Tex. Health & Safety Code § 288.002 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
CREATION OF DISTRICT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A district may be created by order of the commissioners court of each county located on the Texas-Mexico border that has a population of:
(1) 500,000 or more and is adjacent to two or more counties each of which has a population of 50,000 or more;
(2) 350,000 or more and is adjacent to a county described by Subdivision (1); or
(3) less than 300,000 and contains one or more municipalities with a population of 200,000 or more.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1367 (H.B. 2463), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1369 (S.B. 1623), Sec. 3, eff. June 14, 2013.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.288.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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