Tex. Water Code § 61.024 · Subchapter B. CREATION OF DISTRICT
PETITION TO CREATE SINGLE-COUNTY DISTRICT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) To create a district located wholly in one county, a petition, signed by 25 of the resident property taxpayers, or if there are fewer than 75 resident property taxpayers in the proposed district, then by one-third of them, shall be presented to the commissioners court of the county.
(b) The petition shall include:
(1) a request for the establishment of a navigation district;
(2) a description of the boundaries of the proposed district, accompanied by a map;
(3) a statement of the general nature of the improvements proposed;
(4) an estimate of the probable cost;
(5) a request for the issuance of bonds and the levy of a tax to pay for the bonds; and
(6) the designation of a name for the district which shall include the name of the county.
(c) An affidavit stating the qualifications of the petitioners shall accompany the petition.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.61.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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