{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-78.013","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Agriculture Code § 78.013","heading":"DISTRICT BOUNDARIES; NAME.","body":"(a) A district may include:\n(1) a political subdivision or a defined district of this state;\n(2) one or more counties, or a portion of one or more counties;\n(3) all or a portion of a town, village, or municipal corporation; or\n(4) a body of land separated from the rest of the district.\n(b) A district may not include:\n(1) less than 32,000 acres;\n(2) territory located in more than five counties;\n(3) territory in more than one county, unless approved by the majority vote of eligible voters who reside in the territory in each county proposed to be included in the district; or\n(4) land located in another district.\n(c) A district must bear a name containing the words \"noxious weed control district.\"\nActs 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1210, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.","path":["AGRICULTURE CODE","TITLE 5. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS","SUBTITLE B. HORTICULTURAL DISEASES AND PESTS","CHAPTER 78. NOXIOUS WEED CONTROL DISTRICTS","SUBCHAPTER B. CREATION OF DISTRICT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.78.htm#78.013","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:50Z","sha256":"cc67b5fcea792e312c29bbf192aff79ecadefe3824c57ee8b9662331056e85b9","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-78.012","next":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-78.014"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}