Title WA, Water Code

Sec. 51.046. ORGANIZATION OF DISTRICT TO CONDUCT PRELIMINARY SURVEYS. A district may be organized for the sole purpose of conducting preliminary surveys to determine whether or not improvements are needed and what improvements, if any, are required to promote the public welfare. …

Sec. 51.047. CREATION OF MASTER DISTRICT. A master district may be created under this chapter and may include all or any part of the area of one or more districts created and operating under the provisions of this chapter or Chapters 53, 55, 56, 57, 60-63 of this code or Chapter …

Sec. 51.048. PURPOSES OF MASTER DISTRICT. (a) A master district may be created to conduct preliminary surveys and to develop a plan for the control and use of the water of any given stream, so that the improvements on one part of a watershed will be mechanically and economically …

Sec. 51.049. MASTER DISTRICT; PROCEDURE. (a) The Commission shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine petitions for the creation of a master district. (b) Each district composing part of a master district shall, for all purposes of an election, constitute a separate…

Sec. 51.050. MASTER DISTRICT; DIRECTORS. A master district may have directors which number five, seven, or any other uneven number up to 21. (b) The number shall be determined at the time of the creation of the district and may thereafter be changed by the directors of the distri…

Sec. 51.051. MASTER DISTRICT GOVERNED BY CHAPTER. The provisions of this chapter, where applicable, shall govern a master district in: (1) the procedure for its creation; (2) the conduct of its affairs; and (3) its powers. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 3…

Sec. 51.052. CITY, TOWN, OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION CREATED AS A DISTRICT. (a) Any city, town, or municipal corporation may have the benefit and powers provided in this chapter under the Texas Constitution and may aid any district in the construction and operation of any improvemen…

Sec. 51.071. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. The governing body of a district is the board of directors, which shall consist of five directors. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.

Sec. 51.0711. SPECIAL DIRECTOR. (a) The governing body of a municipality that enters a contract or agreement with a district located in more than one county to jointly construct, acquire, operate, or maintain a regional wastewater system is entitled to appoint a special director …

Sec. 51.072. QUALIFICATIONS FOR DIRECTOR. (a) To be qualified for election as a director, a person must: (1) be a resident of the state; (2) own land subject to taxation in the district or be a qualified voter in the district; and (3) be at least 18 years of age. (b) Section 49.0…

Sec. 51.0731. ELECTION DATE FOR CERTAIN DIRECTORS. The election date for directors of a district proposing to provide or actually providing water and sewer services or either of these services to household users as the principal functions of the district shall be the first Saturd…

Sec. 51.0732. UNIFORM ELECTION DATE. Notwithstanding the election date prescribed by Section 51.0731 of this code, an election held under that section shall be held on a uniform election date as provided by law. Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 54, Sec. 25(l), eff. Sept. 1, 198…

Sec. 51.075. APPLICATION TO GET ON BALLOT. A candidate for the office of director or other elective office may file an application with the secretary of the board to have the candidate's name printed on the election ballot. The application must be signed by the applicant or by at…

Sec. 51.076. SELECTION OF DIRECTORS IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS. (a) In a district created after June 18, 1967, with boundaries coterminous with the boundaries of a county, the commissioners court may provide in the order granting the petition for creation that the directors are to be s…

Sec. 51.085. DISTRICT TAX ASSESSOR AND COLLECTOR. The board may appoint one person to the office of tax assessor and collector, or it may order an election to fill that office. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.

Sec. 51.090. BONDS OF OFFICERS OF A DISTRICT ACTING AS FISCAL AGENT OR COLLECTING MONEY FOR UNITED STATES. (a) If a district is appointed fiscal agent for the United States or if a district is authorized to make collections of money for the United States in connection with a fede…

Sec. 51.091. PROJECTS OF CERTAIN DISTRICTS. (a) In this section, "preservation district" means a district defined by Chapter 54 and created by special law with the power to promote the preservation of fish and other wildlife within its boundaries. (b) A water supply project finan…

Sec. 51.0951. MEETINGS IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS. After at least 25 qualified electors are residing in a district covered by Section 51.0941 of this code, on written request of at least five of these electors, the board shall designate a meeting place within the district. On the failu…

Sec. 51.121. PURPOSES OF DISTRICT. (a) A water control and improvement district organized under the provisions of Article III, Section 52, of the Texas Constitution, may provide for: (1) the improvement of rivers, creeks, and streams to prevent overflows, to permit navigation or …

Sec. 51.122. ADOPTING RULES AND REGULATIONS. A district may adopt and enforce reasonable rules and regulations to: (1) secure and maintain safe, sanitary, and adequate plumbing installations, connections, and appurtenances as subsidiary parts of the district's sanitary sewer syst…

Sec. 51.125. CONSTRUCTION OF IMPROVEMENTS. A district may construct all works and improvements necessary: (1) for the prevention of floods; (2) for the irrigation of land in the district; (3) for the drainage of land in the district, including drainage ditches or other facilities…

Sec. 51.127. ADOPTING RULES AND REGULATIONS. A district may adopt and make known reasonable regulations to: (1) secure and maintain safe, sanitary, and adequate plumbing installations, connections, and appurtenances as subsidiary parts of sanitary sewer systems; (2) preserve the …

Sec. 51.128. EFFECT OF RULES AND REGULATIONS. After the required publication, rules and regulations adopted by the district under Section 51.127 of this code shall be recognized by the courts as if they were penal ordinances of a city. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1…

Sec. 51.129. PUBLICATION OF RULES AND REGULATIONS. (a) The board shall publish once a week for two consecutive weeks a substantive statement of the rules or regulations and the penalty for their violation in one or more newspapers with general circulation in the area in which the…

