Texas Statutes
Title 4 - General Law Districts
Chapter 63 - Self-Liquidating Navigation Districts

Section 63.001. Definitions - Sec. 63.001. DEFINITIONS. As used in this chapter: (1) "District"...

Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District

Section 63.021. Self-Liquidating Districts - Sec. 63.021. SELF-LIQUIDATING DISTRICTS. (a) All navigation districts organized under...

Section 63.022. Creation - Sec. 63.022. CREATION. A district of the character provided in...

Section 63.023. Area Included in District - Sec. 63.023. AREA INCLUDED IN DISTRICT. A district may include...

Section 63.024. Petition to Create Single-County District - Sec. 63.024. PETITION TO CREATE SINGLE-COUNTY DISTRICT. (a) To create...

Section 63.025. Petition to Create District in Two Counties - Sec. 63.025. PETITION TO CREATE DISTRICT IN TWO COUNTIES. (a)...

Section 63.026. Navigation Board - Sec. 63.026. NAVIGATION BOARD. (a) The navigation board shall include...

Section 63.027. Hearing - Sec. 63.027. HEARING. At the same session the petition is...

Section 63.028. Notice of Hearing - Sec. 63.028. NOTICE OF HEARING. (a) The commissioners court shall...

Section 63.029. Hearing by Navigation Board - Sec. 63.029. HEARING BY NAVIGATION BOARD. (a) If the proposed...

Section 63.030. Conduct of Hearing - Sec. 63.030. CONDUCT OF HEARING. (a) The commissioners court or...

Section 63.031. Findings - Sec. 63.031. FINDINGS. (a) If it appears at the hearing...

Section 63.032. Providing Funds for Proposed Improvements - Sec. 63.032. PROVIDING FUNDS FOR PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS. (a) If the...

Section 63.033. Election Order - Sec. 63.033. ELECTION ORDER. (a) If the commissioners court or...

Section 63.034. Notice of Election - Sec. 63.034. NOTICE OF ELECTION. (a) The clerk of the...

Section 63.035. Ballots - Sec. 63.035. BALLOTS. The ballots for the election shall be...

Section 63.036. Conduct of Election - Sec. 63.036. CONDUCT OF ELECTION. The commissioners court shall create...

Section 63.037. Returns of Election - Sec. 63.037. RETURNS OF ELECTION. (a) Immediately after the election,...

Section 63.038. Declaration of Result - Sec. 63.038. DECLARATION OF RESULT. The court shall canvass the...

Section 63.039. Conversion of District - Sec. 63.039. CONVERSION OF DISTRICT. Any navigation district organized under...

Section 63.040. Resolution to Convert - Sec. 63.040. RESOLUTION TO CONVERT. (a) The commission, by resolution...

Section 63.041. Notice - Sec. 63.041. NOTICE. (a) Notice of the adoption of a...

Section 63.042. Hearing - Sec. 63.042. HEARING. The hearing may be adjourned from day...

Section 63.043. Findings - Sec. 63.043. FINDINGS. (a) If at the hearing the commission...

Section 63.044. Effect of Conversion - Sec. 63.044. EFFECT OF CONVERSION. If the finding of the...

Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions

Section 63.081. Appointment of Commissioners - Sec. 63.081. APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONERS. After a district is created,...

Section 63.082. Qualifications - Sec. 63.082. QUALIFICATIONS. To be qualified for appointment as a...

Section 63.083. Vacancies - Sec. 63.083. VACANCIES. All vacancies in the office of appointed...

Section 63.084. Oath - Sec. 63.084. OATH. In addition to the constitutional oath provided...

Section 63.085. Bond - Sec. 63.085. BOND. Before beginning to perform his duties, each...

Section 63.086. Term of Office - Sec. 63.086. TERM OF OFFICE. Each commissioner shall hold office...

Section 63.087. Optional Term of Office - Sec. 63.087. OPTIONAL TERM OF OFFICE. (a) The commission may...

Section 63.088. Commission Organization and Quorum - Sec. 63.088. COMMISSION ORGANIZATION AND QUORUM. The commission shall organize...

Section 63.089. Election of Commissioners - Sec. 63.089. ELECTION OF COMMISSIONERS. (a) An election shall be...

Section 63.0895. Joint Election With County - Sec. 63.0895. JOINT ELECTION WITH COUNTY. (a) The commission of...

Section 63.090. Placing Names of Candidates on Ballot - Sec. 63.090. PLACING NAMES OF CANDIDATES ON BALLOT. A candidate...

