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TX Water Code § 57.322 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 57 - Levee Improvement Districts|Subchapter I. Dissolution|Section 57.322. Requirements for Dissolving a District by Petition

Sec. 57.322.  REQUIREMENTS FOR DISSOLVING A DISTRICT BY PETITION.  (a)  To dissolve a district, a petition signed by the owners of a majority of the acreage in the district requesting the commissioners court to dissolve the district and stating the reasons for dissolution must be presented.(b)  At the time the petition is filed, a $50 deposit shall be made to pay for the expenses of a hearing on the petition.(c)  The petition shall be set for a hearing, notice shall be given, the hearing held, and the expense deducted from the deposit in the manner provided in this chapter for creation of the district.(d)  The commissioners court has the same powers over dissolution of a district that it has over creation of a district.(e)  If at the hearing the commissioners court finds that the district should be dissolved, it shall render a judgment reciting its findings and enter an order on its records declaring the district dissolved.(f)  The commissioners court shall appoint the chairman of the board or some other suitable person as trustee to close the affairs of the district without delay, and shall determine the length of the term and the amount of compensation for the trustee.(g)  If the commissioners court finds that the district should not be dissolved, it shall dismiss the petition at the cost of the petitioners and enter its findings on record.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 872 (H.B. 2825), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Water Code § 57.323 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 57 - Levee Improvement Districts|Subchapter I. Dissolution|Section 57.323. Return of Taxes on Dissolution

Sec. 57.323.  RETURN OF TAXES ON DISSOLUTION.  (a)  If a district is dissolved, the commissioners court shall order returned to the taxpayers ratably any unspent taxes that have been levied and collected in the name of the district in anticipation of an issue of bonds.(b)  Before the taxes are returned, the compensation due the assessor and collector and the treasurer and any other claim properly charged against the taxes must be deducted from them.(c)  The treasurer shall receive and file proper receipts for all sums refunded.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 57.324 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 57 - Levee Improvement Districts|Subchapter I. Dissolution|Section 57.324. Dissolving a District by Election

Sec. 57.324.  DISSOLVING A DISTRICT BY ELECTION.  A district may dissolve its corporate existence by election.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 57.325 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 57 - Levee Improvement Districts|Subchapter I. Dissolution|Section 57.325. Petition

Sec. 57.325.  PETITION.  To dissolve a district by election, a person shall present a petition, signed by the owners of a majority of the acreage in the district, to the commissioners court at a regular session, requesting the commissioners court to dissolve the district.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 57.326 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 57 - Levee Improvement Districts|Subchapter I. Dissolution|Section 57.326. Election Order

Sec. 57.326.  ELECTION ORDER.  (a)  After it receives a petition under Section 57.325 of this code, the commissioners court shall order an election to be held in the district at the earliest possible legal time to determine whether or not the district should be dissolved.(b)  If the proposition to dissolve the district fails to carry at the election, the commissioners court may not order another election for the same purpose within one year after the result of the election has been announced officially.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 57.327 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 57 - Levee Improvement Districts|Subchapter I. Dissolution|Section 57.327. Election Procedure, Time, and Place for Holding Election

Sec. 57.327.  ELECTION PROCEDURE, TIME, AND PLACE FOR HOLDING ELECTION.  The provisions of Sections 57.203-57.207 of this code apply, so far as possible, to a dissolution election.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 57.328 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 57 - Levee Improvement Districts|Subchapter I. Dissolution|Section 57.328. Ballot

Sec. 57.328.  BALLOT.  The commissioners court shall have the ballots printed to provide for voting for or against the following proposition and no other:  "Dissolving the levee improvement district."|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 57.329 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 57 - Levee Improvement Districts|Subchapter I. Dissolution|Section 57.329. Vote Necessary to Carry Proposition

Sec. 57.329.  VOTE NECESSARY TO CARRY PROPOSITION.  More than two-thirds of the persons voting in the election must vote to dissolve the district to carry the proposition.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 57.3295 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 57 - Levee Improvement Districts|Subchapter I. Dissolution|Section 57.3295. Dissolution of District by Commissioners Court Without Petition

