Tex. Aux. Water Laws art. 7812 · Chapter 3. WATER CONTROL AND PRESERVATION DISTRICTS
CONTINGENT DEPOSIT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The petition shall be accompanied by five hundred dollars in cash which shall be deposited with the clerk of the commissioners court of the county in which the largest portion of the proposed district is situated. If the result of the original election is in favor of the establishment of the district, the clerk shall return said deposit to the petitioners, their agent or attorney; otherwise the clerk shall pay the same out upon the vouchers signed by the county judge of such county, for all expenses and costs pertaining to the proposed district up to and including said election, and shall return the balance to the petitioners, their agent or attorney.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1918, 35th Leg., 4th C.S., p. 74, ch. 43.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WL/htm/WL.3.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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