Sec. 51.766. SUIT TO REVIEW EXCLUSION. (a) A person who owns an interest in property affected by an exclusion order issued under Section 51.761 may sue to review, set aside, modify, or suspend the order not later than the 20th day after the effective date of the order.
(b) Venue is in any district court that has jurisdiction in the county in which the district is located. If the district includes land in more than one county, venue is in the district court having jurisdiction in the county in which the largest portion of the acreage of the land sought to be excluded from the district is located.
(c) A person may appeal from the judgment or order of a district court in a suit brought under this section to the court of civil appeals and the supreme court as in other civil cases in which the district court has original jurisdiction.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 42, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1995.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 4 - General Law Districts
Chapter 51 - Water Control and Improvement Districts
Subchapter O. Adding and Excluding Territory and Consolidating Districts
Section 51.702. Exclusion of Nonagricultural and Nonirrigable Land From the District
Section 51.703. Prerequisite to Application for Exclusion
Section 51.704. Substituting Land of Equal Acreage and Value
Section 51.705. Securing Application to Substitute Land
Section 51.706. Application of Owner of New Land to Be Substituted
Section 51.707. Consent of Outstanding Bondholders
Section 51.708. Notice of Hearing on Applications
Section 51.709. Hearing Procedure
Section 51.710. Board's Resolution to Substitute Land
Section 51.711. Liability of Excluded and Included Land
Section 51.712. Duty to Advise Executive Director
Section 51.713. Right to Serve New Land Included in District
Section 51.714. Adding Land by Petition of Landowner
Section 51.732. Consolidation of Districts
Section 51.733. Elections to Approve Consolidation
Section 51.734. Governing Consolidated Districts
Section 51.735. Debts of Original Districts
Section 51.736. Assessment and Collection of Taxes
Section 51.748. Division of Original District With No Outstanding Indebtedness
Section 51.749. Election to Approve Division
Section 51.750. Governing Resulting Districts
Section 51.751. Current Obligations of Original District
Section 51.752. Powers of Resulting Districts
Section 51.753. Notice of Resulting Districts
Section 51.754. Exclusion of Land From District Without Indebtedness
Section 51.755. Application to Exclude Land
Section 51.756. Findings by the Board
Section 51.757. Excluding Land
Section 51.758. Notice of Certain Exclusions; Petition for Ratification Election
Section 51.759. Exclusion of Certain Nonirrigated Land
Section 51.760. Initiating Exclusion
Section 51.761. Hearing, Notice, and Order of Exclusion
Section 51.762. Consent of Debt Holders
Section 51.763. Results of Exclusion
Section 51.764. District Facilities on Excluded Property