Tex. Water Code § 36.0151 · Subchapter B. CREATION OF DISTRICT
CREATION OF DISTRICT FOR PRIORITY GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AREA.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If the commission is required to create a district under Section 35.012(b), it shall, without an evidentiary hearing, issue an order creating the district and shall provide in its order that temporary directors be appointed under Section 36.0161 and that an election be called by the temporary directors to authorize the district to assess taxes and to elect permanent directors.
(b) The commission shall notify the county commissioners court of each county with territory in the district of the district's creation as soon as practicable after issuing the order creating the district.
(c) The commission may amend the territory in an order issued under Section 35.008 or this section to adjust for areas that, in the time between when the order was issued under Section 35.008 and the order is issued under this section, have:
(1) been added to an existing district or created as a separate district; or
(2) not been added to an existing district or created as a separate district.
(d) In making a modification under Subsection (c), the commission may recommend:
(1) creation of a new district in the area; or
(2) that the area be added to a different district.
(e) Except as provided by Section 35.013(h), a change in the order under Subsection (c) does not affect a deadline under Section 35.012 or 35.013.
(f) Before September 1, 2021, the commission may not create a groundwater conservation district under this section in a county:
(1) in which the annual amount of surface water used is more than 50 times the annual amount of groundwater produced;
(2) that is located in a priority groundwater management area; and
(3) that has a population greater than 2.3 million.
(g) To the extent of a conflict between Subsection (f) and Section 35.012, Subsection (f) prevails.
(h) The commission may charge an annual fee not to exceed $500 to a county described by Subsection (f) for the purpose of studying compliance with that subsection in that county and the overall groundwater consumption in that county.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1010, Sec. 4.24, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 966, Sec. 2.37, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 886 (S.B. 313), Sec. 5, eff. June 17, 2011.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 4 (S.B. 1), Sec. 77.01, eff. September 28, 2011.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1196 (S.B. 1336), Sec. 12, eff. September 1, 2015.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.36.htm
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Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Water Code
- Tex. Water Code § 35.008PROCEDURES FOR DESIGNATION OF PRIORITY GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AREA; CONSIDERATION OF CREATION OF NEW DISTRICT OR ADDITION OF LAND IN PRIORITY GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AREA TO EXISTING DISTRICT; COMMISSION ORDER.Printed as Section 35.008
- Tex. Water Code § 35.012CREATION OF DISTRICT IN PRIORITY GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AREA.Printed as Section 35.012 | Section 35.012 or 35.013 | Section 35.012(b)
- Tex. Water Code § 35.013ADDING PRIORITY GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AREA TO EXISTING DISTRICT.Printed as Section 35.012 or 35.013 | Section 35.013(h)
- Tex. Water Code § 36.0161METHOD FOR APPOINTING TEMPORARY DIRECTORS FOR DISTRICT IN PRIORITY GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AREA.Printed as Section 36.0161
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Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Water Code § 36.0151. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Water Code
- Tex. Water Code § 35.012CREATION OF DISTRICT IN PRIORITY GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AREA.Printed as Section 36.0151
- Tex. Water Code § 35.013ADDING PRIORITY GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AREA TO EXISTING DISTRICT.Printed as Section 36.0151
- Tex. Water Code § 36.012COMPOSITION OF DISTRICT.Printed as Section 36.0151
- Tex. Water Code § 36.016APPOINTMENT OF TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.Printed as Section 36.0151 | Section 36.0151(b)
- Tex. Water Code § 36.0171TAX AUTHORITY AND DIRECTORS' ELECTION FOR DISTRICT IN A PRIORITY GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AREA.Printed as Section 36.0151
- Tex. Water Code § 36.019CONFIRMATION ELECTION IN DISTRICT INCLUDING LAND IN MORE THAN ONE COUNTY.Printed as Section 36.0151
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