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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
The board of directors of a district by order may transfer the district from the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality to the extraterritorial jurisdiction of another municipality if the board finds that:
(1) as of January 1, 1993, the municipality that has extraterritorial jurisdiction over the district excluded the district from the service area of the municipality's municipally owned water or sewer utility system;
(2) the other municipality has included or agreed to include the district within the service area of the municipality's municipally owned water or sewer utility system, and the municipality has adopted a water or sewer utility service plan agreeable to the board; and
(3) the municipally owned water or sewer utility system of the other municipality has agreed to provide the service to the district within one year.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Texas Water Code - WATER § 51.872. Authority to Transfer District Between Municipalities' Extraterritorial Jurisdiction - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/water-code/water-sect-51-872/
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