Tex. Water Code § 60.173
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 60.173, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 60.173. HEARING ON INDEBTEDNESS.
Official statutory text
(a) At the time and place set for the hearing or on a subsequent date, the commission shall hear and determine all matters concerning the proposed indebtedness, and the hearing may be adjourned from day to day and from time to time as the commission considers necessary.
(b) At the hearing, any person interested may appear before the commission in person or by attorney and contend for or protest the creation of the proposed indebtedness.
(c) The commission may adopt a resolution or order providing for the assumption of the proposed indebtedness and the issuance of the evidence of the indebtedness if at the hearing it is determined by the commission that the proposed improvements are necessary, feasible, practicable, and needed and will benefit the property in the district.
(d) The commission may, in respect to the issuance, sale, and delivery of securities evidencing the indebtedness, adopt all necessary resolutions, orders, certificates, and trust indentures.
(b) At the hearing, any person interested may appear before the commission in person or by attorney and contend for or protest the creation of the proposed indebtedness.
(c) The commission may adopt a resolution or order providing for the assumption of the proposed indebtedness and the issuance of the evidence of the indebtedness if at the hearing it is determined by the commission that the proposed improvements are necessary, feasible, practicable, and needed and will benefit the property in the district.
(d) The commission may, in respect to the issuance, sale, and delivery of securities evidencing the indebtedness, adopt all necessary resolutions, orders, certificates, and trust indentures.
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