Tex. Water Code § 63.024 · Subchapter B. CREATION OF DISTRICT; CONVERSION 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 electors, or if there are fewer than 75 electors in the proposed district, by one-third of them, shall be presented at any regular or special session of the commissioners court of the county in which the land to be included in the district is located.
(b) The petition shall include:
(1) a request for the establishment of a 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; and
(5) the designation of a name for the district which shall include the name of the county.
(c) A deposit of $500 and 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.63.htm
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- sha256 3899baf073718467257bc26df1f3e687be76d80622b2e00eaa05859d0fb37b6b
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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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