Sec. 57.3295.  DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT BY COMMISSIONERS COURT WITHOUT PETITION.  (a)  The commissioners court of a county that contains a portion of the Trinity River may dissolve a district at any time if the court finds the following:(1)  the district has been dormant for more than five years;(2)  the physical boundaries of the district cannot be determined;(3)  the board of directors of the district is not active, or cannot be determined;(4)  property owners of the district cannot be determined; or(5)  a levee partially or completely inside the boundaries of the district has received a rating of unacceptable from the United States Army Corps of Engineers and the district has not undertaken, attempted to undertake, or made plans to undertake reasonable efforts to address the concerns of the United States Army Corps of Engineers.(b)  The commissioners court shall hold a public hearing before voting on a dissolution order.  The hearing must be held not later than the seventh day before the date the dissolution order is subject to a vote by the commissioners court.(c)  Notice of the public hearing must be published in a regularly circulated newspaper within the county not later than the seventh day before the date the public hearing is scheduled to occur.(d)  If the commissioners court votes to dissolve the district, the commissioners court shall appoint the chairman of the board or some other suitable person as trustee to close the affairs of the district without delay, and shall determine the length of the term and the amount of compensation for the trustee.(e)  A district may not be dissolved under this section if the district:(1)  has any outstanding bonds or other indebtedness until that indebtedness has been repaid or defeased in accordance with the order or resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds; or(2)  has a contractual obligation to pay money until that obligation has been paid fully in accordance with the contract.(f)  This section applies only to a commissioners court of a county that:(1)  has a population of not less than 2.2 million and that is adjacent to a county with a population of not less than 1.8 million;(2)  has a population of not more than 200,000 and that contains a portion of Joe Pool Lake;(3)  has a population of not less than 47,000 and that contains a portion of the Richland Chambers Reservoir; or(4)  has a population of not less than 100,000 and that contains a portion of the Cedar Creek Reservoir.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 872 (H.B. 2825), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Water Code § 57.330 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 57 - Levee Improvement Districts|Subchapter I. Dissolution|Section 57.330. Commissioners Court Order Dissolving District

Sec. 57.330.  COMMISSIONERS COURT ORDER DISSOLVING DISTRICT.  (a)  If the proposition to dissolve the district carries, the commissioners court shall make an order substantially as follows:  "(Name of petitioner) and (number of other petitioners) others presented a petition asking for an election to decide whether or not (name of county) County Levee Improvement District (district number) should be dissolved.  The commissioners court held the election on (date), and more than two-thirds of the resident property taxpayers voting in the election voted to dissolve the district.  As a consequence of the election result, (name of county) County Levee Improvement District (district number) is dissolved."(b)  The commissioners court shall enter the order in its minutes.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 57.331 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 57 - Levee Improvement Districts|Subchapter I. Dissolution|Section 57.331. Dissolution Trustees

Sec. 57.331.  DISSOLUTION TRUSTEES.  The commissioners court shall appoint as trustees, three landowners of the district, and the three appointed landowners assume the duties of trustees at the time they file the bond required under Section 57.332 of this code.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 57.332 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 57 - Levee Improvement Districts|Subchapter I. Dissolution|Section 57.332. Trustees' Bond

Sec. 57.332.  TRUSTEES' BOND.  (a)  When the commissioners court issues the dissolution order under Section 57.330 of this code, the trustees shall execute jointly a good and sufficient bond in an amount sufficient to cover the amount of the outstanding bonds and other debts of the district, payable to and approved by the county judge, conditioned on the trustees faithfully performing their duties as trustees and paying money and delivering other property of the district over which they have control to the persons entitled to the money or other property.(b)  When the bond is executed, it shall be recorded in the minutes of the commissioners court.  When the bond is approved, it supersedes the bond the treasurer executed under Section 57.065 of this code.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 57.333 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 57 - Levee Improvement Districts|Subchapter I. Dissolution|Section 57.333. Trustees' Compensation

Sec. 57.333.  TRUSTEES' COMPENSATION.  (a)  The trustees are entitled to receive for their services as trustees a one-half of one percent commission on all money they receive for the district and a one-half of one percent commission on all money they pay out as trustees.  This commission is the entire compensation for all three trustees.(b)  The trustees are not entitled to a commission on money in the treasury when they become the trustees or on money in the treasury when their trusteeship ends.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 57.334 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 57 - Levee Improvement Districts|Subchapter I. Dissolution|Section 57.334. Appointment of Trustee to Fill Vacancy

