Section 3860.111 - Division of District(a) The district shall be divided into two districts only if the district is not imposing ad valorem taxes.(b) Not later than the 60th day after the effective date of the Act creating this chapter, the board shall adopt an order dividing the district into two districts. The original district includes all district territory not included in the new district. The new district includes all the territory included in state representative district 131 on the date the division is effective. Neither district may request consent to its creation from the City of Houston until the order dividing the district is adopted.(c) After the division of the district: (1) the original district is governed by a board of seven voting directors consisting of the directors appointed to positions 8 through 14; and(2) the new district is governed by a board of seven voting directors consisting of the directors appointed to positions one through seven of the original district.(d) An order dividing the district must:(1) name the new district;(2) describe the boundaries of the new district;(3) name the initial directors of the new district; and(4) divide the assets and liabilities in any manner between the new district and the original district.(e) Not later than the 10th day after the date the board adopts the order, the district shall file the order with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and record the order in the real property records of Harris County.(f) The new district has all the powers and duties of the district.Tex. Spec. Dist. Loc. Laws § 3860.111
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 968, Sec. 1, eff. 6/15/2007.