Texas § WA.51.757 - EXCLUDING LAND
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§ WA.51.757. EXCLUDING LAND
EXCLUDING LAND. (a) After considering all engineering data and other evidence presented to it, if the board makes the findings provided in Section 51.756 of this code and determines that it would be in the best interest of the district to exclude the land, the board shall enter an order excluding all land meeting the conditions and shall redefine the boundaries of the original district in order to embrace all land not excluded. In the event the land to be excluded contains water or wastewater customers of the district, such customers shall remain customers of the district, and owners of lots to which district water and wastewater facilities have already been extended shall also be allowed to connect to the district's system and shall be customers of the district. (b) Except as provided by Subsection (d) of this section, an order excluding land pursuant to a petition signed by the owner or owners of the land to be excluded takes effect on the date the board enters the order. (c) Except as provided by Subsection (d) of this section, an order excluding land pursuant to a petition signed by less than all of the owners of the land to be excluded takes effect: (1) if the district does not receive a timely petition under Section 51.758 of this code on the day following the deadline for submission of a petition; or (2) if the district receives timely petition under Section 51.758 of this code and the exclusion is ratified at an election held for that purpose. (d) Before an order excluding land under Sections 51.754 through 51.758 of this code becomes effective, all taxes levied and assessed by the district on the land to be excluded shall be fully paid. Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 280, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1989.
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Section WA.51.757 ("EXCLUDING LAND") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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