Tex. Water Code § 51.313 · Subchapter G. WATER CHARGES AND ASSESSMENTS
INTEREST AND COLLECTION FEES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) All assessments imposed under Section 51.305(a) shall bear interest from the date payment is due at the rate of 15 percent a year. Assessments not paid by the first day of the month following the date payment is due are delinquent, and a penalty of up to 15 percent of the amount of the past-due assessment shall be added to the amount due.
(b) If suit is filed to foreclose a lien on crops or if a delinquent assessment is collected by an attorney before or after suit, an additional amount of 15 percent on the unpaid assessment, penalty, and interest shall be added as collection or attorney's fees.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 327, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 346, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 789, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 90 (S.B. 611), Sec. 14, eff. September 1, 2013.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.51.htm
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