Tex. Water Code § 55.051
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 55.051, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 55.051. CHANGE OF DISTRICT NAME.
Official statutory text
(a) An irrigation district created under the law of 1905, 1913, or 1915 (Chapter 50, Acts of the 29th Legislature, 1905; Chapter 172, Acts of the 33rd Legislature, 1913; and Chapter 138, Acts of the 34th Legislature, 1915), may change the name of the district to the name provided in this chapter by filing a declaration to change the name with the commissioners court of the county in which the district is located.
(b) The declaration to change the district's name shall be in the form of a deed of conveyance and shall be acknowledged by the president and secretary of the board. It shall include a copy of the minutes of the board and the resolution adopted to change the name.
(c) After the declaration is recorded, the name of the district shall be changed.
(b) The declaration to change the district's name shall be in the form of a deed of conveyance and shall be acknowledged by the president and secretary of the board. It shall include a copy of the minutes of the board and the resolution adopted to change the name.
(c) After the declaration is recorded, the name of the district shall be changed.
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