Tex. Health & Safety Code § 772.451 · Subchapter F. CONSOLIDATED DISTRICTS
CONSOLIDATION PROCEDURE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Two or more districts governed by this chapter may consolidate into a single district as provided by this section.
(b) If the board of managers of each district to be consolidated finds that the consolidation of the districts would benefit the participating jurisdictions of the district, the board may call and hold an election in the district's participating jurisdictions to approve the consolidation.
(c) The election in each district must be held on the same uniform election date provided by Chapter 41, Election Code.
(d) Each district shall pay the election expenses for its participating jurisdictions.
(e) The ballot for the election to approve the consolidation must be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition that the district may consolidate with other named districts.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1406, Sec. 3, eff. Aug. 30, 1999.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.772.htm
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