Tex. Water Code § 13.413
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 13.413, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 13.413. PAYMENT OF COSTS OF RECEIVERSHIP.
Official statutory text
The receiver may, subject to the approval of the court and after giving notice to all interested parties, sell or otherwise dispose of all or part of the real or personal property of a water or sewer utility against which a proceeding has been brought under this subchapter to pay the costs incurred in the operation of the receivership. The costs include:
(1) payment of fees to the receiver for his services;
(2) payment of fees to attorneys, accountants, engineers, or any other person or entity that provides goods or services necessary to the operation of the receivership; and
(3) payment of costs incurred in ensuring that any property owned or controlled by a water or sewer utility is not used in violation of a final order of the utility commission or the commission.
(1) payment of fees to the receiver for his services;
(2) payment of fees to attorneys, accountants, engineers, or any other person or entity that provides goods or services necessary to the operation of the receivership; and
(3) payment of costs incurred in ensuring that any property owned or controlled by a water or sewer utility is not used in violation of a final order of the utility commission or the commission.
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