Tex. Health & Safety Code § 775.013 · Subchapter B. CREATION OF DISTRICT

CONTENTS OF PETITION.

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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

(a) The petition prescribed by Section 775.011 or 775.012 must show:

(1) that the district is to be created and is to operate under Article III, Section 48-e, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 775;

(2) the name of the proposed district;

(3) the proposed district's boundaries as designated by metes and bounds or other sufficient legal description;

(4) the services that the proposed district will provide;

(5) that the creation of the proposed district complies with Sections 775.020 and 775.0205;

(6) the mailing address of each petitioner; and

(7) the name of each municipality whose consent must be obtained under Section 775.014.

(a-1) A statement that the boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of another political subdivision, as those boundaries exist on a particular date, is a sufficient legal description for purposes of Subsection (a)(3).

(b) The petition must contain an agreement signed by at least two petitioners that obligates them to pay not more than $150 of the costs incident to the formation of the district, including the costs of publishing notices, election costs, and other necessary and incidental expenses.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1333, Sec. 1, eff. June 16, 2001; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 886, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 235, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 930, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 10.009, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

Amended by:

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 87 (S.B. 718), Sec. 1, eff. May 17, 2005.

Source of truth

Edition: Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Official file: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.775.htm
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The Texas Constitution

Tex. Const. art. III, § 48-eEMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICTS.Printed as Article III, Section 48-e, Texas Constitution

Health and Safety Code

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