{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-55.048","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Water Code § 55.048","heading":"NAME OF DISTRICT.","body":"(a) The name of a district wholly within one county shall include the name of the county and a number. Districts wholly within one county shall be numbered consecutively as created, and no two districts may have the same number.\n(b) The name of a district with territory in two or more counties may include the names of those counties, or the district may adopt any appropriate name. The name may include a number, but the number may not be the same as the number of a district in any of the counties. The number of a district created in any county may not be the same as the number of a district with territory in that county and other counties.\nActs 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 434, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.","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#55.048","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:48Z","sha256":"9f72ca4ed706114b8ed00ef20f0ba985497b11d98bb3b768e2765f41d8e557dd","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-55.047","next":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-55.049"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}