{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-55.042","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Water Code § 55.042","heading":"MULTI-COUNTY DISTRICT: HEARING.","body":"If the commission determines that a hearing is necessary under Section 49.011, the commission shall conduct a hearing and any person whose land would be affected by creation of the district may appear and support or oppose creation of the proposed district, and may offer competent testimony to show that the district would or would not serve a beneficial purpose, be practicable, or accomplish the purposes intended.\nActs 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 432, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1070, Sec. 35, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["WATER CODE","TITLE 4. GENERAL LAW DISTRICTS","CHAPTER 55. WATER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS","SUBCHAPTER B. CREATION OF DISTRICT; CONVERSION TO ARTICLE XVI, SECTION 59, DISTRICT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.55.htm#55.042","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:48Z","sha256":"b79ac5e1a8cde8100c0ece308cb98bcc485056edaa1d588f4b4fc88464b1cbee","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-55.040","next":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-55.043"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}