Section 63.091. Polling Place - Sec. 63.091. POLLING PLACE. The commission shall designate the polling...

Section 63.092. Election Officers - Sec. 63.092. ELECTION OFFICERS. The commission shall appoint the election...

Section 63.093. Notice of Election - Sec. 63.093. NOTICE OF ELECTION. (a) The notice of the...

Section 63.094. Conduct of Election - Sec. 63.094. CONDUCT OF ELECTION. (a) The election officers shall...

Section 63.0945. Write-in Candidates - Sec. 63.0945. WRITE-IN CANDIDATES. (a) In an election to elect...

Section 63.095. Vacancies on Commission - Sec. 63.095. VACANCIES ON COMMISSION. (a) A vacancy in the...

Section 63.096. Commissioner's Oath - Sec. 63.096. COMMISSIONER'S OATH. Each commissioner shall subscribe an oath...

Section 63.097. Commissioner's Bond - Sec. 63.097. COMMISSIONER'S BOND. (a) Each commissioner shall execute a...

Section 63.098. Commissioner's Compensation - Sec. 63.098. COMMISSIONER'S COMPENSATION. (a) Each commissioner shall receive a...

Section 63.099. District Manager - Sec. 63.099. DISTRICT MANAGER. (a) The commission may employ a...

Section 63.100. District Assessor and Collector - Sec. 63.100. DISTRICT ASSESSOR AND COLLECTOR. The commission shall appoint...

Section 63.101. Deputy Assessor and Collector - Sec. 63.101. DEPUTY ASSESSOR AND COLLECTOR. The commission may appoint...

Section 63.103. Deputy's Bond - Sec. 63.103. DEPUTY'S BOND. The assistant or assistants to the...

Section 63.104. Compensation of Assessor and Collector and Deputy - Sec. 63.104. COMPENSATION OF ASSESSOR AND COLLECTOR AND DEPUTY. The...

Section 63.1045. Executive Director - Sec. 63.1045. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. (a) The district may employ an...

Section 63.105. Engineer - Sec. 63.105. ENGINEER. The district may employ a competent engineer...

Section 63.106. Legal Counsel - Sec. 63.106. LEGAL COUNSEL. The commission may employ an attorney...

Section 63.107. District Employees - Sec. 63.107. DISTRICT EMPLOYEES. (a) The district: (1) may employ...

Section 63.108. Bonds of Officers and Employees - Sec. 63.108. BONDS OF OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES. (a) Each officer...

Section 63.109. Payment of Compensation and Expenses - Sec. 63.109. PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES. The district may...

Section 63.110. District Office - Sec. 63.110. DISTRICT OFFICE. A regular office shall be maintained...

Section 63.112. Court Actions - Sec. 63.112. COURT ACTIONS. (a) A district established under this...

Subchapter D. Powers and Duties

Section 63.151. Authority of District - Sec. 63.151. AUTHORITY OF DISTRICT. All districts created under this...

Section 63.152. Purposes of District - Sec. 63.152. PURPOSES OF DISTRICT. The district may make improvements...

Section 63.153. General Authority of District - Sec. 63.153. GENERAL AUTHORITY OF DISTRICT. A district may: (1)...

Section 63.154. Authority to Go on Land - Sec. 63.154. AUTHORITY TO GO ON LAND. The commission and...

Section 63.155. Acquisition of Property and Right-of-Way - Sec. 63.155. ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY AND RIGHT-OF-WAY. The commission may...

Section 63.156. Eminent Domain - Sec. 63.156. EMINENT DOMAIN. (a) The district may exercise the...

Section 63.157. Authority Over Improvements - Sec. 63.157. AUTHORITY OVER IMPROVEMENTS. A district may acquire, purchase,...

Section 63.158. Obtaining Consent of United States - Sec. 63.158. OBTAINING CONSENT OF UNITED STATES. If a river,...

Section 63.159. Cooperation With the United States - Sec. 63.159. COOPERATION WITH THE UNITED STATES. (a) The commission...

Section 63.160. Duties of Engineer - Sec. 63.160. DUTIES OF ENGINEER. The engineer shall: (1) make...

Section 63.161. United States Performing Duties of Engineer - Sec. 63.161. UNITED STATES PERFORMING DUTIES OF ENGINEER. Instead of...

Section 63.162. District Order for Improvements - Sec. 63.162. DISTRICT ORDER FOR IMPROVEMENTS. If the commission considers...

Section 63.163. Notice of Hearing - Sec. 63.163. NOTICE OF HEARING. (a) After the commission's order...

