Sec. 59.003. CREATION OF DISTRICT. (a) A district may be created by:
(1) The boards of at least 20 percent of the total number of municipal districts to be included in the proposed district may jointly petition the commission for creation of a district. The petition must describe the territory to be included in the district and must include resolutions endorsing creation of the district adopted by each municipal district to be included in the district.
(2) The owner or owners of 2,000 or more contiguous acres may petition the commission for creation of a district.
(3) The commissioners courts of one or more counties may petition the commission for creation of a district in any territory within the county.
(4) The governing body of any city may petition the commission for creation of a district in any territory within the city or its extraterritorial jurisdiction.
(b) Petitions for the creation of a district must:
(1) describe the boundaries of the proposed district by metes and bounds that adequately and completely circumscribe the property so that there is complete closure of the property or by lot and block numbers if there is a recorded map or plat or subdivision survey of the area;
(2) state the general nature of the work proposed to be done, the necessity of the work, and the cost of any projects of the district as estimated by those filing the petition;
(3) state the name of each petitioner; and
(4) include a name of the district generally descriptive of the locale of the district followed by the words "Regional District."
(c) A proposed district may not have the same name as any other district in the state.
(d) Section 54.013 applies to the composition of districts created under this chapter.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
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