Sec. 56.140. PUBLIC AND PRIVATE IMPROVEMENTS. (a) Canals, drains, ditches, and levees which are constructed by a district and watercourses which are cleaned or constructed by a district are the public property of the district.
(b) A person who owns land in the district may drain into one or more of the public drains, and at his own expense, the landowner may make drains according to the natural slope of the land through other lands intervening between his land and the nearest public drain or watercourse or along any public highway.
(c) Before constructing any drains, the landowner shall notify the board of his intention to construct a drain through another person's land or along a public highway, and the directors shall go on the premises and acting as a jury of view shall determine the place for constructing the drain.
Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 513, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 4 - General Law Districts
Chapter 56 - Drainage Districts
Subchapter D. Powers and Duties
Section 56.111. Control and Repair of District Improvements
Section 56.115. Duties of the Engineer
Section 56.116. Maps and Estimates
Section 56.120. Railroad Culverts
Section 56.122. Constructing Bridges and Culverts in Certain Counties
Section 56.123. Change in Plans Without Additional Expenditures
Section 56.124. Change in Plans With Additional Expenditures
Section 56.125. Additional Improvements
Section 56.126. Changes, Additions, and Improvements
Section 56.128. Injuring Drainage Canal or Ditch
Section 56.135. Interest in Drainage Contract
Section 56.140. Public and Private Improvements
Section 56.141. Outside Drains
Section 56.142. Enlargement of Canals, Drains, and Other Outlets
Section 56.143. Contract for Improvements With the United States