Texas Local Government Code

§ 71.011 — APPLICATION AND ELECTION

LG § 71.011Title 3. ORGANIZATION OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT · Part A. ORGANIZATION OF COUNTIES · Ch. 71. CREATION OF COUNTIES · Art. B. ELECTION FOR DETACHMENT OR ATTACHMENT OF COUNTY TERRITORY

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(a)A part of a county may not be detached from one county and attached to another county unless the proposition for the change is approved by a majority of the voters in both counties as required by Article IX, Section 1, of the Texas Constitution.

(b)On the written application of at least 50 qualified voters of a county, the county judge of the county shall order an election to consider detaching from the county a part of its territory or to consider attaching to the county a part of another county.

(c)The application must designate the part by a metes and bounds description and must show:

(1)the number of acres contained within the part;

(2)the number of acres remaining in the county from which the part is detached; and

(3)the distance on a direct line from the county seat of the county from which the part is detached to the nearest point on the boundary of the detached territory.

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Legislative history

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