Texas Statutes
Title 4 - General Law Districts
Chapter 62 - Article Xvi, Section 59, Navigation Districts

Subchapter A. General Provisions

Section 62.001. Definitions - Sec. 62.001. DEFINITIONS. As used in this chapter: (1) "District"...

Subchapter B. Creation of District

Section 62.021. Creation of District - Sec. 62.021. CREATION OF DISTRICT. A navigation district may be...

Section 62.022. Composition - Sec. 62.022. COMPOSITION. A district may include within its boundaries...

Section 62.023. Petition - Sec. 62.023. PETITION. (a) Any person may present a petition...

Section 62.024. Deposit - Sec. 62.024. DEPOSIT. At the time the petition is filed...

Section 62.025. Date of Hearing - Sec. 62.025. DATE OF HEARING. (a) On presentation of the...

Section 62.026. Hearing Before the Board - Sec. 62.026. HEARING BEFORE THE BOARD. If the boundaries of...

Section 62.027. Notice of Hearing - Sec. 62.027. NOTICE OF HEARING. (a) The commissioners court shall...

Section 62.028. Hearing on Petition - Sec. 62.028. HEARING ON PETITION. (a) The commissioners court or...

Section 62.029. Findings - Sec. 62.029. FINDINGS. (a) If the commissioners court or the...

Section 62.030. Election Order - Sec. 62.030. ELECTION ORDER. (a) If the commissioners court or...

Section 62.031. Notice of Election - Sec. 62.031. NOTICE OF ELECTION. (a) The clerk of the...

Section 62.032. Ballot - Sec. 62.032. BALLOT. The ballot shall be printed to provide...

Section 62.033. Conduct of Election - Sec. 62.033. CONDUCT OF ELECTION. (a) The commissioners court shall...

Section 62.034. Canvass of Returns - Sec. 62.034. CANVASS OF RETURNS. (a) Immediately after the election,...

Section 62.035. Declaration of Result - Sec. 62.035. DECLARATION OF RESULT. If a majority of the...

Section 62.036. Expenses - Sec. 62.036. EXPENSES. (a) If the result of the election...

Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions

Section 62.061. Navigation Board - Sec. 62.061. NAVIGATION BOARD. (a) The navigation board shall include...

Section 62.062. Appointment of Initial Commissioners - Sec. 62.062. APPOINTMENT OF INITIAL COMMISSIONERS. (a) After the creation...

Section 62.063. Election of Commissioners - Sec. 62.063. ELECTION OF COMMISSIONERS. (a) Commissioners shall be elected...

Section 62.0631. Appointment of Commissioners - Sec. 62.0631. APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONERS. (a) Instead of electing commissioners...

Section 62.064. Qualifications of Commissioners - Sec. 62.064. QUALIFICATIONS OF COMMISSIONERS. Each person who is appointed...

Section 62.065. Term of Office - Sec. 62.065. TERM OF OFFICE. Commissioners shall hold office for...

Section 62.066. Vacancies - Sec. 62.066. VACANCIES. (a) A vacancy on the commission shall...

Section 62.067. Removal From Office - Sec. 62.067. REMOVAL FROM OFFICE. (a) A commissioner may be...

Section 62.068. Oath of Commissioners - Sec. 62.068. OATH OF COMMISSIONERS. (a) Before each commissioner begins...

Section 62.069. Bond of Commissioners - Sec. 62.069. BOND OF COMMISSIONERS. Before a commissioner begins to...

Section 62.070. Compensation of Commissioners - Sec. 62.070. COMPENSATION OF COMMISSIONERS. Each commissioner shall receive for...

Section 62.071. Organization of Commission - Sec. 62.071. ORGANIZATION OF COMMISSION. (a) The commission shall organize...

Section 62.072. Two-County Districts; Appointment of Commission - Sec. 62.072. TWO-COUNTY DISTRICTS; APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSION. (a) In a...

Section 62.0725. Executive Director - Sec. 62.0725. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. (a) The commission may employ an...

Section 62.073. District Treasurer - Sec. 62.073. DISTRICT TREASURER. The county treasurer of the county...

