Petition For Drainage Construction

Sec. 254.002. PETITION FOR DRAINAGE CONSTRUCTION. (a) The commissioners court of a county may not order a drainage system to be constructed unless a petition is presented to the court as provided by this section. (b) To be valid, the petition must include: (1) the signatures of at least 100 registered voters of the county; (2) a statement of the necessity for and availability of the drainage system; (3) the number of miles of public roads, as accurately as possible; (4) the width and depth of the ditches to be built along the first-class roads; (5) the name and location of each natural waterway crossed by the county's first-class roads; (6) the distance of each waterway from another along the first-class roads; and (7) the names and residences, if known, of each owner of real property adjacent to or within one mile of each first-class road. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.