Sec. 36.012. COMPOSITION OF DISTRICT. (a) A district may include all or part of one or more counties, cities, districts, or other political subdivisions.
(b) A district may not include territory located in more than one county except on a majority vote of the voters residing within the territory in each county sought to be included in the district at an election called for that purpose.
(c) The boundaries of a district must be coterminous with or inside the boundaries of a management area or a priority groundwater management area.
(d) A district may consist of separate bodies of land separated by land not included in the district.
(e) A majority of the voters in a segregated area must approve the creation of the district before that area may be included in the district.
(f) This section does not apply to districts created under Section 36.0151.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 933, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1010, Sec. 4.22, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 966, Sec. 2.33, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 2 - Water Administration
Subtitle E - Groundwater Management
Chapter 36 - Groundwater Conservation Districts
Subchapter B. Creation of District
Section 36.011. Method of Creating District
Section 36.012. Composition of District
Section 36.013. Petition to Create District
Section 36.014. Notice and Public Meeting on District Creation
Section 36.015. Commission Certification and Order
Section 36.0151. Creation of District for Priority Groundwater Management Area
Section 36.016. Appointment of Temporary Directors
Section 36.017. Confirmation and Directors' Election for District in a Management Area
Section 36.018. Inclusion of Municipality
Section 36.019. Confirmation Election in District Including Land in More Than One County