Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 324.021 · Subchapter B. CREATION OF PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT
ORDER OF ELECTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commissioners court of the county may order an election on the issue of the creation of a district:
(1) on the commissioners court's own motion; or
(2) after the filing of a written petition signed by a number of the registered voters who reside in the county equal to at least five percent of the votes received in the county in the most recent gubernatorial general election.
(b) The petition or commissioners court's motion must include:
(1) the name of the proposed district;
(2) an accurate description of the area to be included in the district by metes and bounds and by public roads or rights-of-way; and
(3) an accurate plat of the area to be included in the district.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 71(a), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.324.htm
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- Composed by
- 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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