Tex. Water Code § 56.014
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 56.014, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 56.014. PETITION.
Official statutory text
(a) Any person may present a petition to the commissioners court requesting the creation of a district. The petition shall be signed by at least 25 of the resident freehold taxpayers of the proposed district, or by at least one-third of the resident freehold taxpayers of the district if there are less than 75 of them, whose land might be affected by creation of the district.
(b) The petition shall state:
(1) the necessity, public utility, and feasibility of the proposed district;
(2) the proposed boundaries of the district; and
(3) the proposed name for the district.
(b) The petition shall state:
(1) the necessity, public utility, and feasibility of the proposed district;
(2) the proposed boundaries of the district; and
(3) the proposed name for the district.
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