Texas Education Code

§ 13.051 — DETACHMENT AND ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY

ED § 13.051Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part C. LOCAL ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNANCE · Ch. 13. CREATION, CONSOLIDATION, AND ABOLITION OF A DISTRICT · Art. B. DETACHMENT; ANNEXATION

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(a)In accordance with this section, territory may be detached from a school district and annexed to another school district that is contiguous to the detached territory. A petition requesting the detachment and annexation must be presented to the board of trustees of the district from which the territory is to be detached and to the board of trustees of the district to which the territory is to be annexed. Each board of trustees to which a petition is required to be presented must conduct a hearing and adopt a resolution as provided by this section for the annexation to be effective.

(b)The petition requesting detachment and annexation must:

(1)be signed by a majority of:

(A)the registered voters residing in the territory to be detached and annexed, if the territory has residents; or

(B)the surface owners of taxable property in the territory to be detached and annexed, if the territory does not have residents; and

(2)give the metes and bounds of the territory to be detached and annexed.

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Legislative history

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 3.010, eff. September 1, 2019.