Section 775.222 - Petition for Division; Notice of Hearing(a) Before the existing district may be divided, the district's board must receive a petition for division signed by at least seven percent of the district's qualified voters or at least 100 of the district's qualified voters, whichever is the lesser number.(b) A petition for division must include:(1) the name of the new district to be created; and(2) a description of the territory proposed to be the new district's territory.(c) On receipt of a petition in the proper form, the board shall set a place, date, and time for a hearing to consider the petition.(d) The board shall issue a notice of the hearing that includes:(1) the name of the proposed district;(2) a description of the proposed district's boundaries; and(3) the place, date, and time of the hearing on the petition.(e) The board shall publish the notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the district once a week for two consecutive weeks. The first publication must occur not later than the 21st day before the date on which the hearing will be held.Tex. Health and Safety Code § 775.222
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1134, Sec. 1, eff. 6/19/2009.