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House Bill 2983 |
House Author: Creighton |
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Effective: 9-1-07 |
Senate Sponsor: Hegar |
Previous law required a petition to create a general-law fresh water supply district to contain the signatures of a majority of, or 50 of, the electors of the proposed district who own land in it. House Bill 2983 amends the Water Code to require such a petition to be signed by a majority of those who hold title to land the total value of which is more than half of the value of all land in the proposed district. If there are more than 50 persons who hold title to land in the proposed district, the petition is sufficient if signed by 50 of those title holders. The requirement that a signer of a petition be an elector is eliminated.