Ask a question on the site
Questions
Lawyers
Blogs
Legislation
Contacts
Become a lawyer
Login Registration
Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 57.001. Definitions - Sec. 57.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "District" means levee...
Subchapter B. Creation of District
Section 57.011. Creation - Sec. 57.011. CREATION. A levee improvement district may be created...
Section 57.012. Petition - Sec. 57.012. PETITION. (a) Before a district is created, a...
Section 57.013. Deposit - Sec. 57.013. DEPOSIT. (a) A petition for creation of a...
Section 57.014. Hearing on Petition - Sec. 57.014. HEARING ON PETITION. The commissioners court or the...
Section 57.015. Notice of Hearing - Sec. 57.015. NOTICE OF HEARING. (a) The commissioners court shall...
Section 57.016. Investigation by Executive Director - Sec. 57.016. INVESTIGATION BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. (a) When the executive...
Section 57.017. Hearing Procedure - Sec. 57.017. HEARING PROCEDURE. (a) The commissioners court has exclusive...
Section 57.018. Conduct of Hearing - Sec. 57.018. CONDUCT OF HEARING. At the hearing, the commissioners...
Section 57.019. Findings and Judgment - Sec. 57.019. FINDINGS AND JUDGMENT. (a) Before the commissioners court...
Section 57.020. Appeal of Dismissal of Petition - Sec. 57.020. APPEAL OF DISMISSAL OF PETITION. If at the...
Section 57.021. Notice of Appeal - Sec. 57.021. NOTICE OF APPEAL. (a) Notice of the appeal...
Section 57.022. Appeal Bond - Sec. 57.022. APPEAL BOND. Within five days from the date...
Section 57.023. Time for Appeal - Sec. 57.023. TIME FOR APPEAL. Unless the appeal is perfected...
Section 57.024. Transfer of Records and Orders - Sec. 57.024. TRANSFER OF RECORDS AND ORDERS. Within five days...
Section 57.025. Trial of Appeal and Judgment - Sec. 57.025. TRIAL OF APPEAL AND JUDGMENT. (a) The district...
Section 57.026. Authorizing Districts to Operate Under This Chapter - Sec. 57.026. AUTHORIZING DISTRICTS TO OPERATE UNDER THIS CHAPTER. (a)...
Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions
Section 57.051. Appointment of Board of Directors - Sec. 57.051. APPOINTMENT OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS. (a) The commissioners...
Section 57.053. Vacancy and Removal - Sec. 57.053. VACANCY AND REMOVAL. (a) A vacancy on an...
Section 57.057. Election of Board of Directors - Sec. 57.057. ELECTION OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS. After creation of...
Section 57.058. Number of Elected Directors; Terms - Sec. 57.058. NUMBER OF ELECTED DIRECTORS; TERMS. In districts which...
Section 57.059. Qualifications for Elected Directors - Sec. 57.059. QUALIFICATIONS FOR ELECTED DIRECTORS. To be qualified for...
Section 57.060. Petition - Sec. 57.060. PETITION. Before an election is held under Section...
Section 57.061. Procedure for Election - Sec. 57.061. PROCEDURE FOR ELECTION. After the petition is presented...
Subchapter D. Powers and Duties
Section 57.091. Purposes of District - Sec. 57.091. PURPOSES OF DISTRICT. A district may be created...
Section 57.092. General Powers of District - Sec. 57.092. GENERAL POWERS OF DISTRICT. (a) The district may...
Section 57.093. Adopting Rules and Regulations - Sec. 57.093. ADOPTING RULES AND REGULATIONS. A district may adopt...
Section 57.100. Construction of Levees - Sec. 57.100. CONSTRUCTION OF LEVEES. (a) The district may construct...
Section 57.101. Construction of Levees by Railroad Companies and Other Authorities - Sec. 57.101. CONSTRUCTION OF LEVEES BY RAILROAD COMPANIES AND OTHER...
Section 57.103. Injuring Levees - Sec. 57.103. INJURING LEVEES. A person who wrongfully or purposely...
Section 57.104. Construction of Improvements - Sec. 57.104. CONSTRUCTION OF IMPROVEMENTS. The district may construct all...
Section 57.108. Conditions of Contract - Sec. 57.108. CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT. (a) Repealed by Acts 2003,...
Section 57.111. Conditioning Contract on Sale of Bonds - Sec. 57.111. CONDITIONING CONTRACT ON SALE OF BONDS. After the...
Section 57.116. Engineer's Construction Report - Sec. 57.116. ENGINEER'S CONSTRUCTION REPORT. (a) As work progresses on...
Section 57.117. Inspection and Report by Executive Director - Sec. 57.117. INSPECTION AND REPORT BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. (a) The...