Sec. 57.334.  APPOINTMENT OF TRUSTEE TO FILL VACANCY.  In case of death or resignation of a trustee, the commissioners court shall appoint a successor to fill the vacancy.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 57.335 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 57 - Levee Improvement Districts|Subchapter I. Dissolution|Section 57.335. General Duties of Trustees

Sec. 57.335.  GENERAL DUTIES OF TRUSTEES.  (a)  The trustees have control of the disposition and sale of all district property.(b)  The trustees have control of all the property of the district, including the money in the treasury, and shall keep the district's money and all its books, notes, accounts, and choses in action of every kind.(c)  The trustees may sue to recover property and collect debts of the district, and may employ counsel in suits and in caring for the district's property and managing the district's dissolution.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 57.336 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 57 - Levee Improvement Districts|Subchapter I. Dissolution|Section 57.336. Trustees' Expense

Sec. 57.336.  TRUSTEES' EXPENSE.  (a)  The trustees shall make a charge against the trust estate for each reasonable expense incurred by them in conducting the business of the district and in litigating a suit for the district.(b)  The trustees shall charge any unpaid counsel fees or court costs incurred by former district officers against the trust estate.(c)  The trustees shall present the charges against the trust estate to the commissioners court and shall post notice in the manner provided for other claims against the district.(d)  If the commissioners court approves a charge against the trust estate, the charge becomes a valid, preferred claim against the district.(e)  The trustees, acting as treasurer, may retain money in their control to pay for a valid claim which they have against the district.(f)  If the commissioners court rejects a part of an expense which the trustees think is a valid claim, the trustees may appeal the decision as other claimants.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 57.337 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 57 - Levee Improvement Districts|Subchapter I. Dissolution|Section 57.337. Claims That Were Approved Before District Was Dissolved

Sec. 57.337.  CLAIMS THAT WERE APPROVED BEFORE DISTRICT WAS DISSOLVED.  The trustees shall pay all unpaid bonds and claims outstanding against the district before the commissioners court issues the dissolution order except those which are protested according to the provisions of Section 57.338 of this code.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 57.338 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 57 - Levee Improvement Districts|Subchapter I. Dissolution|Section 57.338. Protesting Payment of Claims Approved Before District Was Dissolved

Sec. 57.338.  PROTESTING PAYMENT OF CLAIMS APPROVED BEFORE DISTRICT WAS DISSOLVED.  (a)  If a person who pays taxes in the district protests the payment of a claim filed under Section 57.337 of this code, the trustees shall refuse to pay the claim.(b)  The protest is sufficient to cause the trustees to disallow the claim if the person making the protest files the protest with the trustees, along with a bond for twice the amount of the claim, signed by sufficient sureties approved by the trustees, payable to the trustees, and conditioned on the protesting taxer's  paying all costs of suit if the claimant establishes his claim in full.(c)  A person whose claim is disallowed under this section may sue the trustees for the amount he claims.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 57.339 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 57 - Levee Improvement Districts|Subchapter I. Dissolution|Section 57.339. Claims Not Approved Before District Was Dissolved

Sec. 57.339.  CLAIMS NOT APPROVED BEFORE DISTRICT WAS DISSOLVED.  (a)  A person who has a claim or judgment against the district which was not approved by the commissioners before the district was dissolved may collect on the claim only by following the procedure prescribed in this section and Sections 57.340-57.342 of this code.(b)  The person must present the claim, duly verified, to the trustees within six months after the day the commissioners court approves the bond of the trustees.(c)  The trustees shall examine the claim, and if the trustees find that the claim is correct, they shall allow it.  If the trustees allow the claim, the person making the claim must file it with the county clerk not less than 20 days before the beginning of the regular session of the commissioners court that follows the date the trustees allowed the claim.(d)  If the trustees find that it would be unjust for them to allow a claim, they shall endorse on the claim their refusal to allow it, and the person making the claim may sue the trustees for the amount he claims in any court of competent jurisdiction in the county.(e)  If the trustees find that it would be unjust for them to allow part of the claim, they shall endorse on the claim the parts of it they allow and the parts they disallow.  The person making the claim may either waive his claim to the part disallowed and file the claim with the commissioners court or refuse to waive his claim to the part disallowed, withdraw the claim from the trustees, and sue the trustees for the amount he claims.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 57.340 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 57 - Levee Improvement Districts|Subchapter I. Dissolution|Section 57.340. Claims, Payment Orders, and Appeals

