Tex. Water Code § 51A.003 · Chapter 51A. METROPOLITAN WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS AND SUBDISTRICTS
CREATION OF SUBDISTRICTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commission may create subdistricts over designated territory within the boundaries of a district as provided by this section.
(b) A petition that contains the substance of the requirements of Sections 51.013 and 51.014 must be filed with the commission.
(c) The commission shall have notice of the hearing on the petition given in the manner required by Section 51.018.
(d) The hearing must be conducted in the manner provided by Section 51.020, and the commission shall grant or refuse the petition in the manner provided by Section 51.021. An appeal from the decision of the commission must be made in the manner provided by Sections 51.022 through 51.025. The commission shall appoint five directors to serve as the subdistrict board, each of whom must meet the qualifications provided by Section 51.072.
(e) Not later than the 60th day after the date on which a petition for the creation of a subdistrict is granted by the commission, the subdistrict board shall adopt an order calling elections within the boundaries of the subdistrict in the manner provided by Subchapter D, Chapter 49, to:
(1) confirm the creation of the subdistrict in the manner provided by Section 49.102;
(2) authorize the issuance of bonds by the subdistrict or by the district on behalf of the subdistrict to be repaid by ad valorem taxes, revenue, or ad valorem taxes and revenue derived by the subdistrict;
(3) authorize a tax within the boundaries of the subdistrict to make payments under a contract with the district to support refunding bonds of the district in accordance with the exclusions procedure provided by Section 51A.005;
(4) authorize a maintenance tax within the boundaries of the subdistrict in the manner provided by Section 49.107; and
(5) elect a permanent board of directors for the subdistrict in the manner provided by Subchapter D, Chapter 49, and Section 51.075.
(f) A subdistrict:
(1) may sue and be sued in its own name;
(2) until excluded from the boundaries of the district in accordance with Section 51A.005, has concurrent jurisdiction with the district that is in the territory within the boundaries of the subdistrict; and
(3) may exercise the rights and powers of the district within the boundaries of the subdistrict.
(g) The ad valorem plan of taxation applies to each subdistrict, and a hearing for exclusions of land from a subdistrict is not necessary before an election under Subsection (e) is held.
(h) A subdistrict may be dissolved in the same manner as a district.
(i) A subdistrict is governed by Chapter 51 and all other general laws of this state to the extent those laws are not inconsistent with this chapter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1236 (S.B. 1296), Sec. 19.004(a), eff. September 1, 2015.
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Water Code
- Tex. Water Code ch. 49, subch. DELECTION PROVISIONSPrinted as Subchapter D, Chapter 49
- Tex. Water Code § 49.102CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTOR ELECTION.Printed as Section 49.102
- Tex. Water Code § 49.107OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.Printed as Section 49.107
- Tex. Water Code ch. 51WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTSPrinted as Chapter 51
- Tex. Water Code § 51.013PETITION.Printed as Sections 51.013 and 51.014
- Tex. Water Code § 51.014CONTENTS OF PETITION.Printed as Sections 51.013 and 51.014
- Tex. Water Code § 51.018SINGLE-COUNTY DISTRICT: NOTICE OF HEARING.Printed as Section 51.018
- Tex. Water Code § 51.020SINGLE-COUNTY DISTRICT: TESTIMONY AT HEARING.Printed as Section 51.020
- Tex. Water Code § 51.021SINGLE-COUNTY DISTRICT: GRANTING OR REFUSING PETITION.Printed as Section 51.021
- Tex. Water Code § 51.022SINGLE-COUNTY DISTRICT: APPEAL FROM ORDER OF COMMISSIONERS COURT.Printed as Sections 51.022 through 51.025
- Tex. Water Code § 51.025SINGLE-COUNTY DISTRICT: JUDGMENT OF DISTRICT COURT; APPEAL.Printed as Sections 51.022 through 51.025
- Tex. Water Code § 51.072QUALIFICATIONS FOR DIRECTOR.Printed as Section 51.072
- Tex. Water Code § 51.075APPLICATION TO GET ON BALLOT.Printed as Section 51.075
- Tex. Water Code § 51A.005EXCLUSION OF TERRITORY WITHIN SUBDISTRICT.Printed as Section 51A.005
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