Tex. Water Code § 57.266
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 57.266, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 57.266. REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF APPRAISEMENT.
Official statutory text
(a) The commissioners of appraisement shall prepare a report of their findings. The report shall include:
(1) the name of the owner of each piece of property examined and assessed;
(2) a description which will identify each piece of property; and
(3) the value of all property to be taken or acquired for rights-of-way or any other purposes connected with carrying out the engineer's report.
(b) At least a majority of the commissioners of appraisement shall sign the report. They shall file the report with the secretary of the board.
(c) The failure of the commissioners of appraisement to return damages to any tract of land inside or outside the district shall be considered a finding that no damage will be done to that tract.
(d) The commissioners of appraisement in their report shall fix a time and place to hear objections to the findings in the report. The date for the hearing shall not be less than 20 days from the filing of the report.
(1) the name of the owner of each piece of property examined and assessed;
(2) a description which will identify each piece of property; and
(3) the value of all property to be taken or acquired for rights-of-way or any other purposes connected with carrying out the engineer's report.
(b) At least a majority of the commissioners of appraisement shall sign the report. They shall file the report with the secretary of the board.
(c) The failure of the commissioners of appraisement to return damages to any tract of land inside or outside the district shall be considered a finding that no damage will be done to that tract.
(d) The commissioners of appraisement in their report shall fix a time and place to hear objections to the findings in the report. The date for the hearing shall not be less than 20 days from the filing of the report.
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