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TX Educ Code § 13.101 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle C - Local Organization and Governance|Chapter 13 - Creation, Consolidation, and Abolition of a District|Subchapter C. Creation of District by Detachment|Section 13.101. Creation of District by Detaching Territory From Existing District

Sec. 13.101.  CREATION OF DISTRICT BY DETACHING TERRITORY FROM EXISTING DISTRICT.  (a)  A new school district may be created by detaching territory from an existing school district or existing contiguous school districts and establishing a new school district.(b)  A school district created under this subchapter has all the rights and privileges of other independent school districts.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 13.102 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle C - Local Organization and Governance|Chapter 13 - Creation, Consolidation, and Abolition of a District|Subchapter C. Creation of District by Detachment|Section 13.102. Minimum Area and Attendance Requirements

Sec. 13.102.  MINIMUM AREA AND ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS.  A new district may not be created with an area of less than nine square miles or fewer than 8,000 students in average daily attendance, and a district may not be reduced to an area of less than nine square miles or fewer than 8,000 students in average daily attendance.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 13.103 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle C - Local Organization and Governance|Chapter 13 - Creation, Consolidation, and Abolition of a District|Subchapter C. Creation of District by Detachment|Section 13.103. Initiation of Detachment

Sec. 13.103.  INITIATION OF DETACHMENT.  Creation of a new district by detachment is initiated by resolution of the board of trustees of each district from which territory is to be detached or by a petition presented to the commissioners court.  A petition under this subchapter must:(1)  give the metes and bounds of the proposed new district;(2)  be signed by at least 10 percent of the registered voters residing in the proposed area to be detached from an existing district;  and(3)  be addressed to the commissioners court of the county in which the territory of the proposed district is located or, if the territory is in more than one county, to the commissioners court of each county in which the territory is located.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 13.104 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle C - Local Organization and Governance|Chapter 13 - Creation, Consolidation, and Abolition of a District|Subchapter C. Creation of District by Detachment|Section 13.104. Election

Sec. 13.104.  ELECTION.  (a)  Not later than the 30th day after the date the commissioners court receives a petition under this subchapter, the commissioners court shall hold a hearing on the validity of the petition.  If the commissioners court determines the petition is valid, each board of trustees shall order an election to be held on the same date in each district.(b)  The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition:  "Creation of a new school district that includes the following territory from the _________ School District:  ___________________." The ballot description of the territory to be detached must be sufficient to give general notice of the territory affected.(c)  An election on the detachment of the territory and creation of a new district has no effect unless at least 25 percent of the registered voters of each district vote in the election in which the issue is on the ballot.(d)  The boards of trustees shall report the results of the election to the appropriate commissioners courts, which shall declare the results of the election.  The new school district is created only if the proposition receives:(1)  a majority of the votes in the territory to be detached;  and(2)  a majority of the votes in the remaining territory in each district from which property is to be detached in the manner prescribed by Section 13.003.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 13.105 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle C - Local Organization and Governance|Chapter 13 - Creation, Consolidation, and Abolition of a District|Subchapter C. Creation of District by Detachment|Section 13.105. Creation of District

Sec. 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.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 13.151 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle C - Local Organization and Governance|Chapter 13 - Creation, Consolidation, and Abolition of a District|Subchapter D. Consolidation|Section 13.151. Districts That May Consolidate

Sec. 13.151.  DISTRICTS THAT MAY CONSOLIDATE.  (a)  By the procedure provided by this subchapter, two or more school districts may consolidate into a single school district.(b)  The consolidated district may include area in more than one county.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 13.152 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle C - Local Organization and Governance|Chapter 13 - Creation, Consolidation, and Abolition of a District|Subchapter D. Consolidation|Section 13.152. Resolution or Petition

Sec. 13.152.  RESOLUTION OR PETITION.  Consolidation is initiated in each district proposed to be consolidated by either a resolution adopted by the board of trustees of the district or a petition requesting an election on the question that is signed by the required number of registered voters of the district. Each district is not required to use the same method to initiate consolidation.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 201, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Educ Code § 13.1521 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle C - Local Organization and Governance|Chapter 13 - Creation, Consolidation, and Abolition of a District|Subchapter D. Consolidation|Section 13.1521. Receipt or Consideration of Petition Requesting Detachment and Annexation After Adoption of Consolidation Resolutions