Section 63.164. Hearing on Improvements - Sec. 63.164. HEARING ON IMPROVEMENTS. (a) The commission shall hear...

Section 63.165. Findings - Sec. 63.165. FINDINGS. (a) After the hearing is completed, the...

Section 63.166. Bond Election - Sec. 63.166. BOND ELECTION. (a) An election shall be held...

Section 63.167. Form of Bonds - Sec. 63.167. FORM OF BONDS. (a) The bonds shall be...

Section 63.168. Bids for Contract - Sec. 63.168. BIDS FOR CONTRACT. (a) Before the commission enters...

Section 63.169. Notice of Bids - Sec. 63.169. NOTICE OF BIDS. (a) Notice of the time...

Section 63.170. Application of Certain Sections - Sec. 63.170. APPLICATION OF CERTAIN SECTIONS. The provisions of Sections...

Section 63.171. Procedure for Bids - Sec. 63.171. PROCEDURE FOR BIDS. (a) Any person desiring to...

Section 63.172. Formal Requirements of Contract - Sec. 63.172. FORMAL REQUIREMENTS OF CONTRACT. A contract entered into...

Section 63.173. Contractor's Bond - Sec. 63.173. CONTRACTOR'S BOND. The contractor shall execute an adequate...

Section 63.174. Interest in Contract - Sec. 63.174. INTEREST IN CONTRACT. The members of the board...

Section 63.175. Supervision of Work - Sec. 63.175. SUPERVISION OF WORK. (a) Unless done under the...

Section 63.176. Payment for Work - Sec. 63.176. PAYMENT FOR WORK. (a) A representative of the...

Section 63.177. Commission Report - Sec. 63.177. COMMISSION REPORT. (a) The commission shall make an...

Section 63.178. Franchises - Sec. 63.178. FRANCHISES. (a) A district may grant franchises on...

Section 63.179. Adjacent Land - Sec. 63.179. ADJACENT LAND. (a) The district may own land...

Section 63.180. Issuance of Writs - Sec. 63.180. ISSUANCE OF WRITS. A writ of mandamus shall...

Section 63.181. Peace Officers - Sec. 63.181. PEACE OFFICERS. The district may appoint peace officers...

Section 63.182. Effect on Police Powers - Sec. 63.182. EFFECT ON POLICE POWERS. The provisions of this...

Section 63.183. Other Laws Governing District - Sec. 63.183. OTHER LAWS GOVERNING DISTRICT. The commission has the...

Subchapter E. General Fiscal Provisions

Section 63.221. Construction and Maintenance Fund - Sec. 63.221. CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE FUND. (a) The construction and...

Section 63.222. District Depository - Sec. 63.222. DISTRICT DEPOSITORY. The district depository shall be designated...

Section 63.224. Accounts and Records; Audit - Sec. 63.224. ACCOUNTS AND RECORDS; AUDIT. (a) A complete book...

Section 63.225. Deposit - Sec. 63.225. DEPOSIT. (a) When the petition to create the...

Section 63.226. Debt - Sec. 63.226. DEBT. (a) The district may retire the original...

Section 63.227. Retiring Debt - Sec. 63.227. RETIRING DEBT. Debentures, notes, or other evidences of...

Section 63.228. Borrowing Money - Sec. 63.228. BORROWING MONEY. (a) A district may borrow for...

Subchapter F. Bond Provisions

Section 63.251. Levy of Tax - Sec. 63.251. LEVY OF TAX. After bonds have been voted,...

Section 63.252. Form of Bonds - Sec. 63.252. FORM OF BONDS. (a) Bonds issued under the...

Section 63.253. Approval of Bonds by Attorney General - Sec. 63.253. APPROVAL OF BONDS BY ATTORNEY GENERAL. (a) Before...

Section 63.254. Registration of Bonds - Sec. 63.254. REGISTRATION OF BONDS. After the bonds are examined...

Section 63.255. Validity of Bonds - Sec. 63.255. VALIDITY OF BONDS. (a) After the bonds are...

Section 63.256. Sale of Bonds - Sec. 63.256. SALE OF BONDS. (a) After the bonds are...

Section 63.257. Bond Record - Sec. 63.257. BOND RECORD. (a) After bonds are issued, the...

Subchapter G. Tax Provisions

Section 63.281. Bond Tax - Sec. 63.281. BOND TAX. (a) After bonds have been voted,...

Section 63.282. Maintenance and Operation Tax - Sec. 63.282. MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION TAX. (a) With the approval...

