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Tex. Water Code § 51.013

PETITION

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Tex. Water Code § 51.013, PETITION, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/580804
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(a) A petition requesting creation of a district shall be signed by a majority of the persons who hold title to land in the proposed district which represents a total value of more than 50 percent of the value of all the land in the proposed district as indicated by the tax rolls of the central appraisal district. If there are more than 50 persons holding title to land in the proposed district, the petition is sufficient if signed by 50 of them. (b) The petition may be signed and filed in two or more copies.