Tex. Health & Safety Code § 775.222 · Subchapter I. DIVISION OF DISTRICT
PETITION FOR DIVISION; NOTICE OF HEARING.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Before the existing district may be divided, the district's board must receive a petition for division signed by at least seven percent of the district's qualified voters or at least 100 of the district's qualified voters, whichever is the lesser number.
(b) A petition for division must include:
(1) the name of the new district to be created; and
(2) a description of the territory proposed to be the new district's territory.
(c) On receipt of a petition in the proper form, the board shall set a place, date, and time for a hearing to consider the petition.
(d) The board shall issue a notice of the hearing that includes:
(1) the name of the proposed district;
(2) a description of the proposed district's boundaries; and
(3) the place, date, and time of the hearing on the petition.
(e) The board shall publish the notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the district once a week for two consecutive weeks. The first publication must occur not later than the 21st day before the date on which the hearing will be held.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1134 (H.B. 2212), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.
Source of truth
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- 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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