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Texas Water Code § 56.014

Petition

Drainage Districts · Creation of District; Conversion to Article Xvi, Section 59, District

(a) Any person may present a petition to the commissioners court requesting the creation of a district. The petition shall be signed by at least 25 of the resident freehold taxpayers of the proposed district, or by at least one-third of the resident freehold taxpayers of the district if there are less than 75 of them, whose land might be affected by creation of the district.

(b) The petition shall state:

(1) the necessity, public utility, and feasibility of the proposed district;

(2) the proposed boundaries of the district; and

(3) the proposed name for the district.

Official text of the Texas Water Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 498, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.