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Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 61.001. Definitions - Sec. 61.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "District" means a...
Subchapter B. Creation of District
Section 61.021. Creation - Sec. 61.021. CREATION. A navigation district may be created as...
Section 61.022. Area Included in District - Sec. 61.022. AREA INCLUDED IN DISTRICT. A district may include...
Section 61.023. District May Include Road District - Sec. 61.023. DISTRICT MAY INCLUDE ROAD DISTRICT. On petition signed...
Section 61.024. Petition to Create Single-County District - Sec. 61.024. PETITION TO CREATE SINGLE-COUNTY DISTRICT. (a) To create...
Section 61.025. Petition to Create District in Two Counties - Sec. 61.025. PETITION TO CREATE DISTRICT IN TWO COUNTIES. (a)...
Section 61.026. Deposit - Sec. 61.026. DEPOSIT. (a) The petition shall be accompanied by...
Section 61.027. Hearing - Sec. 61.027. HEARING. (a) On presentation of the petition, the...
Section 61.028. Notice of Hearing - Sec. 61.028. NOTICE OF HEARING. (a) The commissioners court shall...
Section 61.029. Hearing by Board - Sec. 61.029. HEARING BY BOARD. (a) If the proposed district...
Section 61.030. Conduct of Hearing - Sec. 61.030. CONDUCT OF HEARING. (a) The commissioners court or...
Section 61.031. Findings - Sec. 61.031. FINDINGS. (a) If it appears at the hearing...
Section 61.032. Providing Funds for Proposed Improvements - Sec. 61.032. PROVIDING FUNDS FOR PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS. (a) If the...
Section 61.033. Election Order - Sec. 61.033. ELECTION ORDER. (a) If the commissioners court or...
Section 61.034. Elections - Sec. 61.034. ELECTIONS. (a) When an election is held under...
Section 61.035. Ballots - Sec. 61.035. BALLOTS. The ballots for the election shall be...
Section 61.036. Declaration of Result - Sec. 61.036. DECLARATION OF RESULT. If the proposition carries at...
Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions
Section 61.071. Appointment of Commissioners - Sec. 61.071. APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONERS. After a district is created,...
Section 61.072. Organization: Quorum - Sec. 61.072. ORGANIZATION: QUORUM. The commission shall organize by electing...
Section 61.073. Qualifications - Sec. 61.073. QUALIFICATIONS. To be qualified for appointment as a...
Section 61.074. Term of Office, Removal, and Succession - Sec. 61.074. TERM OF OFFICE, REMOVAL, AND SUCCESSION. (a) Each...
Section 61.075. Commissioner's Oath - Sec. 61.075. COMMISSIONER'S OATH. Each commissioner shall subscribe an oath...
Section 61.076. Commissioner's Bond - Sec. 61.076. COMMISSIONER'S BOND. Each commissioner shall execute a good...
Section 61.077. Commissioners' Compensation - Sec. 61.077. COMMISSIONERS' COMPENSATION. The commissioners are entitled to receive...
Section 61.078. District Treasurer - Sec. 61.078. DISTRICT TREASURER. The county treasurer of the county...
Section 61.079. District Treasurer's Bond - Sec. 61.079. DISTRICT TREASURER'S BOND. (a) Before receiving the proceeds...
Section 61.080. District Treasurer's Compensation - Sec. 61.080. DISTRICT TREASURER'S COMPENSATION. The district treasurer shall be...
Section 61.081. Duties Imposed Without Compensation - Sec. 61.081. DUTIES IMPOSED WITHOUT COMPENSATION. The duties and powers...
Section 61.082. Court Actions - Sec. 61.082. COURT ACTIONS. (a) The district, by and through...
Subchapter D. Powers and Duties
Section 61.111. Purposes of District - Sec. 61.111. PURPOSES OF DISTRICT. A district may: (1) improve...
Section 61.112. Employees and Counsel - Sec. 61.112. EMPLOYEES AND COUNSEL. (a) The commission may employ...
Section 61.113. Authority to Go on Land - Sec. 61.113. AUTHORITY TO GO ON LAND. The commissioners and...
Section 61.114. Penalty for Prohibiting Entry to Land - Sec. 61.114. PENALTY FOR PROHIBITING ENTRY TO LAND. Any person...
Section 61.115. Acquisition of Property - Sec. 61.115. ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY. The commission may acquire by...
Section 61.116. Lease of State Owned Lands and Flats - Sec. 61.116. LEASE OF STATE OWNED LANDS AND FLATS. (a)...
Section 61.117. Limitations on Sales and Use of State Lands and Flats - Sec. 61.117. LIMITATIONS ON SALES AND USE OF STATE LANDS...
Section 61.118. Construction Contracts - Sec. 61.118. CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS. (a) Except as provided in this...
Section 61.119. Interest in Contract of Navigation District - Sec. 61.119. INTEREST IN CONTRACT OF NAVIGATION DISTRICT. If the...
