Sec. 56.014. PETITION. (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.
Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 498, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 4 - General Law Districts
Chapter 56 - Drainage Districts
Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion to Article Xvi, Section 59, District
Section 56.011. Creation of District
Section 56.012. Name of Each District
Section 56.013. Area Included in a District
Section 56.016. Time of Hearing
Section 56.018. Hearing on the Petition
Section 56.021. Engineer's Bond
Section 56.022. Survey and Preliminary Plans
Section 56.024. Hearing on Preliminary Report
Section 56.025. Changing the Preliminary Report