Title WA, Water Code

Sec. 62.117. ANNUAL REPORT. (a) The commission shall make an annual report of its official acts and file it with the clerk of the commissioners court on or before January 1 of each year. (b) The report shall include in detail: (1) the kind, character, and amount of work done in t…

Sec. 62.118. COOPERATION WITH UNITED STATES. (a) If a river, creek, stream, bay, canal, or waterway to be improved is navigable or the proposed improvement is of a nature which requires the permission or consent of the United States, the commission may obtain the required permiss…

Sec. 62.119. PREFERENCE LIEN; WAIVER; ENFORCEMENT. (a) If a district leases, rents, furnishes, or supplies water to any person, association of persons, water improvement district, or corporation for the purpose of irrigation, the district shall have, without regard to contract, a…

Sec. 62.120. CONTRACT FOR AND LEASE OF WATER SYSTEM. (a) A district may enter into operating contracts and leases with cities and other governmental subdivisions for the operation of the portions of the district's water system which are designated by the board or the commission. …

Sec. 62.121. CONTRACTS AND OBLIGATIONS TO ACCOMPLISH DISTRICT PURPOSES AND EXERCISE DISTRICT POWERS. (a) A district may enter into a contract with any person, including a municipality or other political subdivision in a county adjacent to the district, in order to accomplish any …

Sec. 62.122. DISPOSITION OF SALVAGE OR SURPLUS PERSONAL PROPERTY. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the commission or board of trustees under Chapter 54, Transportation Code, may periodically dispose of surplus or salvage personal property in the same manner as the commis…

Sec. 62.123. FRANCHISES. (a) A district may grant franchises for purposes consistent with this chapter to any person on property owned or controlled by the district by restrictive covenant or otherwise. (b) No franchise shall be granted for longer than 50 years nor shall a franch…

Sec. 62.151. CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE FUND. (a) The construction and maintenance fund shall include money received from the sale of bonds and all other sources except tax collections placed in the sinking fund to pay the principal of and the interest on bonds. (b) After the o…

Sec. 62.152. PAYMENT OF EXPENSES. The district may draw warrants or issue checks: (1) to pay for services; (2) to pay the compensation of employees; and (3) to pay all expenses incident to operation of the district. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971…

Sec. 62.153. DUTIES OF DISTRICT TREASURER; AUTHORITY OF DESIGNATED OFFICER. (a) The district treasurer shall: (1) open an account for all funds received by the district treasurer for the district and all district funds which the treasurer pays out; (2) pay out money on vouchers s…

Sec. 62.154. APPLICABILITY OF SECTIONS 62.155-62.159. Sections 62.155-62.159 of this code apply to all revenue, income, money, funds, or increments except revenue derived from taxation which may result from the ownership and operation of the district's improvements and facilities…

Sec. 62.155. DEPOSIT IN BANKING CORPORATION. (a) Instead of depositing the revenue of the district in the manner provided by law for districts, the commission may deposit the revenue in a banking corporation in the manner provided in Section 62.156 of this code. (b) On selection …

Sec. 62.156. SELECTION OF DEPOSITORY. The commission shall select a depository as provided by Section 60.271. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1400, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Sec. 62.159. CONFLICTS WITH PRIOR BONDS OR OTHER LAWS. If Sections 62.154-62.158 of this code conflict with the provisions of any bonds issued by a district and secured in whole or in part by a pledge of revenue, with the proceedings authorizing the bonds, or with any special act…

Sec. 62.160. MAINTENANCE TAX. The commissioners courts of the respective counties inside each district may levy and have assessed and collected for the maintenance, operation, and upkeep of the district and the improvements constructed by the district an annual tax not to exceed …

Sec. 62.191. ISSUANCE OF NAVIGATION BONDS. (a) After the commission determines the cost of proposed improvements, incidental expenses, and maintenance costs, it shall certify to the commissioners court of the county of jurisdiction the amount of bonds necessary to be issued. (b) …

Sec. 62.192. ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL BONDS. (a) If the proceeds of bonds issued by a district are insufficient to complete the proposed improvement or construction, if the commissioners decide to begin other and further construction or improvements, or if additional funds are requ…

Sec. 62.193. BOND ELECTION. (a) If the authorized amount of bonds is exhausted, the commissioners court shall order an election on the issuance of additional bonds to be held in the district at the earliest legal time. (b) The ballots shall be printed to provide for voting for or…

Sec. 62.194. ORDER FOR BONDS AND TAX. If on the canvass of the vote it is determined that a majority of the votes cast at the election were in favor of the issuance of bonds and levy of tax, the commissioners court shall issue an order directing the issuance of the bonds and the …

Sec. 62.195. FORM OF BONDS. (a) Bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be issued in the name of the district, signed by the county judge of the county of jurisdiction, and attested by the county clerk of the county of jurisdiction with the seal of the commissione…

Sec. 62.196. DUTIES OF ATTORNEY GENERAL. (a) Before the bonds are offered for sale, the district shall send to the attorney general: (1) a copy of the bonds to be issued; (2) a certified copy of the order of the commissioners court levying the tax; (3) a copy of the order of the …

Sec. 62.197. REGISTRATION OF BONDS. After the bonds have been examined by the attorney general and his certificate issued, they shall be registered by the comptroller in a book to be kept for that purpose, and the certificate of the attorney general shall be preserved in the reco…

Sec. 62.198. VALIDITY OF BONDS. (a) After the bonds have been approved by the attorney general and registered by the comptroller, they shall be held in every action, suit, or proceeding in which their validity is or may be brought in question prima facie valid and binding obligat…