Section 61.120. Laws Governing Certain Functions of District - Sec. 61.120. LAWS GOVERNING CERTAIN FUNCTIONS OF DISTRICT. Chapter 3,...
Subchapter E. Port Facilities
Section 61.151. Authority to Operate and Develop Port Facilities - Sec. 61.151. AUTHORITY TO OPERATE AND DEVELOP PORT FACILITIES. (a)...
Section 61.152. Petition - Sec. 61.152. PETITION. (a) If the board decides to exercise...
Section 61.153. Hearing: Testimony - Sec. 61.153. HEARING: TESTIMONY. Any person who may be affected...
Section 61.154. Election Order - Sec. 61.154. ELECTION ORDER. After the hearing, if the board...
Section 61.155. Ballots - Sec. 61.155. BALLOTS. The ballots for the election shall be...
Section 61.156. Election Expense - Sec. 61.156. ELECTION EXPENSE. The district shall pay the expense...
Section 61.157. Declaration of Results - Sec. 61.157. DECLARATION OF RESULTS. If the result of the...
Section 61.158. Appointment of Commissioners - Sec. 61.158. APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONERS. (a) If the provisions of...
Section 61.159. Term of Office: Removal: Succession - Sec. 61.159. TERM OF OFFICE: REMOVAL: SUCCESSION. (a) Except for...
Section 61.160. Qualifications; Compensation; Authority - Sec. 61.160. QUALIFICATIONS; COMPENSATION; AUTHORITY. (a) Each commissioner shall be...
Section 61.161. Eminent Domain - Sec. 61.161. EMINENT DOMAIN. (a) The district may exercise the...
Section 61.162. Lease and Rental of Facilities - Sec. 61.162. LEASE AND RENTAL OF FACILITIES. A district may...
Section 61.163. Unimproved Land - Sec. 61.163. UNIMPROVED LAND. (a) A district which acquires, leases,...
Section 61.164. Franchises - Sec. 61.164. FRANCHISES. (a) The district may grant franchises to...
Section 61.165. Franchise Election - Sec. 61.165. FRANCHISE ELECTION. If the commission determines that a...
Section 61.166. Ballots - Sec. 61.166. BALLOTS. (a) The ballot shall explain the nature...
Section 61.167. Election Result - Sec. 61.167. ELECTION RESULT. If at the election a majority...
Section 61.168. Petition Protesting Franchise - Sec. 61.168. PETITION PROTESTING FRANCHISE. The franchise may be suspended...
Section 61.169. Contracts - Sec. 61.169. CONTRACTS. The provisions governing the award of contracts...
Section 61.170. Authority to Incur Debt - Sec. 61.170. AUTHORITY TO INCUR DEBT. (a) The district may...
Section 61.171. Bonds - Sec. 61.171. BONDS. (a) On compliance with the provisions of...
Section 61.172. Financing Purchases - Sec. 61.172. FINANCING PURCHASES. (a) The commission may have issued...
Section 61.173. Election on the Purchase of Facilities - Sec. 61.173. ELECTION ON THE PURCHASE OF FACILITIES. (a) No...
Section 61.174. Employees; County Auditor, Duties and Compensation - Sec. 61.174. EMPLOYEES; COUNTY AUDITOR, DUTIES AND COMPENSATION. (a) The...
Section 61.175. Powers - Sec. 61.175. POWERS. (a) A district operating under this subchapter...
Section 61.176. City Police Powers - Sec. 61.176. CITY POLICE POWERS. Nothing in this subchapter shall...
Subchapter F. General Fiscal Provisions
Section 61.211. Maintenance Fund - Sec. 61.211. MAINTENANCE FUND. (a) After the district is created...
Section 61.212. District Depository - Sec. 61.212. DISTRICT DEPOSITORY. The commission shall select a depository...
Subchapter G. Bond and Tax Provisions
Section 61.231. Issuance of Bonds - Sec. 61.231. ISSUANCE OF BONDS. When the commission determines the...
Section 61.232. Limitation on Bond Issue - Sec. 61.232. LIMITATION ON BOND ISSUE. Outstanding bonds and additional...
Section 61.233. Requisites of Bonds - Sec. 61.233. REQUISITES OF BONDS. (a) All bonds issued under...
Section 61.234. Sale of Bonds - Sec. 61.234. SALE OF BONDS. (a) After the bonds are...
Section 61.235. Chairman's Bond - Sec. 61.235. CHAIRMAN'S BOND. Before the chairman of the commission...
Section 61.236. Tax Levy - Sec. 61.236. TAX LEVY. (a) When bonds have been approved,...
Section 61.237. Assessment and Collection of Taxes - Sec. 61.237. ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF TAXES. The tax assessor...
Section 61.238. Additional Bond Issue - Sec. 61.238. ADDITIONAL BOND ISSUE. (a) If the proceeds of...
Section 61.239. Sinking Fund Investments - Sec. 61.239. SINKING FUND INVESTMENTS. The commissioners court may invest...