Texas Local Government Code 363.062 – Financing Creation of District
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(a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (c), the costs of creating a district by a county to be composed of the whole county shall be allocated as follows:
(1) the county shall pay 40 percent;
(2) the municipality having the largest population in the county shall pay 40 percent; and
(3) the municipality having the second largest population in the county shall pay 20 percent.
(b) The county and the two municipalities may contract for a division of the costs of creating a district that is different from the division of costs described by Subsection (a).
Terms Used In Texas Local Government Code 363.062
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Municipality: means a general-law municipality, home-rule municipality, or special-law municipality. See Texas Local Government Code 1.005
- Population: means the population shown by the most recent federal decennial census. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) If a district is proposed for only a part of the county, the county shall pay the entire cost of creating the district.
(d) A municipality creating a district shall pay the entire cost of creating the district.
(e) If a district is created, the district shall reimburse each political subdivision that paid creation costs for the actual expenses the subdivision incurred in the creation of the district.