Section 62.074. Treasurer's Bond - Sec. 62.074. TREASURER'S BOND. (a) The county treasurer shall execute...

Section 62.075. Treasurer's Compensation - Sec. 62.075. TREASURER'S COMPENSATION. The county treasurer shall be allowed...

Section 62.077. Counsel - Sec. 62.077. COUNSEL. (a) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg.,...

Section 62.078. Suits; Judicial Notice - Sec. 62.078. SUITS; JUDICIAL NOTICE. (a) A district established under...

Subchapter D. Powers and Duties

Section 62.101. Purposes of District - Sec. 62.101. PURPOSES OF DISTRICT. A district may be created...

Section 62.102. Districts as Governmental Agencies - Sec. 62.102. DISTRICTS AS GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES. All districts created under...

Section 62.103. Duties of County Officials - Sec. 62.103. DUTIES OF COUNTY OFFICIALS. The powers and duties...

Section 62.104. Duties of District Engineer - Sec. 62.104. DUTIES OF DISTRICT ENGINEER. It shall be the...

Section 62.105. Right-of-Way - Sec. 62.105. RIGHT-OF-WAY. The commission may by gift, grant, purchase,...

Section 62.106. Condemnation Proceedings - Sec. 62.106. CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS. (a) The district may exercise the...

Section 62.107. Acquisition and Conveyance of Land - Sec. 62.107. ACQUISITION AND CONVEYANCE OF LAND. (a) Any district...

Section 62.1071. Acquisition of Land, Equipment, or Improvements in Certain Counties - Sec. 62.1071. ACQUISITION OF LAND, EQUIPMENT, OR IMPROVEMENTS IN CERTAIN...

Section 62.1072. Additional Commissioners for Acquisitions From Certain Municipalities - Sec. 62.1072. ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONERS FOR ACQUISITIONS FROM CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES. (a)...

Section 62.108. Entry on Property - Sec. 62.108. ENTRY ON PROPERTY. The commissioners and the engineers...

Section 62.109. Bids - Sec. 62.109. BIDS. (a) Any person, corporation, or firm which...

Section 62.110. Notice of Bids - Sec. 62.110. NOTICE OF BIDS. Notice that a contract is...

Section 62.111. Award of Contract - Sec. 62.111. AWARD OF CONTRACT. (a) All contracts for improvements,...

Section 62.112. Interest in Contracts - Sec. 62.112. INTEREST IN CONTRACTS. No county judge or county...

Section 62.113. Form of Contracts - Sec. 62.113. FORM OF CONTRACTS. All contracts made by the...

Section 62.114. Bond of Contractor - Sec. 62.114. BOND OF CONTRACTOR. (a) The party, firm, or...

Section 62.115. Supervision of Work - Sec. 62.115. SUPERVISION OF WORK. (a) Unless done under the...

Section 62.116. Inspection of Work; Payment - Sec. 62.116. INSPECTION OF WORK; PAYMENT. (a) A representative of...

Section 62.117. Annual Report - Sec. 62.117. ANNUAL REPORT. (a) The commission shall make an...

Section 62.118. Cooperation With United States - Sec. 62.118. COOPERATION WITH UNITED STATES. (a) If a river,...

Section 62.119. Preference Lien; Waiver; Enforcement - Sec. 62.119. PREFERENCE LIEN; WAIVER; ENFORCEMENT. (a) If a district...

Section 62.120. Contract for and Lease of Water System - Sec. 62.120. CONTRACT FOR AND LEASE OF WATER SYSTEM. (a)...

Section 62.121. Contracts and Obligations to Accomplish District Purposes and Exercise District Powers - Sec. 62.121. CONTRACTS AND OBLIGATIONS TO ACCOMPLISH DISTRICT PURPOSES AND...

Section 62.122. Disposition of Salvage or Surplus Personal Property - Sec. 62.122. DISPOSITION OF SALVAGE OR SURPLUS PERSONAL PROPERTY. (a)...

Section 62.123. Franchises - Sec. 62.123. FRANCHISES. (a) A district may grant franchises for...

