Texas Statutes
Title 4 - General Law Districts
Chapter 56 - Drainage Districts

Section 56.032. Authorizing Existing Districts to Operate Under Article Xvi, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution - Sec. 56.032. AUTHORIZING EXISTING DISTRICTS TO OPERATE UNDER ARTICLE XVI,...

Section 56.033. Alternate Procedure for Creation - Sec. 56.033. ALTERNATE PROCEDURE FOR CREATION. (a) The landowners of...

Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions

Section 56.061. Creation of Board - Sec. 56.061. CREATION OF BOARD. (a) A district is governed...

Section 56.062. Eligibility Requirements for Directors - Sec. 56.062. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR DIRECTORS. To be eligible to...

Section 56.064. Election of Directors - Sec. 56.064. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS. (a) For any district in...

Section 56.0641. Election Procedures - Sec. 56.0641. ELECTION PROCEDURES. (a) In those districts referred to...

Section 56.0642. Applicability to Special Law Districts - Sec. 56.0642. APPLICABILITY TO SPECIAL LAW DISTRICTS. Subsection (b) of...

Section 56.069. Transfer of Board's Power to Commissioners Court - Sec. 56.069. TRANSFER OF BOARD'S POWER TO COMMISSIONERS COURT. (a)...

Section 56.082. Hearing; Powers of the Commissioners Court - Sec. 56.082. HEARING; POWERS OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT. (a) Except...

Subchapter D. Powers and Duties

Section 56.111. Control and Repair of District Improvements - Sec. 56.111. CONTROL AND REPAIR OF DISTRICT IMPROVEMENTS. The board...

Section 56.115. Duties of the Engineer - Sec. 56.115. DUTIES OF THE ENGINEER. (a) The engineer shall...

Section 56.116. Maps and Estimates - Sec. 56.116. MAPS AND ESTIMATES. (a) The map and profile...

Section 56.120. Railroad Culverts - Sec. 56.120. RAILROAD CULVERTS. (a) At the expense of the...

Section 56.121. Road Culverts - Sec. 56.121. ROAD CULVERTS. The board shall build necessary bridges...

Section 56.122. Constructing Bridges and Culverts in Certain Counties - Sec. 56.122. CONSTRUCTING BRIDGES AND CULVERTS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. (a)...

Section 56.123. Change in Plans Without Additional Expenditures - Sec. 56.123. CHANGE IN PLANS WITHOUT ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES. (a) After...

Section 56.124. Change in Plans With Additional Expenditures - Sec. 56.124. CHANGE IN PLANS WITH ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES. (a) If...

Section 56.125. Additional Improvements - Sec. 56.125. ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS. (a) After completion of improvements, including...

Section 56.126. Changes, Additions, and Improvements - Sec. 56.126. CHANGES, ADDITIONS, AND IMPROVEMENTS. When the board determines...

Section 56.128. Injuring Drainage Canal or Ditch - Sec. 56.128. INJURING DRAINAGE CANAL OR DITCH. Any person who...

Section 56.135. Interest in Drainage Contract - Sec. 56.135. INTEREST IN DRAINAGE CONTRACT. A county judge, county...

Section 56.140. Public and Private Improvements - Sec. 56.140. PUBLIC AND PRIVATE IMPROVEMENTS. (a) Canals, drains, ditches,...

Section 56.141. Outside Drains - Sec. 56.141. OUTSIDE DRAINS. (a) Before a person artificially drains...

Section 56.142. Enlargement of Canals, Drains, and Other Outlets - Sec. 56.142. ENLARGEMENT OF CANALS, DRAINS, AND OTHER OUTLETS. (a)...

Section 56.143. Contract for Improvements With the United States - Sec. 56.143. CONTRACT FOR IMPROVEMENTS WITH THE UNITED STATES. (a)...

Section 56.144. Interlocal Agreements - Sec. 56.144. INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS. A district created pursuant to this...

