Tex. Water Code § 51.333 · Subchapter H. WASTE DISPOSAL AND CONTROL OF STORM WATER
APPROVAL OF PETITION CREATING DISTRICT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commission shall hear and determine the petition to create a district to exercise the powers and functions provided in Section 51.331 of this code.
(b) The commission shall hear and determine the petition under the applicable provisions of Sections 51.027-51.031 of this code.
(c) The executive director shall render technical aid concerning the petition and plans of the district.
(d) Nothing in this section impairs the right of the commissioners court to grant a petition under the provisions of Section 51.021 of this code relating to a district to be located wholly in one county if the district will not have the powers provided in Section 51.331 of this code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 328, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971. Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 980, ch. 367, Sec. 17, eff. June 10, 1981; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 11.322, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Source of truth
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- 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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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 § 51.021SINGLE-COUNTY DISTRICT: GRANTING OR REFUSING PETITION.Printed as Section 51.021
- Tex. Water Code § 51.027MULTI-COUNTY DISTRICT: HEARING BY COMMISSION.Printed as Sections 51.027-51.031
- Tex. Water Code § 51.031MULTI-COUNTY DISTRICT: APPEAL FROM COMMISSION DECISION.Printed as Sections 51.027-51.031
- Tex. Water Code § 51.331AUTHORITY TO DISPOSE OF WASTE AND CONTROL STORM WATER.Printed as Section 51.331
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