Tex. Educ. Code § 13.104 · Subchapter C. CREATION OF DISTRICT BY DETACHMENT
ELECTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Not later than the 30th day after the date the commissioners court receives a petition under this subchapter, the commissioners court shall hold a hearing on the validity of the petition. If the commissioners court determines the petition is valid, each board of trustees shall order an election to be held on the same date in each district.
(b) The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "Creation of a new school district that includes the following territory from the _________ School District: ___________________." The ballot description of the territory to be detached must be sufficient to give general notice of the territory affected.
(c) An election on the detachment of the territory and creation of a new district has no effect unless at least 25 percent of the registered voters of each district vote in the election in which the issue is on the ballot.
(d) The boards of trustees shall report the results of the election to the appropriate commissioners courts, which shall declare the results of the election. The new school district is created only if the proposition receives:
(1) a majority of the votes in the territory to be detached; and
(2) a majority of the votes in the remaining territory in each district from which property is to be detached in the manner prescribed by Section 13.003.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.13.htm
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