Subchapter E. General Fiscal Provisions

Section 56.182. District Funds - Sec. 56.182. DISTRICT FUNDS. (a) The construction and maintenance fund...

Subchapter F. Issuance of Bonds and Notes

Section 56.201. Authority to Issue Bonds - Sec. 56.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS. Any district may issue...

Section 56.202. Issuance of Bonds - Sec. 56.202. ISSUANCE OF BONDS. When maps, profiles, and estimates...

Section 56.203. Record Book for Bonds - Sec. 56.203. RECORD BOOK FOR BONDS. (a) Before any bonds...

Section 56.204. Bonds: Requisites - Sec. 56.204. BONDS: REQUISITES. (a) Bonds shall be issued in...

Section 56.205. Bonds: Approval - Sec. 56.205. BONDS: APPROVAL. (a) After the bonds are sold,...

Section 56.207. Bonds: Sale - Sec. 56.207. BONDS: SALE. (a) The board shall advertise and...

Section 56.209. Use of Unsold Bonds for Maintenance Purposes - Sec. 56.209. USE OF UNSOLD BONDS FOR MAINTENANCE PURPOSES. If...

Section 56.210. Refunding Bonds - Sec. 56.210. REFUNDING BONDS. (a) A district may refund outstanding...

Section 56.211. Refunding Bond Election - Sec. 56.211. REFUNDING BOND ELECTION. (a) If indebtedness to be...

Section 56.212. Approval and Issuance of Refunding Bonds - Sec. 56.212. APPROVAL AND ISSUANCE OF REFUNDING BONDS. (a) If...

Section 56.213. Tax Anticipation Notes; Bond Anticipation Notes - Sec. 56.213. TAX ANTICIPATION NOTES; BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES. (a) A...

Subchapter G. Taxation Provisions

Section 56.241. Levy of Taxes to Pay for Bonds - Sec. 56.241. LEVY OF TAXES TO PAY FOR BONDS. After...

Section 56.242. Maintenance Tax - Sec. 56.242. MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) The board shall have a...

Section 56.247. Levying Taxes on the Benefit Basis - Sec. 56.247. LEVYING TAXES ON THE BENEFIT BASIS. A district...

Section 56.248. Authorizing Taxation on the Benefit Basis for Newly Created Districts - Sec. 56.248. AUTHORIZING TAXATION ON THE BENEFIT BASIS FOR NEWLY...

Section 56.249. Authorizing Taxation on the Benefit Basis for Existing District - Sec. 56.249. AUTHORIZING TAXATION ON THE BENEFIT BASIS FOR EXISTING...

Section 56.250. Law Governing Districts Levying Taxes on the Benefit Basis - Sec. 56.250. LAW GOVERNING DISTRICTS LEVYING TAXES ON THE BENEFIT...

Section 56.251. Determining Acreage in the District - Sec. 56.251. DETERMINING ACREAGE IN THE DISTRICT. (a) In districts...

Subchapter H. Dissolution

Section 56.291. Authority to Dissolve a District - Sec. 56.291. AUTHORITY TO DISSOLVE A DISTRICT. Subject to the...

Section 56.292. Petition - Sec. 56.292. PETITION. At a regular meeting of the board,...

Section 56.293. Deposit - Sec. 56.293. DEPOSIT. (a) Any person filing a petition shall...

Section 56.294. Election - Sec. 56.294. ELECTION. (a) Notice of the election to dissolve...

Section 56.295. Result of the Election - Sec. 56.295. RESULT OF THE ELECTION. (a) The returns of...

Section 56.296. Settlement of Debts - Sec. 56.296. SETTLEMENT OF DEBTS. (a) When the district is...

Section 56.297. Dissolution Tax - Sec. 56.297. DISSOLUTION TAX. (a) The commissioners court shall determine...

Section 56.299. Retirement of Bonds - Sec. 56.299. RETIREMENT OF BONDS. If there are outstanding bonds...

Section 56.300. Trustee - Sec. 56.300. TRUSTEE. On filing and approval of a bond,...

