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TX Water Code § 51.652 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 51 - Water Control and Improvement Districts|Subchapter N. Taxation on the Benefit Basis|Section 51.652. Setting Annual Value of Land Unnecessary

Sec. 51.652.  SETTING ANNUAL VALUE OF LAND UNNECESSARY.  If the district adopts the uniform acreage valuation for taxation, the valuation shall be applied to all land in the district, and it is not necessary to annually fix the value of the land.  It is also unnecessary for the board to appoint a commission to ascertain or fix the value of the improvement to particular land.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 368, 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 § 51.653 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 51 - Water Control and Improvement Districts|Subchapter N. Taxation on the Benefit Basis|Section 51.653. Preparing Tax Rolls

Sec. 51.653.  PREPARING TAX ROLLS.  (a)  The board shall examine the tax rolls to determine if all property subject to taxation appears on the tax rolls under the proper classification.  The board shall add to the tax roll any property which was left off and shall examine, correct, and certify the tax roll.(b)  Any property owner may protest to the board that his property has not been properly classified.  The board shall consider the protest and enter its findings in the minutes.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 368, 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 § 51.655 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 51 - Water Control and Improvement Districts|Subchapter N. Taxation on the Benefit Basis|Section 51.655. Law Governing Administration of Benefit Tax Plan

Sec. 51.655.  LAW GOVERNING ADMINISTRATION OF BENEFIT TAX PLAN.  In a district that levies taxes on a benefit basis, the rate of taxation and the assessment and collection of taxes shall be governed by the law relating to ad valorem taxes to the extent applicable.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 369, 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 § 51.656 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 51 - Water Control and Improvement Districts|Subchapter N. Taxation on the Benefit Basis|Section 51.656. Irrigating Nonirrigable Land

Sec. 51.656.  IRRIGATING NONIRRIGABLE LAND.  If land which is classed as nonirrigable is later irrigated by the district, before the owner of the land receives the water, he shall pay to the district an amount equal to the entire amount that would have been charged to the owner if the land had been originally classed as irrigable.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 369, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 51.657 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 51 - Water Control and Improvement Districts|Subchapter N. Taxation on the Benefit Basis|Section 51.657. Taxation in District Constructing Levees or Drainage Systems

Sec. 51.657.  TAXATION IN DISTRICT CONSTRUCTING LEVEES OR DRAINAGE SYSTEMS.  (a)  A district created to construct levees or works and plants to protect from overflow or created to construct drainage systems may adopt the plan of assessing benefits at an equal sum on each acre of land in the district in the manner provided in Sections 51.650-51.656 of this code.(b)  The proposition included in the election order shall be printed to provide for voting for or against:  "Uniform assessment of benefits for ____________ purposes."|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 369, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 51.702 (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 51.702. Exclusion of Nonagricultural and Nonirrigable Land From the District

Sec. 51.702.  EXCLUSION OF NONAGRICULTURAL AND NONIRRIGABLE LAND FROM THE DISTRICT.  After the district is organized, acquires facilities with which to function as an irrigation district, and votes, issues, and sells bonds for the purposes for which the district was organized, land within the district subject to taxation which is not agricultural land or cannot be irrigated in a practicable manner may be excluded from the district by complying with the provisions of Sections 51.703-51.713 of this code.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 371, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 51.703 (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 51.703. Prerequisite to Application for Exclusion

Sec. 51.703.  PREREQUISITE TO APPLICATION FOR EXCLUSION.  The owner of land in the district which is not agricultural land or cannot be irrigated in a practicable manner may apply for its exclusion from the district if all taxes levied and assessed by the district on the land to be excluded have been fully paid, including all bond tax and flat water rate assessment.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 371, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 51.704 (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 51.704. Substituting Land of Equal Acreage and Value

Sec. 51.704.  SUBSTITUTING LAND OF EQUAL ACREAGE AND VALUE.  Land which can be irrigated in a practicable manner of at least equal acreage and equal value to the land being excluded must be added to the district simultaneously with the exclusion of the nonagricultural or nonirrigable land.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 372, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 51.705 (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 51.705. Securing Application to Substitute Land

Sec. 51.705.  SECURING APPLICATION TO SUBSTITUTE LAND.  The board may require an owner of land in the district who has applied for the exclusion of his nonagricultural or nonirrigable land from the district to procure an application of the owner of land adjoining the boundaries or the canals of the district, and capable of being irrigated in a practicable manner from the facilities of the district, for inclusion in the district of his land in an amount and value at least equal to the land which is to be excluded under the application of the owner of nonagricultural or nonirrigable land.  Each application shall set forth the facts concerning the land to be excluded from and the land to be added to the district, including evidence of their reasonable market value.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 372, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 51.706 (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 51.706. Application of Owner of New Land to Be Substituted

