Texas § WA.36.012 - COMPOSITION OF DISTRICT
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§ WA.36.012. COMPOSITION OF DISTRICT
COMPOSITION OF DISTRICT. (a) A district may include all or part of one or more counties, cities, districts, or other political subdivisions. (b) A district may not include territory located in more than one county except on a majority vote of the voters residing within the territory in each county sought to be included in the district at an election called for that purpose. (c) The boundaries of a district must be coterminous with or inside the boundaries of a management area or a priority groundwater management area. (d) A district may consist of separate bodies of land separated by land not included in the district. (e) A majority of the voters in a segregated area must approve the creation of the district before that area may be included in the district. (f) This section does not apply to districts created under Section 36.0151 . Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 933, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1010, Sec. 4.22, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 966, Sec. 2.33, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
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