Sec. 58.313. INTEREST AND COLLECTION FEES. (a) All assessments imposed under Section 58.305(a) shall bear interest from the date payment is due at the rate of 15 percent a year. Assessments not paid by the first day of the month following the date payment is due are delinquent, and a penalty of up to 15 percent of the amount of the past-due assessment shall be added to the amount due.
(b) If suit is filed to foreclose a lien on crops or if a delinquent assessment is collected by an attorney before or after suit, an additional amount of 15 percent on the unpaid assessment, penalty, and interest shall be added as collection or attorney's fees.
Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 789, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 90 (S.B. 611), Sec. 39, eff. September 1, 2013.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 4 - General Law Districts
Chapter 58 - Irrigation Districts
Subchapter G. Water Charges and Assessments
Section 58.301. Statement Estimating Water Requirements and Payment of Charge
Section 58.302. Contracts With Person Using Irrigation Water
Section 58.303. Authority to Determine Rules and Regulations
Section 58.304. Board's Estimate of Maintenance and Operating Expenses
Section 58.305. Distribution of Assessment
Section 58.306. Notice of Assessments
Section 58.307. Payment of Assessments
Section 58.308. Collection of Assessments by Tax Assessor and Collector
Section 58.309. Lien Against Crops
Section 58.310. List of Delinquent Assessments
Section 58.311. Water Service Discontinued
Section 58.312. Suits for Delinquent Assessments
Section 58.313. Interest and Collection Fees
Section 58.314. Rights of the United States
Section 58.315. Surplus Assessments
Section 58.316. Insufficient Assessments
Section 58.318. Charges for Maintenance Expenses
Section 58.319. Charge to Cities and Towns
Section 58.320. Loans for Maintenance and Operating Expenses