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TX Water Code § 55.530 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts|Subchapter L. Issuance of Bonds|Section 55.530. Additional Projects for the District

Sec. 55.530.  ADDITIONAL PROJECTS FOR THE DISTRICT.  (a)  After district bonds have been authorized or issued or after a contract with the United States has been authorized or executed, if the board thinks it is necessary, it may authorize:(1)  modifications in the district and its improvements;(2)  purchase or construction of additional improvements and issuance of additional bonds based on the engineer's report;  or(3)  a supplemental contract with the United States.(b)  Before any of the projects under Subsection (a) of this section are undertaken, the board shall enter its findings in the minutes and shall give notice that an election will be held to approve the issuance of bonds or the execution of a contract with the United States.  The election shall be held within the time and the returns made and the result determined in the same manner provided for the original bond election.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 473, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 55.531 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts|Subchapter L. Issuance of Bonds|Section 55.531. Issuance of Additional Bonds

Sec. 55.531.  ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL BONDS.  (a)  If an election held under Section 55.530 of this code favors the issuance of additional bonds or execution of a contract with the United States, the board may issue the bonds or negotiate and execute a supplemental contract with the United States in the manner provided in this chapter.(b)  If a contract is made with the United States under Section 55.185 of this code and bonds are not deposited with the United States, the district is not required to issue bonds, and if the district is required to raise funds in addition to the amount of the contract, the district shall issue the bonds only for the additional amount which is needed.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 473, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 55.532 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts|Subchapter L. Issuance of Bonds|Section 55.532. Funds to Repair Damaged Improvements

Sec. 55.532.  FUNDS TO REPAIR DAMAGED IMPROVEMENTS.  (a)  If improvements of the district are damaged, the district may issue bonds or notes to secure funds to repair the damage.(b)  The district's notes may not be for a term of more than 20 years.  The board may issue the notes in serial form to mature in installments.(c)  Before the notes are issued, the board shall order an election to be held to approve the issuance of the notes and shall give notice of the election in the manner provided for bond elections.  The notice shall include the purpose for which the notes are being issued, the rate of interest, the term of the notes, and the time and place of the election.(d)  The ballots for the election shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the following proposition:  "Issuance of notes."(e)  The election shall be held and returns made and canvassed in the manner provided for bond elections.(f)  If two-thirds of the persons voting in the election vote in favor of issuing the bonds, the board may issue and sell the bonds for the benefit of the district.(g)  When the notes are issued or sold, the board shall levy a tax to pay interest on the bonds and to create a sinking fund sufficient to pay the interest and the notes before they mature.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 473, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 55.533 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts|Subchapter L. Issuance of Bonds|Section 55.533. Preferred Lien in Favor of the United States

Sec. 55.533.  PREFERRED LIEN IN FAVOR OF THE UNITED STATES.  A lien for the payments due the United States under a contract between the district and the United States under which bonds have not been deposited with the United States shall be a preferred lien to that of any issue of bonds or any series of any issue of bonds subsequent to the date of the contract.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 474, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 55.534 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts|Subchapter L. Issuance of Bonds|Section 55.534. Default in Paying Principal and Interest on Bonds by a District Obtaining Its Water Supply From the United States

