Tex. Water Code § 68.102
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 68.102, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 68.102. PETITION FOR CREATION.
Official statutory text
A district may be created only if the commissioners court of the county in which the district is proposed to be created receives a petition requesting the district's creation. The petition must be signed by:
(1) the owners of a majority of facilities in the proposed district; and
(2) the owners of a majority of the assessed value of facilities in the proposed district according to the most recent certified property tax rolls of the county.
(1) the owners of a majority of facilities in the proposed district; and
(2) the owners of a majority of the assessed value of facilities in the proposed district according to the most recent certified property tax rolls of the county.
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