Sec. 55.361. WATER SERVICE DISCONTINUED. (a) If a landowner fails or refuses to pay any 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 shall 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 any 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. 457, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 90 (S.B. 611), Sec. 24, eff. September 1, 2013.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 4 - General Law Districts
Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts
Subchapter H. Water Assessments
Section 55.351. Statement Estimating Water Requirements and Payment of Charge
Section 55.352. Board's Estimate of Maintenance and Operating Expenses
Section 55.353. Methods for Determining Maintenance and Operating Expenses
Section 55.354. Distribution of Assessment
Section 55.355. Notice of Assessments
Section 55.356. Payment of Assessments
Section 55.357. Collection of Assessments by Tax Assessor and Collector
Section 55.358. Contracts With Person Using Irrigation Water
Section 55.359. Lien Against Crops
Section 55.360. List of Delinquent Assessments
Section 55.361. Water Service Discontinued
Section 55.362. Suits for Delinquent Assessments
Section 55.363. Interest and Collection Fees
Section 55.365. Surplus Assessments
Section 55.366. Insufficient Assessments
Section 55.367. Land Not Subject to Assessments
Section 55.368. Loans for Maintenance and Operating Expenses
Section 55.369. Fixed Charges for Maintenance Expenses
Section 55.370. Charge to Cities and Towns
Section 55.371. Authority to Determine Rules and Regulations