2025 Texas Statutes
Water Code
Title 4 - General Law Districts
Chapter 54 - Municipal Utility Districts
Subchapter B. Creation or Expansion of District; Conversion of District
Section 54.015. Contents of Petition

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TX Water Code § 54.015 (2025)
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Sec. 54.015. CONTENTS OF PETITION. The petition shall:

(1) describe the boundaries of the proposed district by metes and bounds or by lot and block number, if there is a recorded map or plat and survey of the area;

(2) state the general nature of the work proposed to be done, the necessity for the work, and the cost of the project as then estimated by those filing the petition; and

(3) include a name of the district which shall be generally descriptive of the locale of the district followed by the words Municipal Utility District, or if a district is located within one county, it may be designated "__________ County Municipal Utility District No. ______." (Insert the name of the county and proper consecutive number.) The proposed district shall not have the same name as any other district in the same county.

Added by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 775, ch. 84, Sec. 1.

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