Sec. 51.706.  APPLICATION OF OWNER OF NEW LAND TO BE SUBSTITUTED.  The owner of the new land to be added shall submit an application setting forth that the owner of the new land assumes the payment of all taxes to be levied on his land by the district after the date the land is added to the district.  The application also shall set forth an agreement by the owner of the new land that the land will be subject to future taxes for bond tax and flat rate and all other assessments levied and assessed by the district as though the land had been incorporated originally in the district.  The application also shall contain an agreement by the owner of the new land that the land will be subject to the same liens and provisions as all other land in the district and subject to the statutes governing all other land in the district.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 372, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 51.707 (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 51.707. Consent of Outstanding Bondholders

Sec. 51.707.  CONSENT OF OUTSTANDING BONDHOLDERS.  (a)  The board shall communicate the contents of the applications to exclude nonagricultural or nonirrigable land and to include an equal amount of irrigable land to the holders of outstanding bonds voted, issued, sold, and delivered by the district and payable from taxes levied on property in the district.(b)  If the consent in writing of 95 percent or more of the bondholders to the plan is filed with the board, the board may hold a hearing on the applications.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 372, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 51.708 (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 51.708. Notice of Hearing on Applications

Sec. 51.708.  NOTICE OF HEARING ON APPLICATIONS.  The board shall give notice of the hearing on the applications by publishing the time, place, and nature of the hearing one time in a newspaper published in a county in which all or part of the district is located.  The newspaper must have been published regularly for more than 12 months preceding the date of the publication of the notice and must have circulation in the district.  The notice shall be published not less than 10 days nor more than 20 days before the date of the hearing.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 372, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 51.709 (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 51.709. Hearing Procedure

Sec. 51.709.  HEARING PROCEDURE.  The board shall hear all interested parties and all evidence in connection with the applications.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 373, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 51.710 (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 51.710. Board's Resolution to Substitute Land

Sec. 51.710.  BOARD'S RESOLUTION TO SUBSTITUTE LAND.  If the board finds that all the conditions provided for the exclusion of land and inclusion of other land in the district exist, it may adopt and enter in its minutes a resolution to exclude land which is nonagricultural or nonirrigable in a practicable manner and include land which may be irrigated from the facilities of the district in a practicable manner.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 373, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 51.711 (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 51.711. Liability of Excluded and Included Land

Sec. 51.711.  LIABILITY OF EXCLUDED AND INCLUDED LAND.  The land excluded from the district is free from any lien or liability created on the excluded land by reason of its having been included in the district.  Land added to the district is subject to all laws, liens, and provisions governing the district and the land in the district.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 373, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 51.712 (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 51.712. Duty to Advise Executive Director

Sec. 51.712.  DUTY TO ADVISE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.  The board shall furnish the executive director a detailed description of the land excluded and a detailed description of the land included within 30 days after the exclusion and inclusion of land under the provisions of Sections 51.702-51.711 of this code.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 373, 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 § 51.713 (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 51.713. Right to Serve New Land Included in District

Sec. 51.713.  RIGHT TO SERVE NEW LAND INCLUDED IN DISTRICT.  The district has the same right to furnish water service to the included land that it previously had to furnish service to the excluded land.  The mere inclusion of a larger total acreage than that excluded does not give the district the right to irrigate a larger total acreage or to appropriate a larger quantity or volume of public water for irrigation than the district would have had the right to irrigate or to appropriate before the exclusion and inclusion of the land.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 373, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|Without reference to the amendment of this section by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 778, Sec. 2, this section was repealed by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 40 effective September 1, 1995.
TX Water Code § 51.714 (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 51.714. Adding Land by Petition of Landowner

Sec. 51.714.  ADDING LAND BY PETITION OF LANDOWNER.  The owner of land may file with the board a petition requesting that the land described by metes and bounds in the petition be included in the district.  Notwithstanding any municipal ordinance, resolution, or any other statute to the contrary, a municipality may not require the annexing district or the landowner who is requesting annexation to obtain the municipality's consent to the district's annexation of the additional land if, at the time the petition is filed, the land to be annexed is contiguous to the district and at any time within the preceding 12 months was not located within an area designated by ordinance or resolution of the municipality's governing body as the municipality's water and sewer service area or corporate limits, and the district has not previously issued any bonded indebtedness.  The land shall be deemed to be contiguous to the district if it is separated from the district by public land or right of way.  A district may not increase its total land area by more than 100 percent in any one calendar year.  A municipality's consent shall not be required for the inclusion or annexation of irrigable land within the boundaries of a district primarily engaged in providing irrigation service to lands within its boundaries.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 373, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 192, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1993;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 778, Sec. 2, eff. June 16, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 51.732 (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 51.732. Consolidation of Districts

Sec. 51.732.  CONSOLIDATION OF DISTRICTS.  Two or more districts governed by the provisions of this chapter may consolidate into one district as provided by Sections 51.733-51.736 of this code.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 376, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 51.733 (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 51.733. Elections to Approve Consolidation

