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Tex. Water Code § 58.313 (2026)

Interest And Collection Fees

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Sec. 58.313. INTEREST AND COLLECTION FEES. (a) All assessments imposed under Section 58.305(a) shall bear interest from the date payment is due at the rate of 15 percent a year. Assessments not paid by the first day of the month following the date payment is due are delinquent, and a penalty of up to 15 percent of the amount of the past-due assessment shall be added to the amount due.

(b) If suit is filed to foreclose a lien on crops or if a delinquent assessment is collected by an attorney before or after suit, an additional amount of 15 percent on the unpaid assessment, penalty, and interest shall be added as collection or attorney's fees.

Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 789, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Amended by:

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 90 (S.B. 611), Sec. 39, eff. September 1, 2013.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2023–2023 · leading case: Juana Herrera, Jose Lopez-Torres, Blanca Martinez, Juan Zamora, San Juanita Sosa, Am. Rios, Ruth Garza, Angel Perez Alanis, Juan Trevino, Maria Margarita Martinez, & the Ass'n of the Hoehn Subdivision v. Estella Mata, in Her Off. Capacity, Robert L. Bell, in His Off. Capacity, Tomas Garcia, in His Off. Capacity, Mark J. Fryer, in His Off. Capacity, William Davis, in His Off. Capacity, Cosme Martinez, in His Off. Capacity, & Hidalgo Cnty. Irrigation Dist. No. 1 (Tex. App. 2023).

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Juana Herrera, Jose Lopez-Torres, Blanca Martinez, Juan Zamora, San Juanita Sosa, Am. Rios, Ruth Garza, Angel Perez Alanis, Juan Trevino, Maria Margarita Martinez, & the Ass'n of the Hoehn Subdivision v. Estella Mata, in Her Off. Capacity, Robert L. Bell, in His Off. Capacity, Tomas Garcia, in His Off. Capacity, Mark J. Fryer, in His Off. Capacity, William Davis, in His Off. Capacity, Cosme Martinez, in His Off. Capacity, & Hidalgo Cnty. Irrigation Dist. No. 1 (Tex. App. 2023). “TEX. WATER CODE ANN. § 58.313(a). If a delinquent assessment is collected by an attorney, “an additional amount of 15 percent on the unpaid assessment .”

— Tex. Water Code § 58.313(a) — 1 case

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