Sec. 51.311. WATER SERVICE DISCONTINUED. (a) If a landowner fails or refuses to pay a water assessment or a person fails to pay a charge, fee, rental, or deposit imposed under this chapter or Chapter 49 when due, the landowner's or person's water supply shall be cut off, and no water may be furnished to the land until all back assessments or other amounts owed to the district are fully paid. The discontinuance of water service is binding on all persons who own or acquire an interest in land for which assessments or other amounts owed to the district are due.
(b) A landowner or person whose water service has been discontinued under Subsection (a) may request that the board reconsider the discontinuance related to a charge, fee, rental, deposit, or penalty, and may not request that the board reconsider a discontinuance related to an assessment. If the board declines to reconsider the discontinuance, the landowner or person may file a petition under Section 11.041. That petition filed with the commission is the sole remedy available to a landowner or person described by this subsection.
Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 326, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 90 (S.B. 611), Sec. 12, eff. September 1, 2013.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 4 - General Law Districts
Chapter 51 - Water Control and Improvement Districts
Subchapter G. Water Charges and Assessments
Section 51.301. Statement Estimating Water Requirements and Payment of Charge
Section 51.302. Contracts With Person Using Irrigation Water
Section 51.303. Authority to Determine Rules and Regulations
Section 51.304. Board's Estimate of Maintenance and Operating Expenses
Section 51.305. Distribution of Assessment
Section 51.306. Notice of Assessments
Section 51.307. Payment of Assessments
Section 51.308. Collection of Assessments by Tax Assessor and Collector
Section 51.309. Lien Against Crops
Section 51.310. List of Delinquent Assessments
Section 51.311. Water Service Discontinued
Section 51.312. Suits for Delinquent Assessments
Section 51.313. Interest and Collection Fees
Section 51.314. Rights of the United States
Section 51.315. Surplus Assessments
Section 51.316. Insufficient Assessments
Section 51.317. Determining Maintenance and Operation Charges
Section 51.318. Charges for Maintenance Expenses
Section 51.319. Charge to Cities and Towns
Section 51.320. Loans for Maintenance and Operating Expenses