Sec. 55.534.  DEFAULT IN PAYING PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON BONDS BY A DISTRICT OBTAINING ITS WATER SUPPLY FROM THE UNITED STATES.  (a)  If a district which obtains its water supply from the United States defaults in the payment of principal and interest on bonds issued by the district, the board, if it considers it advisable, may authorize the issuance of bonds to fund or refund the debt including bonds, debt and accrued interest on debt, and interest on notes lawfully issued to pay for construction or acquisition of irrigation and drainage works.(b)  Before any bonds are issued under this section, the district shall submit to the voters of the district the question of whether or not the bonds should be issued.(c)  The board may issue the bonds either in serial form or in a form which provides for annual payment of principal and interest in a single amount, represented by coupons, and the board may prescribe the form and contents of the bonds and coupons.  Amortization of both principal and interest on the bonds shall be accomplished in not more than 40 years from the date the bonds are issued.(d)  If bonds are issued in serial form, they shall be numbered consecutively beginning with one and continuing in numerical order.  The bonds shall mature serially in annual amounts which are approximately equal.  The board may set the bonds to not less than 5 years nor more than 40 years.(e)  If the bonds provide for the annual payment of principal and interest in a single amount which is represented by coupons, the coupons for the first five years may be for any amount which in the judgment of the board is economically sound and within the ability of the district to pay.  For the remainder of the term of the bonds, the coupons shall be paid annually in equal amounts which are sufficient to liquidate the remainder of the bonds within 40 years from the date the bonds were issued.(f)  Any funding or refunding bonds issued under this section shall be negotiable.(g)  The district is not bound by the provisions of Sections 55.504-55.505 of this code, and the exercise of the provisions of those sections is left to the discretion of the board.  If a suit is instituted, the suit is subject to the provisions and governed by the statutes relating to these suits.(h)  Except as otherwise provided in this section, the laws governing the issuance of bonds and the form and contents of bonds shall apply to bonds issued under this section.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 474, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 55.581 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts|Subchapter M. Ad Valorem Taxation|Section 55.581. Assessment and Collection of District Taxes

Sec. 55.581.  ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF DISTRICT TAXES.  The assessor and collector shall assess and collect taxes for the district.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 475, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.  Amended by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 2321, ch. 841, Sec. 4(r), eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
TX Water Code § 55.600 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts|Subchapter M. Ad Valorem Taxation|Section 55.600. Tax Office

Sec. 55.600.  TAX OFFICE.  For the convenience of district taxpayers, the assessor and collector shall maintain an office with the board.  The office shall serve as a place where taxes may be paid.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 478, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 55.601 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts|Subchapter M. Ad Valorem Taxation|Section 55.601. Additional Duties of the Assessor and Collector

Sec. 55.601.  ADDITIONAL DUTIES OF THE ASSESSOR AND COLLECTOR.  The board may prescribe other duties for the assessor and collector which duties shall be performed in the manner prescribed in the board's rules and regulations.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 479, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 55.604 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts|Subchapter M. Ad Valorem Taxation|Section 55.604. Assessment Liens

Sec. 55.604.  ASSESSMENT LIENS.  Assessments made by the board for maintenance and operation of the district are liens against the land on which the assessments were made and remain liens on the land until the assessments are paid.  No law which provides for a period of limitation against actions for debt shall apply under this section, and these debts cannot be barred by limitation.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 479, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 55.620 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts|Subchapter M. Ad Valorem Taxation|Section 55.620. General Powers and Regulations

Sec. 55.620.  GENERAL POWERS AND REGULATIONS.  (a)  No district may become a party to, purchase, hold under, assign, seek to enforce, or receive benefits from a contract between a landowner and a private canal company which was entered into before the district was created.  Rights and privileges owned or possessed by the district are those arising or inherent in the district under this chapter.(b)  The district may not:(1)  acquire or enforce any lien against the land which was fixed by a contract entered into before the district was created;(2)  prosecute or have prosecuted any suit to recover water taxes or assessments which accrued before the district was created;(3)  foreclose any lien on land for unpaid water taxes or assessments which accrued before the district was created;(4)  avail itself of any rights under a private contract relating to the land which contract was entered into before the district was created;  and(5)  be held liable for the private contract.(c)  The two-year statute of limitation and the provisions of this section may be pleaded as a bar to an action to recover water rents or other assessments which accrued on land in the district before the district was created.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 482, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 55.651 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts|Subchapter N. Taxation on a Benefit Basis|Section 55.651. Election to Determine Method of Taxation

