Sec. 49.3188. RESOLUTION EXCLUDING URBAN PROPERTY OR REJECTING APPLICATION; EFFECTS OF EXCLUSION. (a) If, as a result of a hearing ordered under Section 49.3187, the board finds that the owners of a majority in acreage of the urban property do not desire irrigation of that property or that the urban property is not used or intended to be used for agricultural purposes, the board shall adopt a resolution setting forth those findings and excluding the urban property or the part of the urban property as to which the findings are made.
(b) If any canals, ditches, pipelines, pumps, or other facilities of the district are located on land excluded under the resolution, the exclusion does not affect or interfere with any district rights to maintain and continue operation of the facilities as located to service land remaining in the district.
(c) A copy of the resolution excluding urban property from the district certified to and acknowledged by the secretary of the board must be recorded by the district in the deed records of the county in which the excluded property is located as evidence of the exclusion.
(d) On the passage of the resolution:
(1) the property excluded does not constitute a part of the district; and
(2) the owner of the excluded property:
(A) has no further liability to the district or for any bonded or other indebtedness of the district; and
(B) is not subject to further taxation by the district.
(e) If the board determines from the hearing that for any reason the application should not be granted, the board shall adopt a resolution rejecting the application, and the deposit made by the applicant is subject to withdrawal by the applicant or on the board's order.
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1236 (S.B. 1296), Sec. 19.005(a), eff. September 1, 2015.
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