2025 Texas Statutes
Water Code
Title 4 - General Law Districts
Chapter 56 - Drainage Districts
Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions
Section 56.082. Hearing; Powers of the Commissioners Court

Universal Citation:
TX Water Code § 56.082 (2025)
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Sec. 56.082. HEARING; POWERS OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the commissioners court has exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine:

(1) contests and objections to creating a district;

(2) matters relating to creating a district; and

(3) all proceedings of a district during its organization.

(b) The commissioners court may adjourn a hearing from day to day, and the judgment of the commissioners court rendered under Subsection (a) of this section is final.

Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 506, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 222, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

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