{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-363.053","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 363.053","heading":"ELECTION REQUIRED.","body":"A district proposed by the governing body may be created and a tax may be authorized only if the creation and the tax are approved by a majority of the qualified voters of the proposed district voting at an election called and held for that purpose.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 23.03(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 11. PUBLIC SAFETY","SUBTITLE C. PUBLIC SAFETY PROVISIONS APPLYING TO MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 363. CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICTS","SUBCHAPTER B. CREATION OF DISTRICT AND TEMPORARY BOARD"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.363.htm#363.053","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"282e9cb4e6ac5ae082662223c24144550484fdb1f022195d47ce8241472b2bcd","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-363.052","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-363.054"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}