Sec. 202.013. RETURNS; EFFECT OF ELECTION  


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  • (a) The commissioners court shall:

    (1) canvass the returns of the election; and

    (2) declare the result by entering it in the minutes of the commissioners court.

    (b) If a majority of votes are cast for the proposition, the county judge shall issue an order declaring the district to be created and incorporated. The order must be entered in the minutes of the commissioners court and a certified copy of the order must be entered into the deed records of the county.

    (c) Upon completion of the requirements under this section by the commissioners court and county judge, the district is created and incorporated.

Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1483, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.