Tex. Water Code § 51.831
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 51.831, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 51.831. SIGNATURES ON PETITION.
Official statutory text
A petition for dissolution of the district may be signed and filed in two or more copies. The petition shall be signed by a majority in number of the property owners with land in the district and the property owners of a majority in value of the land in the district, as shown by the tax rolls of the district, or 50 landowners if the number of landowners in the district is more than 50.
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