Title HS, Health and Safety Code

Sec. 775.221. AUTHORITY TO DIVIDE DISTRICT. (a) This subchapter applies only to a district located wholly in: (1) a county with a population of 20,000 or less; or (2) a county with a population of more than 30,000 but less than 41,000 that is adjacent to a county with a populatio…

Sec. 775.222. PETITION FOR DIVISION; NOTICE OF HEARING. (a) Before the existing district may be divided, the district's board must receive a petition for division signed by at least seven percent of the district's qualified voters or at least 100 of the district's qualified voter…

Sec. 775.223. HEARING ON DIVISION OF DISTRICT. (a) At the hearing on the petition for division of the existing district, the board shall consider the petition and each issue relating to the division of the district. (b) Any interested person may appear before the board to support…

Sec. 775.224. APPEAL. A resident of the district or an owner of real or personal property located in the district may appeal the board's decision on the division of the district by filing an appeal in the district court in the county in which a district is located only on the bas…

Sec. 775.225. ELECTION TO CONFIRM DIVISION. (a) On granting a petition to divide the district, the board shall order an election to be held in the territory of the proposed new district to confirm the division of the existing district. (b) Notice of the election shall be given in…

Sec. 775.226. DIVISION ORDER. A board order to divide a district must: (1) disannex the land of the new district from the existing district contingent on the approval of the creation of the new district at the election held under this subchapter; (2) create the new district in ac…

Sec. 775.227. ADMINISTRATION OF DISTRICTS AFTER DIVISION. (a) The existing board continues in existence to govern the territory of the existing district after disannexation. (b) If the new district is located wholly in one county, the commissioners court shall appoint a board in …

Sec. 775.228. TAXATION FOR OUTSTANDING BONDED DEBT. The disannexation of territory from a district under this subchapter does not diminish or impair the rights of the holders of any outstanding and unpaid bonds, warrants, or other obligations of that district. Property disannexed…

Sec. 775.229. FURTHER DIVISION PROHIBITED. Once a district has been divided under this subchapter, neither the existing district nor the new district may be divided under this subchapter. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1134 (H.B. 2212), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009. SUBCH…

Sec. 775.251. SALE AND DISPOSITION OF SURPLUS OR SALVAGE PROPERTY. (a) In this section: (1) "Salvage property" means personal property, other than wastepaper, that because of use, time, or accident is so damaged, used, or consumed that it has no value for the purpose for which it…

Sec. 775.301. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "commissioners court" means the commissioners court of a county that: (1) borders the United Mexican States; (2) contains a municipality with a population of more than 500,000; and (3) appoints a board of emergency services commission…

Sec. 775.302. APPLICABILITY. (a) This subchapter applies only to a district that is located wholly in a county: (1) that borders the United Mexican States; (2) that contains a municipality with a population of more than 500,000; and (3) for which the commissioners court appoints …

Sec. 775.303. DELEGATION OR WAIVER BY COMMISSIONERS COURT. (a) The commissioners court may adopt a resolution to: (1) delegate to the board of a district a duty assigned to the commissioners court under this subchapter that relates to that district; or (2) waive a requirement in …

Sec. 775.304. POWERS RELATING TO DISTRICT PROPERTY, FACILITIES, AND EQUIPMENT. (a) The commissioners court may establish policies and procedures the board must comply with when: (1) constructing, purchasing, acquiring, contracting for, leasing, adding to, maintaining, operating, …

Sec. 775.305. BUDGET. (a) The commissioners court shall establish a schedule for a district to prepare an annual budget, tax rate calculations and notices, and a recommended tax rate and to submit the budget, calculations, notices, and recommendation to the commissioners court fo…

Sec. 775.306. BUSINESS PARTICIPATION. The board shall encourage and promote participation by all sectors of the business community, including small businesses and businesses owned by members of a minority group or by women, in the process by which the district enters into contrac…