Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 8342.108 · Subchapter C. POWERS AND DUTIES
DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The district may be divided into two or more new districts only if the district:
(1) has no outstanding bonded debt; and
(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes.
(b) The division procedure is prescribed by Sections 53.030 through 53.041, Water Code.
(c) Any new district created by the division of the district has all the powers and duties of the district and is subject to all limitations and conditions provided by this chapter.
(d) A new district created by the division of the district may not, at the time the new district is created, contain land that is not contiguous to the area described by Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter.
(e) A division of the district may not occur until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has adopted a resolution consenting to the division.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 422 (H.B. 2035), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/SD/htm/SD.8342.htm
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