Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
WATER CODE |
Title 4. GENERAL LAW DISTRICTS |
Chapter 51. WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS |
Subchapter N. TAXATION ON THE BENEFIT BASIS |
Sec. 51.649. FIXING TAX AS EQUAL SUM ON EACH ACRE
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At the election at which the plan of taxation is determined or at any other time before the bonds are issued, the voters of any district operating under the provisions of Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution, may vote on the proposition of whether or not benefits for tax purposes shall be fixed as an equal sum on each acre of land that is irrigated or to be irrigated by gravity flow from the canal system of the district. The benefit per acre shall be voted on as it is applied to land in the district that can be irrigated by gravity flow from the irrigation system and also the benefit to land in the district that cannot be irrigated by gravity flow.
Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 367, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.