Tex. Water Code § 68.313 · Subchapter G. ASSESSMENTS
FAILURE TO PAY ASSESSMENT; LIENS FOR ASSESSMENTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If an assessed facility fails to pay an assessment as provided in a district's assessment plan, the district may impose a lien against the facility assessed.
(b) An assessment, a reassessment, or an assessment resulting from an addition to or correction of the assessment roll by the district, penalties and interest on an assessment or reassessment, an expense of collection, and reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the district:
(1) are a first and prior lien against the facility assessed;
(2) are superior to any other lien or claim other than a lien or claim for county, school district, or municipal ad valorem taxes; and
(3) are the personal liability of and a charge against the owners of the facility even if the owners are not named in the assessment proceedings.
(c) The lien is effective from the date of the board's resolution imposing the assessment until the date the assessment is paid. The board may enforce the lien in the same manner that the board may enforce an ad valorem tax lien against real property.
(d) This section applies to a property interest that is a facility listed in Section 68.051(b), including:
(1) an improvement or fixture; and
(2) an owned or leased property interest.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 913 (H.B. 3011), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 99 (S.B. 1104), Sec. 9, eff. May 20, 2011.
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