Texas Agriculture Code

§ 201.041 — PETITION

AG § 201.041Title 7. SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION · Ch. 201. SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION · Art. C. CREATION, BOUNDARY CHANGES, AND DISSOLUTION OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS

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(a)The eligible voters of any territory may petition the state board for the organization of a soil and water conservation district. The petition must be signed by at least 50 persons eligible to vote in an election to create the conservation district unless the territory contains fewer than 100 eligible voters, in which case the petition must be signed by a majority of the eligible voters in the territory.

(b)The petition must contain:

(1)a proposed name for the conservation district;

(2)a description of the territory proposed to be organized as a conservation district;

(3)a statement that there is need for a conservation district to function in the described territory in the interest of the public health, safety, and welfare; and

(4)a request that:

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Legislative history

Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1464, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.