2025 Texas Statutes
Water Code
Title 4 - General Law Districts
Chapter 62 - Article Xvi, Section 59, Navigation Districts
Subchapter B. Creation of District
Section 62.030. Election Order

Universal Citation:
TX Water Code § 62.030 (2025)
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Sec. 62.030. ELECTION ORDER. (a) If the commissioners court or the board finds in favor of the petitioners for the creation of the district, the commissioners court of the county of jurisdiction shall order an election to be held inside the proposed district at the earliest legal time.

(b) The order of the court shall provide for submitting to the electors residing in the proposed district the question of whether or not the district will be created and whether or not proposed bonds will be issued and a tax levied sufficient to pay the interest and provide a sinking fund sufficient to redeem the bonds at maturity.

(c) The order shall specify:

(1) the amount of bonds to be issued;

(2) the length of time the bonds will run; and

(3) the rate of interest.

Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.

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