Sec. 65.020. HEARING. (a) If the commission determines that a hearing is necessary under Section 49.011, the commission shall conduct a hearing and accept evidence on the sufficiency of the resolution and whether or not the request for conversion for each purpose specified in the resolution, as required by Section 65.015, is feasible and practicable and is necessary and would be a benefit to all or any part of the land proposed to be included in the district. The commission may only consider a purpose for which the district is being created that is specified in the resolution.
(b) The commission has jurisdiction to determine all issues on the sufficiency of the resolution and the creation of the district.
(c) The hearing may be adjourned from day to day, and the commission may make all incidental orders necessary with respect to the matters before it.
Added by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 2448, ch. 435, Sec. 4, eff. Aug. 29, 1983. Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 447, Sec. 1, eff. Nov. 15, 1985; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1070, Sec. 41, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1244 (H.B. 1673), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 4 - General Law Districts
Chapter 65 - Special Utility Districts
Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District
Section 65.011. Creation of District
Section 65.012. Purposes of District
Section 65.013. Composition of District
Section 65.014. Certified Resolution Seeking Creation of District
Section 65.015. Contents of Resolution
Section 65.016. Consent of City
Section 65.018. Notice and Hearing on District Creation
Section 65.021. Granting or Refusing Creation of District