Tex. Water Code § 54.801 · Subchapter J. SERVICES FOR CERTAIN DEFINED AREAS AND DESIGNATED PROPERTY
AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH DEFINED AREAS OR DESIGNATED PROPERTY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A district that is composed of at least 1,000 acres may define areas or designate certain property of the district to pay for improvements, facilities, or services that primarily benefit that area or property and do not generally and directly benefit the district as a whole.
(b) The board shall state in its designation the physical and economic reasons, the particular diverse local needs, or the comparative potential benefits of the defined areas or designated property in the district that make it necessary or equitable to levy all or part of the tax on a defined area or designated property of the district.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 600, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 31, 1987.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1128 (H.B. 2590), Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2019.
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.54.htm
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Cited by 15 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Water Code § 54.801. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Special District Local Laws Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 3860.209POWERS OF MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT TO ESTABLISH DEFINED AREAS AND DESIGNATED PROPERTY; TAXES; BONDS.Printed as Section 54.801, Water Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 3878.212POWERS OF MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT TO ESTABLISH DEFINED AREAS AND DESIGNATED PROPERTY; TAXES; BONDS.Printed as Section 54.801, Water Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 3891.159POWERS OF MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT TO ESTABLISH DEFINED AREAS AND DESIGNATED PROPERTY; TAXES; BONDS.Printed as Section 54.801, Water Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 3892.212POWERS OF MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT TO ESTABLISH DEFINED AREAS AND DESIGNATED PROPERTY; TAXES; BONDS.Printed as Section 54.801, Water Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 3893.212POWERS OF MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT TO ESTABLISH DEFINED AREAS AND DESIGNATED PROPERTY; TAXES; BONDS.Printed as Section 54.801, Water Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 6901.061DEFINED AREAS.Printed as Section 54.801(a), Water Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 7967A.0201DEFINED AREAS.Printed as Section 54.801(a), Water Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 7993.055AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH DEFINED AREAS.Printed as Section 54.801(a), Water Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 7994.055AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH DEFINED AREAS.Printed as Section 54.801(a), Water Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 8002.055AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH DEFINED AREAS.Printed as Section 54.801(a), Water Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 8011.055AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH DEFINED AREAS OR DESIGNATED PROPERTY.Printed as Section 54.801(a), Water Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 8030.0055AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH DEFINED AREAS OR DESIGNATED PROPERTY.Printed as Section 54.801(a), Water Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 8178.104AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH DEFINED AREAS.Printed as Section 54.801(a), Water Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 8184.102AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH DEFINED AREAS.Printed as Section 54.801(a), Water Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 8490.0205AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH DEFINED AREAS OR DESIGNATED PROPERTY.Printed as Section 54.801(a), Water Code
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