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Chapter 56

Drainage Districts

Subchapter A. General Provisions

56.001 Definitions

Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion to Article Xvi, Section 59, District

56.011 Creation of District 56.012 Name of Each District 56.013 Area Included in a District 56.014 Petition 56.015 Deposit 56.016 Time of Hearing 56.017 Notice 56.018 Hearing on the Petition 56.019 Findings 56.020 Engineer 56.021 Engineer's Bond 56.022 Survey and Preliminary Plans 56.023 Map 56.024 Hearing on Preliminary Report 56.025 Changing the Preliminary Report 56.026 Adopting the Preliminary Report 56.032 Authorizing Existing Districts to Operate under Article Xvi, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution 56.033 Alternate Procedure for Creation

Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions

56.061 Creation of Board 56.062 Eligibility Requirements for Directors 56.064 Election of Directors 56.0641 Election Procedures 56.0642 Applicability to Special Law Districts 56.069 Transfer of Board's Power to Commissioners Court 56.082 Hearing; Powers of the Commissioners Court

Subchapter D. Powers and Duties

56.111 Control and Repair of District Improvements 56.115 Duties of the Engineer 56.116 Maps and Estimates 56.120 Railroad Culverts 56.121 Road Culverts 56.122 Constructing Bridges and Culverts in Certain Counties 56.123 Change in Plans Without Additional Expenditures 56.124 Change in Plans with Additional Expenditures 56.125 Additional Improvements 56.126 Changes, Additions, and Improvements 56.128 Injuring Drainage Canal or Ditch 56.135 Interest in Drainage Contract 56.140 Public and Private Improvements 56.141 Outside Drains 56.142 Enlargement of Canals, Drains, and Other Outlets 56.143 Contract for Improvements with the United States 56.144 Interlocal Agreements

Subchapter E. General Fiscal Provisions

56.182 District Funds

Subchapter F. Issuance of Bonds and Notes

56.201 Authority to Issue Bonds 56.202 Issuance of Bonds 56.203 Record Book for Bonds 56.204 Bonds: Requisites 56.205 Bonds: Approval 56.207 Bonds: Sale 56.209 Use of Unsold Bonds for Maintenance Purposes 56.210 Refunding Bonds 56.211 Refunding Bond Election 56.212 Approval and Issuance of Refunding Bonds 56.213 Tax Anticipation Notes; Bond Anticipation Notes

Subchapter G. Taxation Provisions

56.241 Levy of Taxes to Pay for Bonds 56.242 Maintenance Tax 56.247 Levying Taxes on the Benefit Basis 56.248 Authorizing Taxation on the Benefit Basis for Newly Created Districts 56.249 Authorizing Taxation on the Benefit Basis for Existing District 56.250 Law Governing Districts Levying Taxes on the Benefit Basis 56.251 Determining Acreage in the District

Subchapter H. Dissolution

56.291 Authority to Dissolve a District 56.292 Petition 56.293 Deposit 56.294 Election 56.295 Result of the Election 56.296 Settlement of Debts 56.297 Dissolution Tax 56.299 Retirement of Bonds 56.300 Trustee 56.301 Trustee's Bond 56.302 Trustee's Compensation 56.303 Powers of the Trustee 56.304 Expenses of the Trustee 56.305 Presentation of Claims 56.306 Approval of Claim 56.307 Appeal 56.308 Rejection of Claim 56.309 Bonds and Approved Claims 56.310 Contesting Claim 56.311 Final Report of Trustee

Subchapter J. Alternate Procedure for Annexation by Existing District

56.751 Petition for Annexation 56.752 Hearing on Determination of Petition 56.753 Notice of Hearing 56.754 Elections to Approve Annexation of Territory 56.755 Notice and Procedure of Election 56.756 Liability of Added Territory

Subchapter K. Consolidation of Districts

56.801 Consolidation of Districts 56.802 Consolidation by Agreement 56.803 Consolidation by Petition 56.804 Time of Holding Election; Cost of Election 56.805 Ballot 56.806 Canvass; Result 56.807 Governing Consolidated Districts; Election of Directors 56.808 Title to Property; Assumption of Debt 56.809 Unexpended Bond Proceeds 56.810 Fiscal Year; Budget