Subchapter E. General Fiscal Provisions

Section 62.151. Construction and Maintenance Fund - Sec. 62.151. CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE FUND. (a) The construction and...

Section 62.152. Payment of Expenses - Sec. 62.152. PAYMENT OF EXPENSES. The district may draw warrants...

Section 62.153. Duties of District Treasurer; Authority of Designated Officer - Sec. 62.153. DUTIES OF DISTRICT TREASURER; AUTHORITY OF DESIGNATED OFFICER....

Section 62.154. Applicability of Sections 62 - Sec. 62.154. APPLICABILITY OF SECTIONS 62.155-62.159. Sections 62.155-62.159 of this...

Section 62.155. Deposit in Banking Corporation - Sec. 62.155. DEPOSIT IN BANKING CORPORATION. (a) Instead of depositing...

Section 62.156. Selection of Depository - Sec. 62.156. SELECTION OF DEPOSITORY. The commission shall select a...

Section 62.159. Conflicts With Prior Bonds or Other Laws - Sec. 62.159. CONFLICTS WITH PRIOR BONDS OR OTHER LAWS. If...

Section 62.160. Maintenance Tax - Sec. 62.160. MAINTENANCE TAX. The commissioners courts of the respective...

Subchapter F. Bond Provisions

Section 62.191. Issuance of Navigation Bonds - Sec. 62.191. ISSUANCE OF NAVIGATION BONDS. (a) After the commission...

Section 62.192. Issuance of Additional Bonds - Sec. 62.192. ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL BONDS. (a) If the proceeds...

Section 62.193. Bond Election - Sec. 62.193. BOND ELECTION. (a) If the authorized amount of...

Section 62.194. Order for Bonds and Tax - Sec. 62.194. ORDER FOR BONDS AND TAX. If on the...

Section 62.195. Form of Bonds - Sec. 62.195. FORM OF BONDS. (a) Bonds issued under the...

Section 62.196. Duties of Attorney General - Sec. 62.196. DUTIES OF ATTORNEY GENERAL. (a) Before the bonds...

Section 62.197. Registration of Bonds - Sec. 62.197. REGISTRATION OF BONDS. After the bonds have been...

Section 62.198. Validity of Bonds - Sec. 62.198. VALIDITY OF BONDS. (a) After the bonds have...

Section 62.199. Record of Bonds - Sec. 62.199. RECORD OF BONDS. (a) After bonds have been...

Section 62.200. Sale of Bonds - Sec. 62.200. SALE OF BONDS. (a) After the bonds have...

Section 62.201. Chairman's Bond - Sec. 62.201. CHAIRMAN'S BOND. Before the chairman of the commission...

Section 62.202. Taxes; Sinking Fund Investment - Sec. 62.202. TAXES; SINKING FUND INVESTMENT. (a) After district bonds...

Section 62.203. Issuance of Refunding Bonds; Formalities - Sec. 62.203. ISSUANCE OF REFUNDING BONDS; FORMALITIES. (a) A district...

Section 62.204. Refunding Bonds Sold at Par - Sec. 62.204. REFUNDING BONDS SOLD AT PAR. The refunding bonds...

Section 62.205. Approval of Refunding Bonds by Attorney General - Sec. 62.205. APPROVAL OF REFUNDING BONDS BY ATTORNEY GENERAL. The...

Section 62.206. Tax Levy for Refunding Bonds - Sec. 62.206. TAX LEVY FOR REFUNDING BONDS. (a) If a...

Section 62.207. Authority of Sections 62 - Sec. 62.207. AUTHORITY OF SECTIONS 62.203-62.206. Sections 62.203-62.206 of this...

Section 62.208. Revenue Bonds - Sec. 62.208. REVENUE BONDS. (a) A district may issue revenue...

Section 62.209. Use of Bond Proceeds for Certain Acquisitions of Certain Districts - Sec. 62.209. USE OF BOND PROCEEDS FOR CERTAIN ACQUISITIONS OF...

Subchapter G. Tax Provisions

Section 62.251. Assessment and Collection of Taxes - Sec. 62.251. ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF TAXES. The assessor and...