Section 57.118. Compliance With Contract - Sec. 57.118. COMPLIANCE WITH CONTRACT. After the board receives a...
Section 57.121. Interpretation of District Powers - Sec. 57.121. INTERPRETATION OF DISTRICT POWERS. Except as expressly provided,...
Subchapter E. Engineer's Report
Section 57.151. Authority of Engineer - Sec. 57.151. AUTHORITY OF ENGINEER. The engineer, subject to the...
Section 57.154. Survey and Report - Sec. 57.154. SURVEY AND REPORT. (a) The engineer shall make...
Section 57.155. Contents of Report - Sec. 57.155. CONTENTS OF REPORT. (a) The engineer's report shall...
Subchapter F. General Fiscal Provisions
Section 57.177. Financing the District Without Bonds - Sec. 57.177. FINANCING THE DISTRICT WITHOUT BONDS. (a) If the...
Subchapter G. Issuance of Bonds
Section 57.201. Power to Issue Bonds - Sec. 57.201. POWER TO ISSUE BONDS. The district may issue...
Section 57.207. Declaring Result of Election - Sec. 57.207. DECLARING RESULT OF ELECTION. The board shall enter...
Section 57.208. Issuance of Bonds - Sec. 57.208. ISSUANCE OF BONDS. (a) If the issuance of...
Section 57.212. Bond Record - Sec. 57.212. BOND RECORD. (a) After the bonds are issued,...
Section 57.213. Refunding Bonds - Sec. 57.213. REFUNDING BONDS. (a) With the consent of the...
Section 57.2131. Alternative Methods of Issuing Refunding Bonds - Sec. 57.2131. ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF ISSUING REFUNDING BONDS. (a) A...
Section 57.214. Issuance of Refunding Bonds Without an Election - Sec. 57.214. ISSUANCE OF REFUNDING BONDS WITHOUT AN ELECTION. A...
Section 57.215. Investment of Sinking Fund - Sec. 57.215. INVESTMENT OF SINKING FUND. The board or commissioners...
Section 57.216. Providing for Additional Funds - Sec. 57.216. PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS. (a) If the improvements...
Section 57.217. Eligibility of District Bonds for Investments and Public Funds - Sec. 57.217. ELIGIBILITY OF DISTRICT BONDS FOR INVESTMENTS AND PUBLIC...
Subchapter H. Tax Provisions
Section 57.251. Levy of Taxes on the Ad Valorem Basis - Sec. 57.251. LEVY OF TAXES ON THE AD VALOREM BASIS....
Section 57.258. Assessment and Collection of Taxes for Districts With Land in More Than One County - Sec. 57.258. ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF TAXES FOR DISTRICTS WITH...
Section 57.259. Assessment of Damages - Sec. 57.259. ASSESSMENT OF DAMAGES. (a) In a district which...
Section 57.260. Levy of Taxes on Benefit Basis - Sec. 57.260. LEVY OF TAXES ON BENEFIT BASIS. (a) If...
Section 57.261. Appointment of Commissioners of Appraisement - Sec. 57.261. APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONERS OF APPRAISEMENT. The commissioners court...
Section 57.262. Qualifications for Commissioners of Appraisement - Sec. 57.262. QUALIFICATIONS FOR COMMISSIONERS OF APPRAISEMENT. The commissioners of...
Section 57.263. Compensation of Commissioners of Appraisement - Sec. 57.263. COMPENSATION OF COMMISSIONERS OF APPRAISEMENT. (a) The commissioners...
Section 57.264. Organization of Commissioners of Appraisement - Sec. 57.264. ORGANIZATION OF COMMISSIONERS OF APPRAISEMENT. (a) The secretary...
Section 57.265. Duties of Commissioners of Appraisement - Sec. 57.265. DUTIES OF COMMISSIONERS OF APPRAISEMENT. (a) The commissioners...
Section 57.266. Report of Commissioners of Appraisement - Sec. 57.266. REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF APPRAISEMENT. (a) The commissioners...
Section 57.267. Notice of Hearing - Sec. 57.267. NOTICE OF HEARING. (a) After the commissioners of...
Section 57.268. Rights of Parties - Sec. 57.268. RIGHTS OF PARTIES. Parties interested in matters before...
Section 57.269. Hearing; Judgment - Sec. 57.269. HEARING; JUDGMENT. (a) An owner of land or...
Section 57.270. Appeal of Decree of the Commissioners of Appraisement - Sec. 57.270. APPEAL OF DECREE OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF APPRAISEMENT....
Section 57.271. Basis of Taxation - Sec. 57.271. BASIS OF TAXATION. (a) After the action of...
