Texas Statutes
Title 4 - General Law Districts
Chapter 53 - Fresh Water Supply Districts

Subchapter A. General Provisions

Section 53.001. Definitions - Sec. 53.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "District" means a...

Subchapter B. Creating and Dividing a District

Section 53.011. Creating a District - Sec. 53.011. CREATING A DISTRICT. A district is created by...

Section 53.012. Cities and Towns - Sec. 53.012. CITIES AND TOWNS. Cities and towns are includable...

Section 53.013. Presenting Petition - Sec. 53.013. PRESENTING PETITION. A person may present a petition...

Section 53.014. Requisites of Petition - Sec. 53.014. REQUISITES OF PETITION. To be sufficient, the petition...

Section 53.015. Deposit - Sec. 53.015. DEPOSIT. The person who presents the petition shall...

Section 53.016. Time and Place of Hearing - Sec. 53.016. TIME AND PLACE OF HEARING. The commissioners court...

Section 53.017. Notice - Sec. 53.017. NOTICE. (a) The county clerk shall issue notice...

Section 53.018. Posting Notice - Sec. 53.018. POSTING NOTICE. (a) The person receiving the notice...

Section 53.019. Hearing Powers - Sec. 53.019. HEARING POWERS. (a) The commissioners court shall have...

Section 53.020. Temporary Supervisors; Qualifications - Sec. 53.020. TEMPORARY SUPERVISORS; QUALIFICATIONS. (a) If the commissioners court...

Section 53.021. Officers to Be Elected - Sec. 53.021. OFFICERS TO BE ELECTED. In the election, five...

Section 53.029. Division of or Assumption of Authority by Certain Districts - Sec. 53.029. DIVISION OF OR ASSUMPTION OF AUTHORITY BY CERTAIN...

Section 53.030. Ordering Election - Sec. 53.030. ORDERING ELECTION. The board may order a special...

Section 53.031. Order: Metes and Bounds - Sec. 53.031. ORDER: METES AND BOUNDS. The petition for election...

Section 53.032. Order: Time of Election - Sec. 53.032. ORDER: TIME OF ELECTION. In the order the...

Section 53.033. Order: Election of Supervisors - Sec. 53.033. ORDER: ELECTION OF SUPERVISORS. The board shall include...

Section 53.034. Order: Division of Property and Money - Sec. 53.034. ORDER: DIVISION OF PROPERTY AND MONEY. In the...

Section 53.040. Elected Supervisors Take Office - Sec. 53.040. ELECTED SUPERVISORS TAKE OFFICE. If the election results...

Section 53.041. Completing Membership of the Board - Sec. 53.041. COMPLETING MEMBERSHIP OF THE BOARD. If no supervisors...

Section 53.042. Newly Elected Supervisors--Term of Office - Sec. 53.042. NEWLY ELECTED SUPERVISORS--TERM OF OFFICE. The newly elected...

Section 53.043. Powers of New District - Sec. 53.043. POWERS OF NEW DISTRICT. A district created by...

Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions

Section 53.061. Creation of District - Sec. 53.061. CREATION OF DISTRICT. A commissioners court may create...

Section 53.062. Board of Supervisors - Sec. 53.062. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. A district created under this...

Section 53.063. Supervisor's Qualifications - Sec. 53.063. SUPERVISOR'S QUALIFICATIONS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection...

Section 53.072. Assessor and Collector's Qualifications - Sec. 53.072. ASSESSOR AND COLLECTOR'S QUALIFICATIONS. To be qualified for...

Section 53.073. Assessor and Collector's Term of Office - Sec. 53.073. ASSESSOR AND COLLECTOR'S TERM OF OFFICE. The first...

Section 53.075. Assessor and Collector's Salary - Sec. 53.075. ASSESSOR AND COLLECTOR'S SALARY. The board shall fix...

Section 53.088. Status of the District - Sec. 53.088. STATUS OF THE DISTRICT. A district is: (1)...

Subchapter D. Powers and Duties

Section 53.101. Purpose of District - Sec. 53.101. PURPOSE OF DISTRICT. Fresh water supply districts may...

Section 53.102. Constitutional Basis - Sec. 53.102. CONSTITUTIONAL BASIS. The constitutional basis for this chapter...

Section 53.103. Governmental Powers of District - Sec. 53.103. GOVERNMENTAL POWERS OF DISTRICT. A district has the...

