Texas Local Government Code

§ 42.043 — REQUIREMENTS APPLYING TO PETITION

LG § 42.043Title 2. ORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT · Part C. MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES AND ANNEXATION · Ch. 42. EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF MUNICIPALITIES · Art. C. CREATION OR EXPANSION OF GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES IN EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION

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(a)A petition under Section 42.041 or 42.042 must:

(1)be written;

(2)request that the area be annexed or that the services be made available, as appropriate;

(3)be signed in ink or indelible pencil by the appropriate voters and landowners;

(4)be signed, in the case of a person signing as a voter, as the person's name appears on the most recent official list of registered voters;

(5)contain, in the case of a person signing as a voter, a note made by the person stating the person's residence address and the precinct number and voter registration number that appear on the person's voter registration certificate;

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Legislative history

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.