Sec. 51.130. EFFECTIVE DATE OF RULES AND REGULATIONS. The penalty for violation of a rule or regulation is not effective and enforceable until five days after the publication of the notice. Five days after the publication, the published regulation shall be in effect and ignorance…

Sec. 51.133. CONSTRUCTING BRIDGES AND CULVERTS ACROSS AND OVER COUNTY AND PUBLIC ROADS. The district shall build necessary bridges and culverts across and over district canals, laterals, and ditches which cross county or public roads. Funds of the district shall be used to constr…

Sec. 51.134. CONSTRUCTING CULVERTS AND BRIDGES ACROSS AND UNDER RAILROAD TRACKS, ROADWAYS, AND INTERURBAN OR STREET RAILWAYS. (a) The district, at its own expense, may build necessary bridges and culverts across or under any railroad tracks or roadways of any railroad or any inte…

Sec. 51.135. CONTRACTING FOR TOLL BRIDGES AND FERRY SERVICE. (a) A district may make contracts with responsible persons for the construction and operation of toll bridges over the district's water for not more than 20 years or for ferry service on or over the district's water for…

Sec. 51.149. CONTRACTS. (a) Notwithstanding Section 49.108(e), no approval other than that specified in Subsection (c) need be obtained in order for a contract between a district and a municipality to be valid, binding, and enforceable against all parties to the contract. After a…

Sec. 51.150. CONTRACTS WITH OTHER DISTRICTS OR WATER SUPPLY CORPORATIONS. (a) In this section, "authorized water district" means a district created under Section 52(b)(1) or (2), Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution. (b) A district may enter into a contract…

Sec. 51.156. CONTRACT WITH THE UNITED STATES. (a) The board of a district organized under the provisions of Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution to irrigate arid land may contract with the United States for the investigation, construction, extension, operation, and …

Sec. 51.157. CONSTRUCTION CHARGES UNDER A CONTRACT WITH THE UNITED STATES. The construction charges under a contract with the United States may include the cost of drainage and flood-control works necessary to control floods or to maintain the irrigability of district land, and t…

Sec. 51.158. ELECTION TO APPROVE A CONTRACT WITH THE UNITED STATES. (a) The electors of the district shall vote to approve every contract involving the payment of construction charges to the United States. The provisions of this chapter relating to the election to approve the val…

Sec. 51.159. CONVEYING PROPERTY TO THE UNITED STATES. A district may convey any property to the United States necessary for the construction, operation, or maintenance of federal reclamation works used or to be used for the benefit of the district. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, c…

Sec. 51.160. ENGINEERING DATA UNNECESSARY. If a district contracts with the United States under the provisions of Section 51.155 of this code for use by the district of federal reclamation works, the district need not prepare or file any engineering data for the construction of t…

Sec. 51.161. CONSENT OF UNITED STATES TO ALTER DISTRICT'S BOUNDARIES. Until all money has been paid by the district which is due to the United States under a contract relating to a federal reclamation project, the United States must consent to any change in the boundaries of the …

Sec. 51.162. TAXES LEVIED BY DISTRICT UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE UNITED STATES. (a) A district which enters into a contract with the United States shall levy annually sufficient taxes to provide payment of all installments required by the contract. (b) The board may apportion benefi…

Sec. 51.163. ASSESSMENTS FOR CONTRACTS WITH THE UNITED STATES. The board shall levy annually sufficient assessments to collect the money required to pay all the district's obligations in full when due regardless of any delinquency in payment of assessments by any tract of land. I…

Sec. 51.164. DURATION OF ANNUAL LEVIES FOR CONTRACTS WITH THE UNITED STATES. The board shall continue annual levies for payment of construction charges each year against each tract of land in the district even though construction charges apportioned against other tracts of land i…

Sec. 51.165. SUPERIORITY OF LIEN TO SECURE CONTRACT WITH THE UNITED STATES. The lien against district land created by a contract with the United States shall be superior to the lien created by any district bonds approved subsequent to the date of the contract with the United Stat…

Sec. 51.166. DISTRICT'S AUTHORITY TO SOLICIT COOPERATION, DONATIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS FROM OTHER AGENCIES. A district organized under the provisions of this chapter may solicit cooperation, donations, and contributions from the United States, the state, or any other state or nati…

Sec. 51.167. EXPENSE OF PROCURING COOPERATION AND CONTRIBUTIONS FROM OTHER AGENCIES. A district may incur reasonable expense to procure cooperation under Section 51.166 of this code in adding to the area of the district or with contributions to the cost of improvements made by th…

Sec. 51.168. AUTHORITY OF CONTRIBUTOR. (a) Any water improvement district, water control and improvement district, levee improvement district, county, city, town, or other political subdivision of the state may contract to contribute to the cost of the construction of drainage, f…

Sec. 51.169. ISSUANCE OF BONDS BY CONTRIBUTOR. (a) The contract may provide for the issuance of bonds by the contributor and for direct payment from the proceeds of the bonds to contractors on the estimates of the engineer for the contributor. (b) Before issuing bonds, a contribu…

Sec. 51.170. ANNUAL TAX BY CONTRIBUTOR. (a) The contract for contribution may provide that instead of issuing bonds the contributor may levy, assess, and collect an annual tax in a specific sum. The levy or assessment is a lien on the property subject to the contributor's taxing …

Sec. 51.171. CONTRIBUTIONS FROM UNAPPROPRIATED OR AVAILABLE FUNDS OF CONTRIBUTOR. (a) If the proposed contributor has an unappropriated fund or a fund which is not required for actual use even though otherwise appropriated, the fund may be withdrawn from the project which does no…