Annexation by Election Amendment

Texas Education Code, Section §A130.065

(a) On presentation to the governing board of a junior college district of (if the annexation is by election,) a petition proposing the annexation of territory to the district, the governing board may call an election on the question of annexing the territory. The petition must:

  1. contain an accurate description of the territory proposed for annexation; and
  2. be signed by a number of [five percent of the] registered voters in the territory proposed [seeking] to be annexed equal to at least five percent of the registered voters in that territory as of the most recent general election for state and county officers.

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