Texas Education Code - EDUC § 13.105. Creation of District

(a) If all the requirements of this subchapter are met, the commissioners court shall enter an order creating the new school district.  If the new district contains territory in two or more counties, the order must be concurred in by the commissioners court of each county concerned.

(b) At the time the order creating the district is made, the commissioners court of the county in which the largest portion of the district's territory is located shall appoint a board of seven trustees for the new district to serve until the next regular election of trustees, when a board of trustees shall be elected in compliance with Chapter 11.

(c) Title to school district real property in the territory detached vests in the new district.  The new district assumes and is liable for any portion of outstanding indebtedness of the district from which the territory was detached that is allocated to the new district under Section 13.004.