Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1001.153
This is the official text of Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1001.153, part of Texas’s Special District Local Laws Code — consolidates the individual laws creating Texas's special-purpose local government districts.
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§ 1001.153. ORDER OF ANNEXATION.
Official statutory text
(a) If, after a hearing under Section 1001.152, the board and the governing body determine that annexation of a defined territory into the district would benefit the district, the board and the governing body may approve the annexation by a resolution entered in their minutes.
(b) The board and the governing body are not required to include all territory described in the petition if the board and the governing body find that including only a portion of the territory is necessary or desirable.
(b) The board and the governing body are not required to include all territory described in the petition if the board and the governing body find that including only a portion of the territory is necessary or desirable.
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