Tex. Health & Safety Code § 286.021 · Subchapter B. CREATION OF DISTRICT
PETITION FOR CREATION OF DISTRICT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Before a district located wholly in one county may be created, the county judge of that county must receive a petition signed by the greater of:
(1) at least three percent of the registered voters of the territory of the proposed district; or
(2) 100 registered voters of the territory of the proposed district.
(b) Before a district that contains territory located in more than one county may be created, the county judge of each county in which the proposed district will be located must receive a petition signed by the greater of:
(1) at least three percent of the registered voters of the territory of the county in which the judge presides and of the proposed district; or
(2) 100 registered voters of the territory of the county in which the judge presides and of the proposed district.
(c) If there are fewer than 100 registered voters in any area for which a separate petition must be filed, the petition must be signed by a majority of the registered voters in the area.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 121, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Amended by:
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 257 (H.B. 1618), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.286.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
Cited by 4 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Health & Safety Code § 286.021. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 286.022CONTENTS OF PETITION.Printed as Section 286.021
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 286.0235BOND PROPOSITION AT ELECTION.Printed as Section 286.021
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 286.030TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.Printed as Section 286.021
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 286.041BOARD OF DIRECTORS.Printed as Section 286.021
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