Tex. Local Government Code § 363.062
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 363.062, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 363.062. FINANCING CREATION OF DISTRICT.
Official statutory text
(a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (c), the costs of creating a district by a county to be composed of the whole county shall be allocated as follows:
(1) the county shall pay 40 percent;
(2) the municipality having the largest population in the county shall pay 40 percent; and
(3) the municipality having the second largest population in the county shall pay 20 percent.
(b) The county and the two municipalities may contract for a division of the costs of creating a district that is different from the division of costs described by Subsection (a).
(c) If a district is proposed for only a part of the county, the county shall pay the entire cost of creating the district.
(d) A municipality creating a district shall pay the entire cost of creating the district.
(e) If a district is created, the district shall reimburse each political subdivision that paid creation costs for the actual expenses the subdivision incurred in the creation of the district.
(1) the county shall pay 40 percent;
(2) the municipality having the largest population in the county shall pay 40 percent; and
(3) the municipality having the second largest population in the county shall pay 20 percent.
(b) The county and the two municipalities may contract for a division of the costs of creating a district that is different from the division of costs described by Subsection (a).
(c) If a district is proposed for only a part of the county, the county shall pay the entire cost of creating the district.
(d) A municipality creating a district shall pay the entire cost of creating the district.
(e) If a district is created, the district shall reimburse each political subdivision that paid creation costs for the actual expenses the subdivision incurred in the creation of the district.
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