Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 351.123 · Subchapter G. JAIL DISTRICT
PETITION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) To create a district, a petition requesting creation of the district must be filed with the county clerk's office of each county in the proposed district.
(b) Each petition must be signed by at least 10 percent of the registered voters in the county in which the petition is filed.
(c) Each petition must be certified as valid by the county clerk of the county in which the petition is filed. On certification, the county clerk shall forward the petition to the commissioners court of that county.
(d) A petition for creation of a district must include:
(1) the name of the proposed district;
(2) an accurate description of the area where the proposed district is to be located;
(3) a statement of the purpose for which the district is to be created; and
(4) a request that the district be created.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 74(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.351.htm
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- sha256 e116561042b59dfb6cb405c3fcbd7248153259913a2c3e1cff58367b91f2aa22
- 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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