Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 3873.051 · Subchapter B. CONFIRMATION OF CREATION OF DISTRICT
CONFIRMATION ELECTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commissioners court may order an election on the issue of confirming 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 area of the proposed district equal to at least five percent of the votes received in that area in the most recent gubernatorial general election.
(b) The petition or commissioners court's motion must include:
(1) the name of the district;
(2) an accurate description of the area included in the district by any appropriate method, including by metes and bounds and by public roads or rights-of-way; and
(3) an accurate plat of the area included in the district.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1202 (H.B. 4789), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/SD/htm/SD.3873.htm
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- 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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