Tex. Water Code § 56.032 · Subchapter B. CREATION OF DISTRICT; CONVERSION TO ARTICLE XVI, SECTION 59, DISTRICT
AUTHORIZING EXISTING DISTRICTS TO OPERATE UNDER ARTICLE XVI, SECTION 59, OF THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Any existing district may be authorized to operate under the provisions of Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution without change of name or impairment of obligations.
(b) To operate under Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution, the board must adopt a resolution proposing the change and schedule a hearing on the resolution. The hearing must be held not earlier than the 30th day but not later than the 60th day after the date the resolution is adopted. The board shall give notice of the time and place of the hearing on the resolution by posting a copy of the resolution for at least the 20 days preceding the date of the hearing in five public places in the county. One of the copies shall be posted on the courthouse door and the other copies shall be posted within the boundaries of the district. Following the hearing, the board may adopt a resolution authorizing the district to operate under the provisions of Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution.
(c) Any district operating under the provisions of this section is governed and controlled by the laws under which it was organized.
(d) Limitations imposed by Article III, Section 52, of the Texas Constitution and this chapter on debts to be incurred and taxes to be levied are not applicable to districts operating under Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 502, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 298, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
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- Tex. Const. art. III, § 52RESTRICTIONS ON LENDING CREDIT OR MAKING GRANTS BY POLITICAL CORPORATIONS OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS; AUTHORIZED BONDS; INVESTMENT OF FUNDS.Printed as Article III, Section 52, of the Texas Constitution
- Tex. Const. art. XVI, § 59CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEVELOPMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES; CONSERVATION AND RECLAMATION DISTRICTS; INDEBTEDNESS AND TAXATION AUTHORIZED.Printed as Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution
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