Tex. Water Code § 13.192
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 13.192, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 13.192. PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES.
Official statutory text
Payments made in lieu of taxes by a water and sewer utility to the municipality by which it is owned may not be considered an expense of operation for the purpose of determining, fixing, or regulating the rates to be charged for the provision of utility service to a school district or hospital district. No rates received by a utility from a school district or hospital district may be used to make or to cover the cost of making payments in lieu of taxes to the municipality by which the utility is owned.
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