Texas Statutes
Subtitle C - Local Organization and Governance
Chapter 13 - Creation, Consolidation, and Abolition of a District

Subchapter A. General Provisions

Section 13.001. Definition - Sec. 13.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "membership" means the number...

Section 13.002. Permitted Frequency of Proposed Actions - Sec. 13.002. PERMITTED FREQUENCY OF PROPOSED ACTIONS. (a) If at...

Section 13.003. Petition and Election - Sec. 13.003. PETITION AND ELECTION. (a) Except as otherwise provided...

Section 13.004. Allocation of Indebtedness and Personal Property - Sec. 13.004. ALLOCATION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND PERSONAL PROPERTY. (a) If...

Section 13.005. Effective Date of Transfer - Sec. 13.005. EFFECTIVE DATE OF TRANSFER. (a) Except as provided...

Section 13.006. Taxing Authority Transfer - Sec. 13.006. TAXING AUTHORITY TRANSFER. (a) If all or part...

Section 13.008. District Trustee Approval of Boundary Changes Required - Sec. 13.008. DISTRICT TRUSTEE APPROVAL OF BOUNDARY CHANGES REQUIRED. Any...

Section 13.009. Appeals - Sec. 13.009. APPEALS. (a) A decision of a commissioners court...

Section 13.010. Boundary Descriptions and Maps to Be Filed With Agency - Sec. 13.010. BOUNDARY DESCRIPTIONS AND MAPS TO BE FILED WITH...

Subchapter B. Detachment; Annexation

Section 13.051. Detachment and Annexation of Territory - Sec. 13.051. DETACHMENT AND ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY. (a) In accordance...

Section 13.052. Dormant School Districts - Sec. 13.052. DORMANT SCHOOL DISTRICTS. (a) If the commissioner determines...

Section 13.053. Territory Not in School District - Sec. 13.053. TERRITORY NOT IN SCHOOL DISTRICT. (a) All real...

Section 13.054. Academically Unacceptable School Districts - Sec. 13.054. ACADEMICALLY UNACCEPTABLE SCHOOL DISTRICTS. (a) The commissioner by...

Subchapter C. Creation of District by Detachment

Section 13.101. Creation of District by Detaching Territory From Existing District - Sec. 13.101. CREATION OF DISTRICT BY DETACHING TERRITORY FROM EXISTING...

Section 13.102. Minimum Area and Attendance Requirements - Sec. 13.102. MINIMUM AREA AND ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS. A new district...

Section 13.103. Initiation of Detachment - Sec. 13.103. INITIATION OF DETACHMENT. Creation of a new district...

Section 13.104. Election - Sec. 13.104. ELECTION. (a) Not later than the 30th day...

Section 13.105. Creation of District - Sec. 13.105. CREATION OF DISTRICT. (a) If all the requirements...

Subchapter D. Consolidation

Section 13.151. Districts That May Consolidate - Sec. 13.151. DISTRICTS THAT MAY CONSOLIDATE. (a) By the procedure...

Section 13.152. Resolution or Petition - Sec. 13.152. RESOLUTION OR PETITION. Consolidation is initiated in each...

Section 13.1521. Receipt or Consideration of Petition Requesting Detachment and Annexation After Adoption of Consolidation Resolutions - Sec. 13.1521. RECEIPT OR CONSIDERATION OF PETITION REQUESTING DETACHMENT AND...

Section 13.153. Election Order; Notice - Sec. 13.153. ELECTION ORDER; NOTICE. (a) Each board of trustees...

Section 13.154. Canvass; Result - Sec. 13.154. CANVASS; RESULT. (a) Each board of trustees shall...

Section 13.155. Status; Governance - Sec. 13.155. STATUS; GOVERNANCE. (a) The consolidated district is an...

Section 13.156. Title to Property; Assumption of Debt - Sec. 13.156. TITLE TO PROPERTY; ASSUMPTION OF DEBT. Title to...

Section 13.157. Dissolution of Consolidated School District - Sec. 13.157. DISSOLUTION OF CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT. (a) A consolidated...

Section 13.158. Local Consolidation Agreement - Sec. 13.158. LOCAL CONSOLIDATION AGREEMENT. (a) Before issuing an order...

Section 13.159. Public Inspection and Hearing - Sec. 13.159. PUBLIC INSPECTION AND HEARING. (a) A local consolidation...

Subchapter E. Abolition of Independent School District

Section 13.201. Eligibility - Sec. 13.201. ELIGIBILITY. An independent school district may be abolished...

Section 13.202. Petition - Sec. 13.202. PETITION. Abolition of an independent school district is...

Section 13.203. Election - Sec. 13.203. ELECTION. (a) Each county judge receiving a valid...

Section 13.204. Order Abolishing District - Sec. 13.204. ORDER ABOLISHING DISTRICT. (a) The commissioners court of...

Section 13.205. Disposition of Territory; Affairs of Abolished District - Sec. 13.205. DISPOSITION OF TERRITORY; AFFAIRS OF ABOLISHED DISTRICT. (a)...

Subchapter F. Other Boundary Changes

Section 13.231. Minor Boundary Adjustments by Agreement - Sec. 13.231. MINOR BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS BY AGREEMENT. (a) Two contiguous...

Subchapter G. Incentive Aid Payments

Section 13.281. Incentive Aid - Sec. 13.281. INCENTIVE AID. (a) A school district created after...

Section 13.282. Amount; Computation - Sec. 13.282. AMOUNT; COMPUTATION. (a) The amount of incentive aid...

Section 13.283. Payments Reduced - Sec. 13.283. PAYMENTS REDUCED. The incentive aid payments shall be...

Section 13.284. Conditions for Payment - Sec. 13.284. CONDITIONS FOR PAYMENT. To receive incentive aid payments:...

Section 13.285. Cost - Sec. 13.285. COST. The cost of incentive aid payments authorized...