Sec. 57.339. CLAIMS NOT APPROVED BEFORE DISTRICT WAS DISSOLVED. (a) A person who has a claim or judgment against the district which was not approved by the commissioners before the district was dissolved may collect on the claim only by following the procedure prescribed in this section and Sections 57.340-57.342 of this code.
(b) The person must present the claim, duly verified, to the trustees within six months after the day the commissioners court approves the bond of the trustees.
(c) The trustees shall examine the claim, and if the trustees find that the claim is correct, they shall allow it. If the trustees allow the claim, the person making the claim must file it with the county clerk not less than 20 days before the beginning of the regular session of the commissioners court that follows the date the trustees allowed the claim.
(d) If the trustees find that it would be unjust for them to allow a claim, they shall endorse on the claim their refusal to allow it, and the person making the claim may sue the trustees for the amount he claims in any court of competent jurisdiction in the county.
(e) If the trustees find that it would be unjust for them to allow part of the claim, they shall endorse on the claim the parts of it they allow and the parts they disallow. The person making the claim may either waive his claim to the part disallowed and file the claim with the commissioners court or refuse to waive his claim to the part disallowed, withdraw the claim from the trustees, and sue the trustees for the amount he claims.
Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 4 - General Law Districts
Chapter 57 - Levee Improvement Districts
Section 57.321. Dissolution of a District
Section 57.322. Requirements for Dissolving a District by Petition
Section 57.323. Return of Taxes on Dissolution
Section 57.324. Dissolving a District by Election
Section 57.326. Election Order
Section 57.327. Election Procedure, Time, and Place for Holding Election
Section 57.329. Vote Necessary to Carry Proposition
Section 57.3295. Dissolution of District by Commissioners Court Without Petition
Section 57.330. Commissioners Court Order Dissolving District
Section 57.331. Dissolution Trustees
Section 57.332. Trustees' Bond
Section 57.333. Trustees' Compensation
Section 57.334. Appointment of Trustee to Fill Vacancy
Section 57.335. General Duties of Trustees
Section 57.336. Trustees' Expense
Section 57.337. Claims That Were Approved Before District Was Dissolved
Section 57.338. Protesting Payment of Claims Approved Before District Was Dissolved
Section 57.339. Claims Not Approved Before District Was Dissolved
Section 57.340. Claims, Payment Orders, and Appeals
Section 57.341. Claims Judgments
Section 57.342. Claims to Be Paid
Section 57.343. Disposition of Debts After Election