Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 56.022 - Survey and Preliminary Plans(a) Within the time prescribed by the commissioners court, the engineer shall make a careful survey of the land proposed to be drained and protected by levees. For the purposes of the survey, the engineer may go on land located inside or outside the district, including land located in a different county.(b) The engineer shall obtain information regarding land and outlets inside the proposed district from the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission and from other sources, and he shall cooperate with the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission in the discharge of its duties.(c) The engineer shall use the survey to make preliminary plans:(1) locating approximately the necessary canals, drains, ditches, laterals, and levees;(2) designating the streams and bayous necessary to be cleaned, deepened, and straightened;(3) estimating the cost in detail of each contemplated improvement; and(4) estimating the probable annual cost of maintaining the improvements.(d) The engineer shall ascertain and procure proper and necessary outlets for the proposed canals, drains, and ditches necessary to drain the district.(e) The engineer shall immediately make a report of his work to the commissioners court.Amended By Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 11.331, eff. 9/1/1995.Amended By Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 795, Sec. 1.146, eff. 9/1/1985Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 982, ch. 367, Sec. 29, eff. 6/10/1981 Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 499, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. 8/30/1971.