Sec. 8203.252. ELECTION FOR DIVISION OF DISTRICT. (a) After the board has complied with Section 8203.251(e), the board shall hold an election in the district to determine whether the district should be divided as proposed.
(b) The board shall give notice of the election not later than the 35th day before the date of the election. The notice must state:
(1) the date and location of the election; and
(2) the proposition to be voted on.
(c) If a majority of the votes cast are in favor of the division:
(1) the district is divided; and
(2) not later than the 30th day after the date of the election, the district shall provide written notice of the division to:
(A) the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality;
(B) the attorney general;
(C) the commissioners court of each county in which a new district is located; and
(D) any municipality having extraterritorial jurisdiction over territory in each new district.
(d) If a majority of the votes cast are not in favor of the division, the district may not be divided.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 982 (S.B. 1091), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.
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