Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 21.052 · Subchapter B. DISTRICT TERRITORY AND CHANGES TO DISTRICT TERRITORY
ANNEXATION OF COUNTY; PETITION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The board may annex an adjacent county in the manner provided by this section and Sections 21.053 and 21.055.
(b) To initiate annexation proceedings, the commissioners court of the adjacent county must petition the board requesting the board to call an election for the annexation of the petitioner's county. The petition must be in writing and be endorsed by a majority of the members of the commissioners court.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2009.
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