Tex. Water Code § 55.651
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 55.651, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 55.651. ELECTION TO DETERMINE METHOD OF TAXATION.
Official statutory text
(a) A district which operates under the provisions of Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution, may, at the time the district is created or before bonds are issued, submit to the voters of the district the question of whether the district will levy, assess, and collect taxes on the ad valorem basis or on the benefit basis.
(b) The question shall be presented to the voters at the time and in the manner provided by the board.
(c) The ballots for the election shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the following proposition: "The levy of taxes on the benefit basis instead of the ad valorem basis."
(d) The election shall be governed by the provisions of this chapter.
(e) If a majority of the persons voting in the election favor the proposition, the district shall levy, assess, and collect its taxes on the benefit basis.
(b) The question shall be presented to the voters at the time and in the manner provided by the board.
(c) The ballots for the election shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the following proposition: "The levy of taxes on the benefit basis instead of the ad valorem basis."
(d) The election shall be governed by the provisions of this chapter.
(e) If a majority of the persons voting in the election favor the proposition, the district shall levy, assess, and collect its taxes on the benefit basis.
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