Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 7201.005 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The district is composed of the territory described by Section 9.12 of the Act enacted by the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, amending this subsection.
(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 9.12 of the Act enacted by the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, amending this subsection form a closure. A mistake made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect:
(1) the organization, existence, or validity of the district;
(2) the right of the district to issue bonds; or
(3) the legality or operation of the district.
(c) District boundaries may be modified in accordance with Chapters 13 and 49, Water Code, except that the boundaries must include all territory in any area included under a certificate of convenience and necessity issued by the Public Utility Commission of Texas or the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to the district.
(d) The territory of the district does not include and the district does not have jurisdiction over land that has never been in the service area of the corporation regardless of any erroneous inclusion of that land in the boundaries and field notes in Section 9.12 of the Act enacted by the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, amending this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1057 (H.B. 1358), Sec. 2.01, eff. September 1, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1430 (S.B. 3), Sec. 9.04, eff. June 16, 2007.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 170 (H.B. 1600), Sec. 2.89, eff. September 1, 2013.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 171 (S.B. 567), Sec. 89, eff. September 1, 2013.
Source of truth
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- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/SD/htm/SD.7201.htm
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