Tex. Water Code § 51.162 · Subchapter D. POWERS AND DUTIES
TAXES LEVIED BY DISTRICT UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE UNITED STATES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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 benefits and levy and collect taxes on the benefit basis instead of the ad valorem basis with the approval of the district electors.
(c) The board may pay construction charges when provided by contract on the basis of the average gross annual acre income of the land of the district or designated divisions or subdivisions of the district. The secretary of the interior shall determine the annual gross acre income.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.51.htm
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- 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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