Sec. 57.340.  CLAIMS, PAYMENT ORDERS, AND APPEALS.  (a)  The commissioners court, in a regular session, shall pass on claims.  The commissioners court shall approve each claim it finds to be correct and shall issue an order stating that approval and shall enter the order in its minutes.(b)  When the order of approval is entered in the minutes, the claim becomes a valid claim against the district.(c)  If the commissioners court approves a claim under this section, the person making the claim shall file the claim with the trustees.(d)  If the person making the claim is not satisfied with the terms of the order of approval or if the commissioners court refuses to approve the claim, the person may appeal the decision of the commissioners court.(e)  When a claim is filed under Section 57.339 of this code, the county clerk shall immediately issue notice of the filing to all persons interested in the district.  The notice shall be posted in three public places in the district and at the courthouse door not less than 20 days before the next regular session of the commissioners court.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 57.341 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 57 - Levee Improvement Districts|Subchapter I. Dissolution|Section 57.341. Claims Judgments

Sec. 57.341.  CLAIMS JUDGMENTS.  (a)  If a person making a claim sues the trustees for the amount of the claim and wins a judgment against the trustees, the person shall file the judgment with the trustees.(b)  If the suit contests a claim under Section 57.338 of this code, the contestant and his sureties shall be made parties to the suit, and the trustees shall assert all defenses urged against the claim in the protest.  If the claimant wins a judgment for the whole amount of his claim, the court shall render a judgment against the contestant and his sureties for all costs incurred in the suit.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 57.342 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 57 - Levee Improvement Districts|Subchapter I. Dissolution|Section 57.342. Claims to Be Paid

Sec. 57.342.  CLAIMS TO BE PAID.  The trustees shall pay from money left in the district's treasury on dissolution claims filed with them under Sections 57.336, 57.337, and 57.339 of this code, in the order that the claims are filed.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 57.343 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 57 - Levee Improvement Districts|Subchapter I. Dissolution|Section 57.343. Disposition of Debts After Election

Sec. 57.343.  DISPOSITION OF DEBTS AFTER ELECTION.  (a)  If the district is dissolved, the commissioners court shall provide for the settlement of the debts of the district, including the costs and expenses of holding the election.(b)  The commissioners court may levy, assess, and collect a sufficient tax on the property in the district in the manner provided in this chapter, to pay all the valid debts and obligations of the district, except bonds issued and held by a purchaser.(c)  The district shall pay bonds that have been issued and are held by a purchaser according to the terms of the bonds by levy and collection of an annual tax as provided in this chapter unless retirement of the bonds is effected as provided in Section 57.344 of this code.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 57.344 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 57 - Levee Improvement Districts|Subchapter I. Dissolution|Section 57.344. Accelerated Retirement of Bonds

Sec. 57.344.  ACCELERATED RETIREMENT OF BONDS.  (a)  If there are any district bonds outstanding at the time the commissioners court issues the dissolution order, the commissioners court shall immediately begin negotiations with the holders of the bonds to determine whether or not the retirement of the bonds can be accelerated.(b)  If the bonds can be retired at an earlier date than the date stipulated on their face, either as a result of the terms of the bonds or because of an agreement between the commissioners court and the holders of the bonds, then the commissioners court may levy a tax to pay off the bonds as quickly as possible.(c)  The commissioners court shall have the tax assessed and collected annually or at one time.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|
TX Water Code § 57.346 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 57 - Levee Improvement Districts|Subchapter I. Dissolution|Section 57.346. Final Trustee Report

Sec. 57.346.  FINAL TRUSTEE REPORT.  (a)  After the trustees pay all valid claims established against the district and satisfy the cost and expenses of controlling and managing the district, they shall file a report of the final settlement with the commissioners court.(b)  The trustees shall include in the report:(1)  a full and complete account of all money received and paid during their trusteeship;(2)  an account of the disposition of all property which came under their control as trustees;  and(3)  an account of all other matters relating to the management of the affairs of the district.(c)  On the approval of the report, the commissioners court shall direct the trustees to turn over any property or money remaining in their control to the person designated by the commissioners court to receive the money or property.(d)  When the trustees have complied with the direction of the commissioners court, they shall report their compliance to the commissioners court.  After the trustees have reported their compliance, the commissioners court shall discharge the trustees and their sureties and close the trust estate.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.|