Section 63.283. Funds From Sources Other Than Taxes - Sec. 63.283. FUNDS FROM SOURCES OTHER THAN TAXES. The district...

Section 63.285. Duty of Assessor and Collector - Sec. 63.285. DUTY OF ASSESSOR AND COLLECTOR. The assessor and...

Subchapter H. Assessments

Section 63.321. Assessments to Retire Debt - Sec. 63.321. ASSESSMENTS TO RETIRE DEBT. Assessments which are equitably...

Section 63.322. Order to Retire Debt by Assessments - Sec. 63.322. ORDER TO RETIRE DEBT BY ASSESSMENTS. If the...

Section 63.323. Notice of the Order and Hearing - Sec. 63.323. NOTICE OF THE ORDER AND HEARING. (a) The...

Section 63.324. Hearing Procedure - Sec. 63.324. HEARING PROCEDURE. (a) All protests, contests, and objections...

Section 63.325. Findings - Sec. 63.325. FINDINGS. The commission shall enter its findings after...

Section 63.326. Tax Roll - Sec. 63.326. TAX ROLL. (a) If the commission finds in...

Section 63.327. Board of Equalization - Sec. 63.327. BOARD OF EQUALIZATION. (a) If the commission finds...

Section 63.328. Notice of Hearing by Board of Equalization - Sec. 63.328. NOTICE OF HEARING BY BOARD OF EQUALIZATION. Notice...

Section 63.329. Hearing by Board of Equalization - Sec. 63.329. HEARING BY BOARD OF EQUALIZATION. The owners of...

Section 63.330. Findings of Board of Equalization - Sec. 63.330. FINDINGS OF BOARD OF EQUALIZATION. After all hearings...

Section 63.331. Disapproval of Findings - Sec. 63.331. DISAPPROVAL OF FINDINGS. If the commission refuses to...

Section 63.332. Effect of Approval of Findings - Sec. 63.332. EFFECT OF APPROVAL OF FINDINGS. The approval of...

Section 63.333. Personal Obligation; Lien - Sec. 63.333. PERSONAL OBLIGATION; LIEN. An assessment is a personal...

Section 63.334. Assessment Fund - Sec. 63.334. ASSESSMENT FUND. (a) The assessments shall be paid...

Section 63.335. Errors in Assessments - Sec. 63.335. ERRORS IN ASSESSMENTS. (a) An error, mistake, or...

Section 63.336. Reassessment - Sec. 63.336. REASSESSMENT. (a) If, in the opinion of the...

Section 63.337. Suit to Set Aside or Correct Assessment - Sec. 63.337. SUIT TO SET ASIDE OR CORRECT ASSESSMENT. (a)...

Section 63.338. Delinquent Assessments - Sec. 63.338. DELINQUENT ASSESSMENTS. (a) Not later than August 1...

Section 63.339. Suit for Collection - Sec. 63.339. SUIT FOR COLLECTION. (a) After the delinquent roll...

Section 63.340. Sale of Property to Satisfy Judgment - Sec. 63.340. SALE OF PROPERTY TO SATISFY JUDGMENT. The district...

Section 63.341. Rules and Regulations - Sec. 63.341. RULES AND REGULATIONS. The commission may adopt any...

Subchapter I. Annexation

Section 63.371. Annexation Authority - Sec. 63.371. ANNEXATION AUTHORITY. A district created under this chapter...

Section 63.372. Petition - Sec. 63.372. PETITION. Before territory is annexed to the district,...

Section 63.373. Scheduling Petition for Hearing; Notice - Sec. 63.373. SCHEDULING PETITION FOR HEARING; NOTICE. (a) After a...

Section 63.374. Hearing - Sec. 63.374. HEARING. The commission shall hold the hearing on...

Section 63.375. Election Order - Sec. 63.375. ELECTION ORDER. If after the hearing the commission...

Section 63.376. Notice of Election - Sec. 63.376. NOTICE OF ELECTION. (a) The election shall be...

Section 63.377. Ballots - Sec. 63.377. BALLOTS. The ballots for the election shall be...

Section 63.378. Election Officials - Sec. 63.378. ELECTION OFFICIALS. The commission shall appoint one judge...

Section 63.379. Canvass of Vote; Entry of Order - Sec. 63.379. CANVASS OF VOTE; ENTRY OF ORDER. (a) The...

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Texas Statutes Title 4 - General Law Districts Chapter 63 - Self-Liquidating Navigation Districts

Texas Statutes
Title 4 - General Law Districts
Chapter 63 - Self-Liquidating Navigation Districts