Special District Local Laws Code § 1099.152

Sec. 1099.152. PETITION TO ANNEX TERRITORY. (a) A petition requesting that territory be annexed to the district may be presented to the board. The petition must: (1) describe the tract or tracts of land to be annexed; and (2) be signed by 50 or a majority of the registered voters who: (A) reside in the territory to be annexed; and (B) own property duly rendered for taxation on the applicable county tax rolls that will be subject to district taxation. (b) This subchapter does not prohibit simultaneous action on several petitions for annexation. A ballot proposition must be submitted for each different territory proposed to be annexed, and an election held in each territory represented by an approved petition. (c) If the board receives two or more petitions for annexation that include all or part of the same territory to be annexed to the district, the petition filed first with the board shall be considered and another petition that includes any of the same territory has no effect. (d) The board may consider all petitions for annexation presented to it and may approve or reject each petition. The board may not partly approve or partly reject any petition. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B. 1147), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2013.