Sec. 55.651.  ELECTION TO DETERMINE METHOD OF TAXATION.  (a)  A district which operates under the provisions of Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution, may, at the time the district is created or before bonds are issued, submit to the voters of the district the question of whether the district will levy, assess, and collect taxes on the ad valorem basis or on the benefit basis.(b)  The question shall be presented to the voters at the time and in the manner provided by the board.(c)  The ballots for the election shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the following proposition:  "The levy of taxes on the benefit basis instead of the ad valorem basis."(d)  The election shall be governed by the provisions of this chapter.(e)  If a majority of the persons voting in the election favor the proposition, the district shall levy, assess, and collect its taxes on the benefit basis.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 484, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 55.652 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts|Subchapter N. Taxation on a Benefit Basis|Section 55.652. Assessment Record

Sec. 55.652.  ASSESSMENT RECORD.  When necessary, the board shall apportion and assess the benefits conferred on property in the district and shall make a record showing the amount and value of benefits to accrue on property in the district and the amount of taxes to be levied and collected on the property.  No taxes assessed or adjudged against the property may be more than the benefit which accrues to the property from the organization, operation, and maintenance of the district and its improvements.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 484, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 55.653 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts|Subchapter N. Taxation on a Benefit Basis|Section 55.653. Notice of Taxes

Sec. 55.653.  NOTICE OF TAXES.  After the board makes the record specified in Section 55.652 of this code, the board shall mail to each property owner whose name appears in the record, notice of the amount of taxes levied on his property and the date and place at which the property owner may appear and contest the correctness and equitableness of the tax.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 484, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 55.654 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts|Subchapter N. Taxation on a Benefit Basis|Section 55.654. Decision After Hearing

Sec. 55.654.  DECISION AFTER HEARING.  After the hearing, the board shall determine whether or not the tax is equitable and shall sustain, reduce, or increase the tax to an amount which in the board's judgment is equitable.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 484, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 55.655 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts|Subchapter N. Taxation on a Benefit Basis|Section 55.655. Applicable Law

Sec. 55.655.  APPLICABLE LAW.  The provisions of this chapter relating to levy, assessment, and collection of taxes which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this subchapter shall apply.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 484, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 55.656 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts|Subchapter N. Taxation on a Benefit Basis|Section 55.656. Districts Adopting Benefit Plan of Taxation

Sec. 55.656.  DISTRICTS ADOPTING BENEFIT PLAN OF TAXATION.  In any district other than a district operating under a contract with the United States which is operating under the provisions of Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution, and which adopted the assessment of benefit plan of taxation, tax values shall be fixed, levied, assessed, equalized, and collected in the manner provided in Sections 55.657-55.669 of this code.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 484, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 55.657 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts|Subchapter N. Taxation on a Benefit Basis|Section 55.657. Commissioners of Appraisement

Sec. 55.657.  COMMISSIONERS OF APPRAISEMENT.  As soon as practicable after the approval of the engineer's report and the adoption of the plan for improvements to be constructed, the board shall appoint three disinterested commissioners of appraisement.  The commissioners shall be freeholders but not owners of land within the district which they represent.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 485, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 55.658 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts|Subchapter N. Taxation on a Benefit Basis|Section 55.658. Compensation of Commissioners

Sec. 55.658.  COMPENSATION OF COMMISSIONERS.  On approval by the board, each commissioner is entitled to receive $10 a day for each day he actually serves, plus all necessary expenses.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 485, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 55.659 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts|Subchapter N. Taxation on a Benefit Basis|Section 55.659. Notice of Appointment and Meeting

Sec. 55.659.  NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT AND MEETING.  Immediately after the commissioners of appraisement are appointed, the secretary of the board shall give written notice to each appointee of his appointment and of the time and place of the first meeting of the commissioners.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 485, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 55.660 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts|Subchapter N. Taxation on a Benefit Basis|Section 55.660. First Meeting of Commissioners

Sec. 55.660.  FIRST MEETING OF COMMISSIONERS.  (a)  The commissioners shall meet at the time specified in the notice from the secretary or as soon thereafter as possible.(b)  At the meeting the commissioners shall take an oath to faithfully and impartially discharge their duties as commissioners and make a true report of the work which they perform.  They shall then organize by electing one commissioner as chairman and one commissioner as vice-chairman.(c)  The secretary of the board or, in his absence, a person appointed by the board shall serve as secretary to the commissioners of appraisement and shall furnish to the commissioners any information and assistance which is necessary for the commissioners to perform their duties.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 485, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 55.661 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts|Subchapter N. Taxation on a Benefit Basis|Section 55.661. Assistance for Commissioners