Sec. 51.733.  ELECTIONS TO APPROVE CONSOLIDATION.  (a)  After the directors of each district have agreed on the terms and conditions of consolidation, they shall order an election in each district to determine whether the districts should be consolidated.(b)  The directors of each district shall order the election to be held on the same day in each district and shall give notice of the election for at least 20 days in the manner provided by law for other elections.(c)  The districts may be consolidated only if the electors in each district vote in favor of the consolidation.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 376, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 51.734 (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 51.734. Governing Consolidated Districts

Sec. 51.734.  GOVERNING CONSOLIDATED DISTRICTS.  (a)  After two or more districts are consolidated, they become one district, except for the payment of debts created before consolidation, and are governed as one district.(b)  During a period of 90 days after the date of the election to approve consolidation, the officers of each district shall continue to act jointly as officers of the original districts to wind up the affairs of their respective districts.(c)  The consolidation agreement may provide that the officers of the original districts shall continue to act jointly as officers of the consolidated district until the next general election or name persons to serve as officers of the consolidated district until the next general election if all officers of the original districts agree to resign.(d)  New officers of the consolidated district must qualify as officers of the district within the period of 90 days after the election and shall assume their offices at the expiration of the 90-day period.(e)  The current board shall approve the bond of each new officer.(f)  The consolidation agreement may provide for the establishment of five voting precincts described in the agreement and for the election of one director from each precinct.  A district that adopts the precinct method of election will retain that method if it elects to be governed by another chapter of this code.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 377, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.  Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1764, ch. 712, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 51.735 (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 51.735. Debts of Original Districts

Sec. 51.735.  DEBTS OF ORIGINAL DISTRICTS.  After two or more districts are consolidated, the debts of the original districts are protected and are not impaired.  These debts may be paid by taxes or assessments levied on the land in the original districts as if they had not consolidated or contributions from the consolidated district on terms stated in the consolidation agreement.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 377, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 51.736 (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 51.736. Assessment and Collection of Taxes

Sec. 51.736.  ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF TAXES.  After consolidation, the officers of the consolidated district shall assess and collect taxes on property in the original district to pay debts created by the original district.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 377, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 51.748 (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 51.748. Division of Original District With No Outstanding Indebtedness

Sec. 51.748.  DIVISION OF ORIGINAL DISTRICT WITH NO OUTSTANDING INDEBTEDNESS.  (a)  An original district heretofore created and governed by the provisions of this chapter (an "original district") that does not have any outstanding indebtedness secured by the taxes or net revenues of an original district may divide into two or more districts as provided by Sections 51.749 through 51.758 of this code;  provided, however, no division shall occur that would result in the creation of a district of less than 100 acres in size.  Upon petition of any landowner or upon the board's own motion, the board may consider a proposal to divide the original district.(b)  A district that:(1)  is located in two or more counties;(2)  is within the jurisdiction of two river authorities, one of which has issued an interbasin transfer permit to a city which provides the district's water supply;(3)  has not constructed any facilities or incurred any indebtedness secured by taxes or net revenues;  and(4)  was created by division under Sections 51.749 through 51.758 of this code may divide into two or more districts as provided by Sections 51.749 through 51.758 of this code;  provided, however, no division shall occur that would result in the creation of a district of less than 100 acres in size.  On petition of any landowner or on the board's own motion, the board may consider a proposal to divide the district.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 280, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 437, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 51.749 (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 51.749. Election to Approve Division

Sec. 51.749.  ELECTION TO APPROVE DIVISION.  (a)  After the board of the original district has agreed on the terms and conditions of division, which shall include a plan for the payment of any outstanding current obligations and performance of any outstanding obligations of the original district, and has prepared a metes and bounds description of the proposed districts, it shall order an election to be held in the district to determine whether the original district should be divided as proposed.(b)  The board of the original district shall order the election to be held and shall give notice of the election at least 20 days prior to the election in the manner provided by law for other elections.(c)  The original district shall be divided if a majority of the qualified electors in the original district vote in favor of the division.  The resulting districts shall be assigned consecutive letters, corresponding to the number of the original district.  For example, Harris County WCID #1 if divided into two districts shall become Harris County WCID #1A and Harris County WCID #1B.  No other confirmation election shall be necessary.  Provided, however, each resulting district desiring to issue bonds payable wholly or partially from ad valorem taxes shall be required to obtain authorization for the issuance of such bonds by a majority vote of the resident electors of such district voting in an election called for that purpose.  Notice of such election shall be given as generally set forth for bond elections in this chapter.  Each resulting district desiring to levy a maintenance tax shall be required to obtain authorization by a majority vote of the qualified resident electors of such district voting in an election called for that purpose.  Notice of such election shall be given as generally set forth for such elections in this chapter.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 280, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1989.|