Subchapter H. Annexation

Section 62.291. Annexation Authority - Sec. 62.291. ANNEXATION AUTHORITY. A district created under this chapter...

Section 62.292. Petition - Sec. 62.292. PETITION. Before territory is annexed to the district,...

Section 62.293. Scheduling Petition for Hearing; Notice - Sec. 62.293. SCHEDULING PETITION FOR HEARING; NOTICE. (a) After a...

Section 62.294. Hearing - Sec. 62.294. HEARING. The commission shall hold the hearing on...

Section 62.295. Election Order - Sec. 62.295. ELECTION ORDER. If after the hearing the commission...

Section 62.296. Notice of Election - Sec. 62.296. NOTICE OF ELECTION. (a) The election shall be...

Section 62.297. Ballots - Sec. 62.297. BALLOTS. The ballots for the election shall be...

Section 62.298. Election Officials - Sec. 62.298. ELECTION OFFICIALS. The commission shall appoint one judge...

Section 62.299. Canvass of Vote; Entry of Order - Sec. 62.299. CANVASS OF VOTE; ENTRY OF ORDER. (a) The...

Section 62.300. Authority to Annex Other Districts - Sec. 62.300. AUTHORITY TO ANNEX OTHER DISTRICTS. Except as otherwise...

Section 62.301. Duties of Commission of Annexed District - Sec. 62.301. DUTIES OF COMMISSION OF ANNEXED DISTRICT. If a...

Section 62.302. Certification of Election Results - Sec. 62.302. CERTIFICATION OF ELECTION RESULTS. If the election in...

Section 62.303. Hearing by Annexing District; Notice - Sec. 62.303. HEARING BY ANNEXING DISTRICT; NOTICE. (a) When the...

Section 62.304. Assumption of Bonded Debt - Sec. 62.304. ASSUMPTION OF BONDED DEBT. (a) Unless a majority...

Section 62.305. Levy of Taxes on Annexed District - Sec. 62.305. LEVY OF TAXES ON ANNEXED DISTRICT. The commission...

Section 62.306. Dissolution of Annexed District - Sec. 62.306. DISSOLUTION OF ANNEXED DISTRICT. From and after the...

Section 62.307. Annexation of Whole of Adjacent County - Sec. 62.307. ANNEXATION OF WHOLE OF ADJACENT COUNTY. If the...

Section 62.308. Hearing - Sec. 62.308. HEARING. The commissioners court of the county to...

Section 62.309. Order of Election; Ballots - Sec. 62.309. ORDER OF ELECTION; BALLOTS. The commissioners court of...

Section 62.310. Certification of Election Result - Sec. 62.310. CERTIFICATION OF ELECTION RESULT. If the proposition or...

Section 62.311. Hearing by Annexing District - Sec. 62.311. HEARING BY ANNEXING DISTRICT. After the certification of...

Section 62.312. Order of Annexation - Sec. 62.312. ORDER OF ANNEXATION. If at the hearing it...

Section 62.313. Obligations Not Affected; Pro Rata Assumption - Sec. 62.313. OBLIGATIONS NOT AFFECTED; PRO RATA ASSUMPTION. (a) Except...

Section 62.314. Additional Commission Members - Sec. 62.314. ADDITIONAL COMMISSION MEMBERS. (a) From and after the...

Section 62.315. Change of Membership of Navigation Board - Sec. 62.315. CHANGE OF MEMBERSHIP OF NAVIGATION BOARD. (a) After...

Section 62.316. Permanent Commission Organization Following Annexation - Sec. 62.316. PERMANENT COMMISSION ORGANIZATION FOLLOWING ANNEXATION. (a) After the...

Section 62.317. Provisions Governing Commission - Sec. 62.317. PROVISIONS GOVERNING COMMISSION. (a) Each commissioner appointed under...

Section 62.318. Law Governing District - Sec. 62.318. LAW GOVERNING DISTRICT. (a) The only changes made...

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Texas Statutes Title 4 - General Law Districts Chapter 62 - Article Xvi, Section 59, Navigation Districts

Texas Statutes
Title 4 - General Law Districts
Chapter 62 - Article Xvi, Section 59, Navigation Districts