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2025 Texas Statutes
Water Code
Title 4 - General Law Districts
Chapter 56 - Drainage Districts
Subchapter J. Alternate Procedure for Annexation by Existing District
Section 56.751. Petition for Annexation
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TX Water Code § 56.751 (2025)
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Sec. 56.751. PETITION FOR ANNEXATION. The landowners of a defined area of territory not included in a district may file with the secretary of the board a petition requesting an election on the inclusion of the territory in a district. The petition must:
(1) be signed by registered voters residing in the territory equal in number to at least five percent of the number of votes received in the territory to be included by all candidates in the most recent gubernatorial general election; and
(2) describe by metes and bounds the territory to be included in the district.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 958, Sec. 2, eff. June 16, 1995.
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