Tex. Water Code § 55.028
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 55.028, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 55.028. FINDINGS; ORDER.
Official statutory text
The commissioners court shall make and enter its findings in the record. If it finds that creation of the district and the construction or purchase of the proposed irrigation system, or cooperation with the United States as provided by Section 55.161 of this code, is feasible, practicable, and necessary, and would be a public benefit and a benefit to the land included in the district, then the court shall make and enter an order granting the petition and directing that an election be held in the proposed district. Otherwise, the court shall dismiss the petition at the cost of the petitioners.
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