Bill Text: TX HB2830 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to nonirrigable land in irrigation districts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-14 - Referred to Natural Resources [HB2830 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2830-Introduced.html
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By: Muñoz, Jr. | H.B. No. 2830 |
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relating to nonirrigable land in irrigation districts. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 58.305, Water Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(a) The board by order shall allocate a portion of the | ||
estimated maintenance and operating expenses that shall be paid by | ||
assessment against all land in the district to which the district | ||
can furnish irrigation water through its water delivery system or | ||
through an extension of its water delivery system. This assessment | ||
shall be levied against all irrigable land in the district on a per | ||
acre basis, whether or not the land is actually irrigated, except as | ||
provided by Subsection (a-1). | ||
(a-1) An assessment under this section may not be levied | ||
against land that is not being irrigated because: | ||
(1) the land is not irrigable; | ||
(2) the owners of a majority of the acreage of the land | ||
no longer intend to irrigate the land; | ||
(3) the land has been subdivided into town lots, town | ||
lots and blocks, or small parcels having the same general nature of | ||
town lots, including lots and blocks designed, intended, or | ||
suitable for a residential, commercial, or other nonagricultural | ||
purpose; or | ||
(4) the land is located on subdivided land and is: | ||
(A) designated as a street, alley, parkway, or | ||
park; or | ||
(B) a railroad property or right-of-way. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 58.731, Water Code, is amended to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 58.731. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN NONIRRIGATED LAND. The | ||
board shall [ |
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irrigated as provided by Sections 51.759 through 51.766. This | ||
section applies only to land that is eligible for exclusion under | ||
Section 51.759. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |