Tex. Water Code § 51.758 · Subchapter O. ADDING AND EXCLUDING TERRITORY AND CONSOLIDATING DISTRICTS
NOTICE OF CERTAIN EXCLUSIONS; PETITION FOR RATIFICATION ELECTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If the board issues an order excluding land pursuant to a petition signed by less than all of the owners of the land to be excluded, the board shall publish notice describing the excluded land and stating that the exclusion becomes final if the district does not receive, not later than the 35th day after the date of the board's order, a petition requesting a ratification election that is signed by at least 10 percent of the qualified voters that reside in the land area to be excluded.
(b) The board shall publish the notice required by Subsection (a) of this section once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the district. The first notice must be published not later than the fifth day after the date of the board's order.
(c) If the district receives, not later than the 35th day after the date of the board's order, a petition requesting a ratification election that is signed by at least 10 percent of the qualified voters that reside in the land area to be excluded, the order does not take effect unless approved by a majority vote at a ratification election held for that purpose of the residents of the district.
(d) The notice of the election, the manner and the time of giving the notice, the manner of holding the election, and qualifications of the voters are governed by Subchapter E of this chapter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 280, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1989.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.51.htm
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Cited by 6 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Water Code § 51.758. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Special District Local Laws Code
Water Code
- Tex. Water Code § 51.748DIVISION OF ORIGINAL DISTRICT WITH NO OUTSTANDING INDEBTEDNESS.Printed as Sections 51.749 through 51.758
- Tex. Water Code § 51.754EXCLUSION OF LAND FROM DISTRICT WITHOUT INDEBTEDNESS.Printed as Sections 51.754 through 51.758
- Tex. Water Code § 51.755APPLICATION TO EXCLUDE LAND.Printed as Sections 51.748 through 51.758
- Tex. Water Code § 51.756FINDINGS BY THE BOARD.Printed as Sections 51.754 through 51.758
- Tex. Water Code § 51.757EXCLUDING LAND.Printed as Section 51.758 | Sections 51.754 through 51.758
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