Section 53.104. Authority to Acquire Water Rights - Sec. 53.104. AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE WATER RIGHTS. A district may...

Section 53.105. Contracts With Other Districts or Water Supply Corporations - Sec. 53.105. CONTRACTS WITH OTHER DISTRICTS OR WATER SUPPLY CORPORATIONS....

Section 53.107. Distribution of Water and Use of Revenues Obtained From Distribution of Water - Sec. 53.107. DISTRIBUTION OF WATER AND USE OF REVENUES OBTAINED...

Section 53.112. Use of Roadways - Sec. 53.112. USE OF ROADWAYS. In order to secure fresh...

Section 53.113. Constructing Improvements on Railroad Ways - Sec. 53.113. CONSTRUCTING IMPROVEMENTS ON RAILROAD WAYS. (a) Before the...

Section 53.115. Duties of Engineer - Sec. 53.115. DUTIES OF ENGINEER. (a) The engineer shall make...

Section 53.121. Constructing Sanitary Sewer Systems - Sec. 53.121. CONSTRUCTING SANITARY SEWER SYSTEMS. (a) A district may...

Section 53.122. Regulating Sanitary Conditions Inside the District - Sec. 53.122. REGULATING SANITARY CONDITIONS INSIDE THE DISTRICT. (a) A...

Section 53.126. Effect of Enumeration of Powers - Sec. 53.126. EFFECT OF ENUMERATION OF POWERS. No statement of...

Subchapter E. General Fiscal Provisions

Section 53.145. Payment of Election Expenses - Sec. 53.145. PAYMENT OF ELECTION EXPENSES. The board shall pay...

Section 53.146. Maintenance Fund - Sec. 53.146. MAINTENANCE FUND. (a) A district shall have a...

Section 53.150. Payment of Damages - Sec. 53.150. PAYMENT OF DAMAGES. The district shall pay out...

Section 53.151. Cost of Sanitary Sewer Systems - Sec. 53.151. COST OF SANITARY SEWER SYSTEMS. (a) The board...

Subchapter F. Bond and Tax Provisions

Section 53.171. Power to Issue Bonds - Sec. 53.171. POWER TO ISSUE BONDS. (a) A district may...

Section 53.172. Ordering Bond Election - Sec. 53.172. ORDERING BOND ELECTION. After the creation of a...

Section 53.176. Issuing Bonds - Sec. 53.176. ISSUING BONDS. (a) After declaring the result of...

Section 53.177. Approving Bonds - Sec. 53.177. APPROVING BONDS. (a) Before the board offers bonds...

Section 53.178. Registering Bonds - Sec. 53.178. REGISTERING BONDS. When the attorney general approves the...

Section 53.179. Selling Bonds - Sec. 53.179. SELLING BONDS. After the bonds are registered, the...

Section 53.180. Recording of Bond Issues - Sec. 53.180. RECORDING OF BOND ISSUES. (a) After the bonds...

Section 53.181. Paying Bonds and Interest - Sec. 53.181. PAYING BONDS AND INTEREST. At the time for...

Section 53.182. Bonds Payable From Revenues and Ad Valorem Taxes - Sec. 53.182. BONDS PAYABLE FROM REVENUES AND AD VALOREM TAXES....

Section 53.183. Election Required - Sec. 53.183. ELECTION REQUIRED. (a) A district may not issue...

Section 53.184. Refunding Bonds - Sec. 53.184. REFUNDING BONDS. (a) With the consent of the...

Section 53.185. Rates and Charges - Sec. 53.185. RATES AND CHARGES. If the board issues revenue...

Section 53.186. Interest and Sinking Fund - Sec. 53.186. INTEREST AND SINKING FUND. (a) A district shall...

Section 53.187. Investment of Sinking Fund - Sec. 53.187. INVESTMENT OF SINKING FUND. The board may invest...

Section 53.188. Levy of Taxes - Sec. 53.188. LEVY OF TAXES. After the district has issued...

Section 53.189. Assessor and Collector--Office - Sec. 53.189. ASSESSOR AND COLLECTOR--OFFICE. The assessor and collector shall...

Section 53.190. Subject to Rules of Board - Sec. 53.190. SUBJECT TO RULES OF BOARD. The assessor and...

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Texas Statutes Title 4 - General Law Districts Chapter 53 - Fresh Water Supply Districts

Texas Statutes
Title 4 - General Law Districts
Chapter 53 - Fresh Water Supply Districts