Tex. Water Code § 55.802
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 55.802, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 55.802. RIGHTS OF DEBTORS IF DISTRICT FAILED TO FUNCTION.
Official statutory text
Any person with an interest in the district or a debt owed by the district may collect the debt in the manner provided for the collection of a debt due by any person, association of persons, or corporation. A court of competent jurisdiction may render judgment making the debt a lien against the property of the district and providing for the payment of the debt and judgment in the manner that a judgment for debt is enforced against a city or town that has been dissolved.
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