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Texas Water Code - WATER § 54.030. Conversion of Certain Districts Into Districts Operating Under This Chapter

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(a) Any water improvement district, water control and improvement district, fresh water supply district, levee improvement district, irrigation district, or any other conservation and reclamation district created under Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution, may be converted to a district operating under this chapter.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., ch. 1009 (H.B. 2815), § 32(5).

(c) The governing body of the converting district must present a general description of any litigation that is pending against the district at the hearing under Subsection (b).

(d) After the hearing held under Subsection (b), the governing body of the converting district may adopt and enter in the minutes of the governing body a resolution declaring that in the judgment of the governing body, conversion under this section would serve the best interest of the district and would be a benefit to the land and property included in the district. The resolution shall also request that the commission approve the conversion of the district.

(e) A copy of the resolution under Subsection (d) shall be:

(1) filed with the commission; and

(2) mailed to each state senator and representative who represents the area in which the district is located.

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