Sec. 21.052. ANNEXATION OF COUNTY; PETITION. (a) The board may annex an adjacent county in the manner provided by this section and Sections 21.053 and 21.055.
(b) To initiate annexation proceedings, the commissioners court of the adjacent county must petition the board requesting the board to call an election for the annexation of the petitioner's county. The petition must be in writing and be endorsed by a majority of the members of the commissioners court.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2009.
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