Sec. 62.199. RECORD OF BONDS. (a) After bonds have been issued under the provisions of this chapter, the board shall procure and deliver to the treasurer of the county of jurisdiction a well-bound book in which a record shall be kept of all the bonds. (b) A record shall be kept i…

Sec. 62.200. SALE OF BONDS. (a) After the bonds have been registered, the chairman of the commission shall offer the bonds for sale and shall sell the bonds on the best terms and for the best price possible. None of the bonds shall be sold for less than face par value and accrued…

Sec. 62.201. CHAIRMAN'S BOND. Before the chairman of the commission may sell any bonds, he shall execute a good and sufficient bond, payable to the county judge or his successors in office. The bond shall be approved by the commissioners court and shall be for an amount not less …

Sec. 62.202. TAXES; SINKING FUND INVESTMENT. (a) After district bonds have been voted, the commissioners court shall levy and have assessed and collected on all property in the district taxes sufficient in amount to pay the interest on the bonds and to annually deposit an amount …

Sec. 62.203. ISSUANCE OF REFUNDING BONDS; FORMALITIES. (a) A district which has outstanding bonds may, by order of the commissioners court of the county of jurisdiction and without submitting the proposition to an election, authorize and issue its refunding bonds for the purpose …

Sec. 62.204. REFUNDING BONDS SOLD AT PAR. The refunding bonds shall be sold by the commission at not less than their par value, delivered to the holders of not less than a like par amount of the bonds of the district authorized to be refunded in exchange for the prior bond obliga…

Sec. 62.205. APPROVAL OF REFUNDING BONDS BY ATTORNEY GENERAL. The refunding bonds shall be submitted to the attorney general for approval and shall be registered by the comptroller in the same manner and with the same effect as is now provided by law for the approval and registra…

Sec. 62.206. TAX LEVY FOR REFUNDING BONDS. (a) If a district issues refunding bonds, the district shall annually levy taxes on all taxable property in the district sufficient to pay interest on the bonds as it becomes due and to pay the principal of the bonds at maturity. (b) In …

Sec. 62.207. AUTHORITY OF SECTIONS 62.203-62.206. Sections 62.203-62.206 of this code shall, without reference to other laws, constitute full authority for the issuance of refunding bonds. No proceedings, publications, elections, or referendums other than those required in Sectio…

Sec. 62.208. REVENUE BONDS. (a) A district may issue revenue bonds on the terms and under the provisions of Chapter 111, Acts of the 43rd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1933, or Chapter 38, Acts of the 47th Legislature, Regular Session, 1941: (1) to purchase, construct, improve…

Sec. 62.209. USE OF BOND PROCEEDS FOR CERTAIN ACQUISITIONS OF CERTAIN DISTRICTS. A district to which Section 62.1071 applies may not spend for the acquisition of land, equipment, or improvements under that section the proceeds of bonds authorized by the district's voters before t…

Sec. 62.251. ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF TAXES. The assessor and collector of each county in which the district is located shall assess and collect the taxes levied by the district in the county. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971. Amended by Acts 1…

Sec. 62.291. ANNEXATION AUTHORITY. A district created under this chapter or converted from a district created under Article III, Section 52, of the Texas Constitution, into a conservation and reclamation district under Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution, may exten…

Sec. 62.292. PETITION. Before territory is annexed to the district, a petition signed by 50 or a majority of the electors residing in the adjacent territory proposed to be annexed shall be presented to the commission, requesting an election in the adjacent territory to determine …

Sec. 62.293. SCHEDULING PETITION FOR HEARING; NOTICE. (a) After a petition is presented under Section 62.292 of this code, the commission shall set the petition for a hearing to be held within 10 days from the date of presentation of the petition. (b) Notice of the hearing shall …

Sec. 62.294. HEARING. The commission shall hold the hearing on the subject of annexation of adjacent territory by the district, and any person who has taxable property in the territory proposed to be annexed may appear in person or by counsel and offer testimony or argument for o…

Sec. 62.295. ELECTION ORDER. If after the hearing the commission finds that inclusion of the territory proposed to be annexed would be a direct benefit to all the land in that territory, the commission shall order an election to be held in the territory proposed to be annexed. Ac…

Sec. 62.296. NOTICE OF ELECTION. (a) The election shall be held not less than 20 nor more than 30 days from the day of the election order and after notice is given. (b) Notice of the election shall be published once a week for 20 days immediately preceding the election in some ne…

Sec. 62.297. BALLOTS. The ballots for the election shall be printed to allow for voting for or against: "Annexation to the navigation district."; and "Assumption of a pro rata part of the bonded debt of the navigation district." Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. …

Sec. 62.298. ELECTION OFFICIALS. The commission shall appoint one judge and two clerks for each election box or place to hold the election. The judge and clerks shall be electors in the territory proposed to be annexed and shall reside near the place for holding the election. Act…

Sec. 62.299. CANVASS OF VOTE; ENTRY OF ORDER. (a) The election judges shall certify the election returns to the commission, and the commission shall canvass the returns. (b) If a majority of the electors voting at the election favor annexation and assumption of the pro rata part …

Sec. 62.300. AUTHORITY TO ANNEX OTHER DISTRICTS. Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, a district created under Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution may be annexed and become a part of another adjacent district created under the general law in the same ma…

Sec. 62.301. DUTIES OF COMMISSION OF ANNEXED DISTRICT. If a district proposes to annex an adjacent district, the commission of the district proposed to be annexed shall: (1) conduct the hearing; (2) order the election; (3) canvass the returns of the election; and (4) perform the …