Tex. Health and Safety Code § 775.222
PETITION FOR DIVISION; NOTICE OF HEARING
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- Tex. Health and Safety Code § 775.222, PETITION FOR DIVISION; NOTICE OF HEARING, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/676140
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(a) Before the existing district may be divided, the district's board must receive a petition for division signed by at least seven percent of the district's qualified voters or at least 100 of the district's qualified voters, whichever is the lesser number.
(b) A petition for division must include:
(1) the name of the new district to be created; and
(2) a description of the territory proposed to be the new district's territory.
(c) On receipt of a petition in the proper form, the board shall set a place, date, and time for a hearing to consider the petition.
(d) The board shall issue a notice of the hearing that includes:
(1) the name of the proposed district;
(2) a description of the proposed district's boundaries; and
(3) the place, date, and time of the hearing on the petition.
(e) The board shall publish the notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the district once a week for two consecutive weeks. The first publication must occur not later than the 21st day before the date on which the hearing will be held.