Texas Water Code

§ 49.310 — AUTHORITY TO EXCLUDE LAND

WA § 49.310Title 4. GENERAL LAW DISTRICTS · Ch. 49. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL DISTRICTS · Art. J. ANNEXATION OR EXCLUSION OF LAND

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(a)A petition for exclusion may be filed by the owner or owners, or their authorized agent, of a majority in acreage of nonirrigated property included within the boundaries of a district.

(b)Upon receipt of a petition for exclusion, or upon its own motion, a district shall issue an order excluding the property if, after notice and hearing, the board finds that:

(1)the described property is nonirrigated property;

(2)the applicable requirements of Section 49.311 have been satisfied;

(3)the owner or owners do not object to the exclusion of their nonirrigated property; and

(4)it is in the best interest of the district and of the described property to exclude that property from the district.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.