Tex. Water Code § 55.354 · Subchapter H. WATER ASSESSMENTS
DISTRIBUTION OF ASSESSMENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The board by order shall allocate a portion of the estimated maintenance and operating expenses that shall be paid by assessment against all land in the district to which the district can furnish irrigation water through its water delivery system or through an extension of its water delivery system. This assessment shall be levied against all irrigable land in the district on a per acre basis, whether or not the land is actually irrigated.
(b) The board shall determine from year to year the proportionate amount of the expenses which will be borne by all water users receiving water delivery from the district.
(c) The remainder of the estimated expenses shall be paid by assessments, charges, fees, rentals, or deposits required of persons in the district who use or who make application to use water and other charges approved by the board. The board shall prorate the remainder among the applicants for irrigation water and may consider:
(1) the acreage each applicant will plant, the crop the applicant will grow, and the amount of water per acre used for irrigation purposes; and
(2) other factors deemed appropriate by the board with respect to water used for other nonirrigation uses.
(d) All persons using irrigation water to plant the same crop will pay the same price per acre for the water.
(e) A landowner of irrigable land in the district or a user of water delivered by the district for any purpose other than irrigation who disputes all or a part of a board order that determines the amount of an assessment, charge, fee, rental, or deposit may file a petition under Section 11.041. That petition filed with the commission is the sole remedy available to a landowner or user of water described by this subsection.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 455, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 90 (S.B. 611), Sec. 17, eff. September 1, 2013.
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.55.htm
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- Tex. Water Code § 55.355NOTICE OF ASSESSMENTS.Printed as Section 55.354(a)
- Tex. Water Code § 55.356PAYMENT OF ASSESSMENTS.Printed as Section 55.354(a)
- Tex. Water Code § 55.357COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS BY TAX ASSESSOR AND COLLECTOR.Printed as Section 55.354(a)
- Tex. Water Code § 55.359LIEN AGAINST CROPS.Printed as Section 55.354(a)
- Tex. Water Code § 55.360LIST OF DELINQUENT ASSESSMENTS.Printed as Section 55.354(a)
- Tex. Water Code § 55.362SUITS FOR DELINQUENT ASSESSMENTS.Printed as Section 55.354(a)
- Tex. Water Code § 55.363INTEREST AND COLLECTION FEES.Printed as Section 55.354(a)
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