{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-56.014","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Water Code § 56.014","heading":"PETITION.","body":"(a) Any person may present a petition to the commissioners court requesting the creation of a district. The petition shall be signed by at least 25 of the resident freehold taxpayers of the proposed district, or by at least one-third of the resident freehold taxpayers of the district if there are less than 75 of them, whose land might be affected by creation of the district.\n(b) The petition shall state:\n(1) the necessity, public utility, and feasibility of the proposed district;\n(2) the proposed boundaries of the district; and\n(3) the proposed name for the district.\nActs 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 498, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.","path":["WATER CODE","TITLE 4. GENERAL LAW DISTRICTS","CHAPTER 56. DRAINAGE DISTRICTS","SUBCHAPTER B. CREATION OF DISTRICT; CONVERSION TO ARTICLE XVI, SECTION 59, DISTRICT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.56.htm#56.014","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:48Z","sha256":"d9fd3b1fd9d09c233e5ac10ddbc8df5dcf6a673fc29a30fc552ad240d6d51882","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-56.013","next":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-56.015"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}