trial.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 51.024 (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 51.024. Single-County District: Hearing in District Court; Procedure

Sec. 51.024.  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 which 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.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.  Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 2646, ch. 707, Sec. 4(43), eff. Aug. 31, 1981.|