Section 57.272. Tax Assessor for Districts Levying Taxes on Benefit Basis - Sec. 57.272. TAX ASSESSOR FOR DISTRICTS LEVYING TAXES ON BENEFIT...
Section 57.273. Readjusting Assessments - Sec. 57.273. READJUSTING ASSESSMENTS. (a) After one year from the...
Section 57.274. Hearing on Petition for Reassessment - Sec. 57.274. HEARING ON PETITION FOR REASSESSMENT. (a) At the...
Section 57.275. Tax Collection on Reassessment - Sec. 57.275. TAX COLLECTION ON REASSESSMENT. (a) The judgment and...
Section 57.279. Collection of Delinquent Taxes - Sec. 57.279. COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT TAXES. (a) Taxes levied on...
Subchapter I. Dissolution
Section 57.321. Dissolution of a District - Sec. 57.321. DISSOLUTION OF A DISTRICT. Subject to the provisions...
Section 57.322. Requirements for Dissolving a District by Petition - Sec. 57.322. REQUIREMENTS FOR DISSOLVING A DISTRICT BY PETITION. (a)...
Section 57.323. Return of Taxes on Dissolution - Sec. 57.323. RETURN OF TAXES ON DISSOLUTION. (a) If a...
Section 57.324. Dissolving a District by Election - Sec. 57.324. DISSOLVING A DISTRICT BY ELECTION. A district may...
Section 57.325. Petition - Sec. 57.325. PETITION. To dissolve a district by election, a...
Section 57.326. Election Order - Sec. 57.326. ELECTION ORDER. (a) After it receives a petition...
Section 57.327. Election Procedure, Time, and Place for Holding Election - Sec. 57.327. ELECTION PROCEDURE, TIME, AND PLACE FOR HOLDING ELECTION....
Section 57.328. Ballot - Sec. 57.328. BALLOT. The commissioners court shall have the ballots...
Section 57.329. Vote Necessary to Carry Proposition - Sec. 57.329. VOTE NECESSARY TO CARRY PROPOSITION. More than two-thirds...
Section 57.3295. Dissolution of District by Commissioners Court Without Petition - Sec. 57.3295. DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT BY COMMISSIONERS COURT WITHOUT PETITION....
Section 57.330. Commissioners Court Order Dissolving District - Sec. 57.330. COMMISSIONERS COURT ORDER DISSOLVING DISTRICT. (a) If the...
Section 57.331. Dissolution Trustees - Sec. 57.331. DISSOLUTION TRUSTEES. The commissioners court shall appoint as...
Section 57.332. Trustees' Bond - Sec. 57.332. TRUSTEES' BOND. (a) When the commissioners court issues...
Section 57.333. Trustees' Compensation - Sec. 57.333. TRUSTEES' COMPENSATION. (a) The trustees are entitled to...
Section 57.334. Appointment of Trustee to Fill Vacancy - Sec. 57.334. APPOINTMENT OF TRUSTEE TO FILL VACANCY. In case...
Section 57.335. General Duties of Trustees - Sec. 57.335. GENERAL DUTIES OF TRUSTEES. (a) The trustees have...
Section 57.336. Trustees' Expense - Sec. 57.336. TRUSTEES' EXPENSE. (a) The trustees shall make a...
Section 57.337. Claims That Were Approved Before District Was Dissolved - Sec. 57.337. CLAIMS THAT WERE APPROVED BEFORE DISTRICT WAS DISSOLVED....
Section 57.338. Protesting Payment of Claims Approved Before District Was Dissolved - Sec. 57.338. PROTESTING PAYMENT OF CLAIMS APPROVED BEFORE DISTRICT WAS...
Section 57.339. Claims Not Approved Before District Was Dissolved - Sec. 57.339. CLAIMS NOT APPROVED BEFORE DISTRICT WAS DISSOLVED. (a)...
Section 57.340. Claims, Payment Orders, and Appeals - Sec. 57.340. CLAIMS, PAYMENT ORDERS, AND APPEALS. (a) The commissioners...
Section 57.341. Claims Judgments - Sec. 57.341. CLAIMS JUDGMENTS. (a) If a person making a...
Section 57.342. Claims to Be Paid - Sec. 57.342. CLAIMS TO BE PAID. The trustees shall pay...
Section 57.343. Disposition of Debts After Election - Sec. 57.343. DISPOSITION OF DEBTS AFTER ELECTION. (a) If the...
Section 57.344. Accelerated Retirement of Bonds - Sec. 57.344. ACCELERATED RETIREMENT OF BONDS. (a) If there are...
Section 57.346. Final Trustee Report - Sec. 57.346. FINAL TRUSTEE REPORT. (a) After the trustees pay...