Sec. 55.661.  ASSISTANCE FOR COMMISSIONERS.  Within 30 days after the commissioners qualify and organize, they shall begin to perform their duties, and in the exercise of their duties, they may obtain legal advice and information relative to their duties from the district's attorney and, if necessary, may require the presence of the district engineer or one of his assistants at any time and for as long as necessary to properly perform their duties.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 485, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 55.662 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts|Subchapter N. Taxation on a Benefit Basis|Section 55.662. Viewing Land and Other Property and Improvements in District

Sec. 55.662.  VIEWING LAND AND OTHER PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS IN DISTRICT.  The commissioners shall view the land in the district which will be affected by the district's reclamation plans and the public roads, railroads, rights-of-way, and other property and improvements located in the district and shall assess the amount of the benefits and damages that will accrue to the land, roads, railroads, rights-of-way, or other property or improvements in the district from the construction of the improvements.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 485, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 55.663 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts|Subchapter N. Taxation on a Benefit Basis|Section 55.663. Commissioners Report

Sec. 55.663.  COMMISSIONERS REPORT.  (a)  The commissioners shall prepare a report and file it with the secretary of the board.  The report shall be signed by at least a majority of the commissioners.(b)  The report shall include:(1)  the name of the owner of each tract of land which is subject to assessment;(2)  a description of the property;(3)  the amount of the benefits or damages assessed on each tract of land;(4)  the time and place at which a hearing will be held on the report to hear objections;  and(5)  the number of days each commissioner served and the actual expenses incurred during his service as commissioner.(c)  The date set in the report for the hearing may not be earlier than 20 days after the report is filed.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 486, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 55.664 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts|Subchapter N. Taxation on a Benefit Basis|Section 55.664. Notice of Hearing

Sec. 55.664.  NOTICE OF HEARING.  (a)  After the commissioners' report is filed, the secretary of the board shall publish notice of the hearing on the report at least once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in each county in which part of the district is located.  The secretary also shall mail written notice of the hearing to each person whose property will be affected if his address is known.(b)  The notice shall state:(1)  the time and place of the hearing;(2)  that the commissioners' report has been filed;(3)  that interested persons may examine the report and make objections to it;  and(4)  that the commissioners will meet at the time and place indicated to hear and act on objections to the report.(c)  On the day of the hearing, the secretary shall file in his office the original notice and his affidavit stating the manner of publication, the names of persons to whom notice was mailed, and the names of persons to whom notice was not mailed because the secretary by reasonable diligence could not ascertain their addresses.  Copies of the notice and affidavit also shall be filed with the commissioners of appraisement and the clerk of the commissioners court.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 486, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 55.665 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts|Subchapter N. Taxation on a Benefit Basis|Section 55.665. Hearing

Sec. 55.665.  HEARING.  (a)  At or before the hearing on the commissioners' report, an owner of land which is affected by the report or the reclamation plans may file exceptions to all or part of the report.(b)  At the hearing, the commissioners shall hear and form opinions on the objections submitted and for the objections which are sustained, the commissioners may make necessary changes and modifications in the report.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 486, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 55.666 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts|Subchapter N. Taxation on a Benefit Basis|Section 55.666. Witnesses at the Hearing

Sec. 55.666.  WITNESSES AT THE HEARING.  At the hearing, interested parties not only may appear in person or by attorney, but are entitled, on demand, to have the chairman of the commissioners issue process for witnesses.  The commissioners shall have the same power as a court of record to enforce the attendance of witnesses.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 486, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 55.667 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts|Subchapter N. Taxation on a Benefit Basis|Section 55.667. Costs of Hearing

Sec. 55.667.  COSTS OF HEARING.  The commissioners may adjudge and apportion the cost of the hearing in any manner they consider equitable.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 487, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|