Sections
Subchapter A General Provisions 6613.001 – 6613.004
Subchapter B Board of Directors 6613.051 – 6613.052
Subchapter C Powers and Duties 6613.101 – 6613.102
Subchapter D Financial Provisions 6613.151 – 6613.152

Terms Used In Texas Special District Local Laws Code Chapter 6613 - Cameron County Drainage District No. 3

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Devisee: includes a legatee. See Texas Estates Code 22.009
  • Estate: means a decedent's property, as that property:
    (1) exists originally and as the property changes in form by sale, reinvestment, or otherwise;
    (2) is augmented by any accretions and other additions to the property, including any property to be distributed to the decedent's representative by the trustee of a trust that terminates on the decedent's death, and substitutions for the property; and
    (3) is diminished by any decreases in or distributions from the property. See Texas Estates Code 22.012
  • Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.