Tex.
Health & Safety Code Section 775.019
Election Result and Commissioners Court Order
(a)
A district is created and organized under this chapter if a majority of the votes cast in the election favor creation of the district.(b)
A district may not include territory in a municipality’s limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction unless a majority of the voters residing in that territory who vote at the election vote in favor of creating the district and imposing a tax. The exclusion of that territory does not affect the creation of a district that includes the remainder of the proposed territory if the commissioners court’s findings under Section 775.017 (Petition Approval) are favorable to the district’s creation.(c)
Repealed by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 620, Sec. 2, eff. June 16, 1991.(d)
If a majority of those voting at the election vote against creation of the district, the commissioners court may not order another election for at least one year after the date of the official canvass of the most recent election concerning creation of the district. A subsequent election must be held in the same manner provided by this chapter for the original creation election.(e)
When a district is created, the commissioners court of each county in which the district is located shall enter in its minutes an order that reads substantially as follows:(f)
Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 298 (S.B. 1794), Sec. 7(2), eff. March 1, 2024.
Source:
Section 775.019 — Election Result and Commissioners Court Order, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.775.htm#775.019
(accessed Apr. 20, 2024).