Section 56.301. Trustee's Bond - Sec. 56.301. TRUSTEE'S BOND. The county treasurer shall execute a...

Section 56.302. Trustee's Compensation - Sec. 56.302. TRUSTEE'S COMPENSATION. (a) The trustee is entitled to...

Section 56.303. Powers of the Trustee - Sec. 56.303. POWERS OF THE TRUSTEE. (a) The commissioners court...

Section 56.304. Expenses of the Trustee - Sec. 56.304. EXPENSES OF THE TRUSTEE. (a) The trustee shall...

Section 56.305. Presentation of Claims - Sec. 56.305. PRESENTATION OF CLAIMS. (a) Within the six-month period...

Section 56.306. Approval of Claim - Sec. 56.306. APPROVAL OF CLAIM. (a) At a regular meeting,...

Section 56.307. Appeal - Sec. 56.307. APPEAL. If any claimant is not satisfied with...

Section 56.308. Rejection of Claim - Sec. 56.308. REJECTION OF CLAIM. (a) If the trustee finds...

Section 56.309. Bonds and Approved Claims - Sec. 56.309. BONDS AND APPROVED CLAIMS. Bonds and approved claims...

Section 56.310. Contesting Claim - Sec. 56.310. CONTESTING CLAIM. (a) If any district taxpayer files...

Section 56.311. Final Report of Trustee - Sec. 56.311. FINAL REPORT OF TRUSTEE. (a) When all claims...

Subchapter J. Alternate Procedure for Annexation by Existing District

Section 56.751. Petition for Annexation - Sec. 56.751. PETITION FOR ANNEXATION. The landowners of a defined...

Section 56.752. Hearing on Determination of Petition - Sec. 56.752. HEARING ON DETERMINATION OF PETITION. (a) The board...

Section 56.753. Notice of Hearing - Sec. 56.753. NOTICE OF HEARING. (a) The secretary of the...

Section 56.754. Elections to Approve Annexation of Territory - Sec. 56.754. ELECTIONS TO APPROVE ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY. (a) If...

Section 56.755. Notice and Procedure of Election - Sec. 56.755. NOTICE AND PROCEDURE OF ELECTION. The notice of...

Section 56.756. Liability of Added Territory - Sec. 56.756. LIABILITY OF ADDED TERRITORY. The added territory shall...

Subchapter K. Consolidation of Districts

Section 56.801. Consolidation of Districts - Sec. 56.801. CONSOLIDATION OF DISTRICTS. Two or more districts governed...

Section 56.802. Consolidation by Agreement - Sec. 56.802. CONSOLIDATION BY AGREEMENT. (a) The boards of the...

Section 56.803. Consolidation by Petition - Sec. 56.803. CONSOLIDATION BY PETITION. (a) Consolidation may be initiated...

Section 56.804. Time of Holding Election; Cost of Election - Sec. 56.804. TIME OF HOLDING ELECTION; COST OF ELECTION. (a)...

Section 56.805. Ballot - Sec. 56.805. BALLOT. The ballot in the election shall be...

Section 56.806. Canvass; Result - Sec. 56.806. CANVASS; RESULT. (a) The board of each district...

Section 56.807. Governing Consolidated Districts; Election of Directors - Sec. 56.807. GOVERNING CONSOLIDATED DISTRICTS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS. (a) When...

Section 56.808. Title to Property; Assumption of Debt - Sec. 56.808. TITLE TO PROPERTY; ASSUMPTION OF DEBT. (a) Title...

Section 56.809. Unexpended Bond Proceeds - Sec. 56.809. UNEXPENDED BOND PROCEEDS. Any money received from the...

Section 56.810. Fiscal Year; Budget - Sec. 56.810. FISCAL YEAR; BUDGET. (a) A consolidated district shall...

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Texas Statutes Title 4 - General Law Districts Chapter 56 - Drainage Districts

Texas Statutes
Title 4 - General Law Districts
Chapter 56 - Drainage Districts