Texas Local Government Code 375.022 – Petition
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(a) Before a district may be created, the commission must receive a petition requesting creation of the district.
(b) The petition must be signed by the owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the proposed district that would be subject to assessment by the district, according to the most recent certified county property tax rolls.
Terms Used In Texas Local Government Code 375.022
- Municipality: means a general-law municipality, home-rule municipality, or special-law municipality. See Texas Local Government Code 1.005
- Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- Signed: includes any symbol executed or adopted by a person with present intention to authenticate a writing. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Succeeding: means immediately following. See Texas Government Code 312.011
(c) The petition must:
(1) describe the boundaries of the proposed district:
(A) by metes and bounds;
(B) by verifiable landmarks, including a road, creek, or railroad line; or
(C) if there is a recorded map or plat and survey of the area, by lot and block number;
(2) state the specific purposes for which the district will be created;
(3) state the general nature of the work, projects, or services proposed to be provided, the necessity for those services, and the costs as estimated by the persons filing the petition;
(4) include a name of the district, which must be generally descriptive of the location of the district, followed by “Management District” or “Improvement District”;
(5) include a proposed list of initial directors that includes the directors’ experience and initial term of service; and
(6) include a resolution of the governing body of the municipality in support of the creation of the district.
(d) The petition may request that a succeeding board of directors be elected under § 375.0645 instead of being appointed under § 375.064.
(e) On receipt by the commission of a petition that complies with this section, the commission shall issue a notice indicating that the petition is administratively complete and may conduct a hearing on the petition in the manner provided by § 49.011, Water Code, if the commission determines that a hearing is necessary.