Tex. Educ. Code § 13.053 · Subchapter B. DETACHMENT; ANNEXATION
TERRITORY NOT IN SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) All real property must be included within the limits of a school district. At any time it is determined that there is territory located in a county but not within the described limits of a school district, the commissioners court shall annex the territory to one or more adjoining districts.
(b) The annexation order shall define by legal boundary description the territory of the new district and shall be recorded in the minutes of the commissioners court.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.13.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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