Sec. 13.1521.  RECEIPT OR CONSIDERATION OF PETITION REQUESTING DETACHMENT AND ANNEXATION AFTER ADOPTION OF CONSOLIDATION RESOLUTIONS.  If a resolution in favor of consolidation has been adopted by the board of trustees of each school district proposed to be consolidated into a particular single district, none of those boards of trustees may receive or consider a petition requesting detachment and annexation under Subchapter B without the consent of each of the other of those boards of trustees:(1)  before consolidation; or(2)  before consolidation is disapproved at an election under Section 13.153.|Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 336 (H.B. 2016), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013.|
TX Educ Code § 13.153 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle C - Local Organization and Governance|Chapter 13 - Creation, Consolidation, and Abolition of a District|Subchapter D. Consolidation|Section 13.153. Election Order; Notice

Sec. 13.153.  ELECTION ORDER;  NOTICE.  (a)  Each board of trustees shall:(1)  issue an order for an election to be held on the same day in each district included in the proposed consolidated district;  and(2)  give notice of the election.(b)  If no local consolidation agreement is submitted under Section 13.158, the ballot in the election shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition:  "Consolidation of (name of school districts) into a single school district."(c)  If a local consolidation agreement is submitted under Section 13.158, the ballot in the election shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition:  "Consolidation of (name of school districts) into a single school district under a local consolidation agreement."|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 201, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Educ Code § 13.154 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle C - Local Organization and Governance|Chapter 13 - Creation, Consolidation, and Abolition of a District|Subchapter D. Consolidation|Section 13.154. Canvass; Result

Sec. 13.154.  CANVASS;  RESULT.  (a)  Each board of trustees shall canvass the returns of the election in its district and shall publish the results separately for each district.(b)  If the votes cast in all districts show a majority in each district voting in favor of the consolidation, the board of trustees shall declare the school districts consolidated.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 13.155 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle C - Local Organization and Governance|Chapter 13 - Creation, Consolidation, and Abolition of a District|Subchapter D. Consolidation|Section 13.155. Status; Governance

Sec. 13.155.  STATUS;  GOVERNANCE.  (a)  The consolidated district is an independent school district.(b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c) or by a local consolidation agreement under Section 13.158, the board of trustees of the school district having the greatest membership on the last day of the school year preceding the consolidation serves as the board of trustees of the consolidated district until the next regular election of trustees, at which time the consolidated district shall elect a board of trustees.(c)  Except as provided by a local consolidation agreement under Section 13.158, if the membership on the last day of the school year preceding the consolidation in the district with the largest membership is more than five times that of the other district or districts consolidating with it, the trustees of the district with the largest membership continue to serve for the terms for which they have been elected and only the vacancies, as they occur, are filled from the consolidated district.(d)  The powers, duties, and terms of office of the trustees are governed by Chapter 11.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 201, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Educ Code § 13.156 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle C - Local Organization and Governance|Chapter 13 - Creation, Consolidation, and Abolition of a District|Subchapter D. Consolidation|Section 13.156. Title to Property; Assumption of Debt

Sec. 13.156.  TITLE TO PROPERTY;  ASSUMPTION OF DEBT.  Title to all property of the consolidating districts vests in the consolidated district, and the consolidated district assumes and is liable for the outstanding indebtedness of the consolidating districts.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 13.157 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle C - Local Organization and Governance|Chapter 13 - Creation, Consolidation, and Abolition of a District|Subchapter D. Consolidation|Section 13.157. Dissolution of Consolidated School District

Sec. 13.157.  DISSOLUTION OF CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT.  (a)  A consolidated school district may be dissolved by the same procedure provided for consolidation, except that it is not necessary to provide polling places in each of the former districts.(b)  If the district is dissolved, each of the former districts is restored as a separate district and classified as an independent school district.(c)  Title to property of the consolidated district that is allocated to each of the restored districts under Section 13.004 vests in the restored districts, and each of the restored districts assumes and is liable for the indebtedness of the consolidated district as allocated under that section.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 13.158 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle C - Local Organization and Governance|Chapter 13 - Creation, Consolidation, and Abolition of a District|Subchapter D. Consolidation|Section 13.158. Local Consolidation Agreement

Sec. 13.158.  LOCAL CONSOLIDATION AGREEMENT.  (a)  Before issuing an order for an election under Section 13.153, the boards of trustees of the districts to be consolidated may draft a local consolidation agreement to be submitted to the registered voters in each district.  An agreement must set out the composition and method of election of the consolidated board of trustees.  The identical agreement must be submitted to the registered voters of each district.(b)  A local consolidation agreement may provide the following:(1)  an effective date that is not more than one year after the date of the consolidation election;(2)  a schedule to elect the board of trustees of the consolidated district before or after the effective date of consolidation;(3)  that the consolidated district educate particular grades within the boundaries of a district being consolidated;(4)  that the consolidated district maintain a specific campus in operation;(5)  that if the votes cast in some districts, but not all districts, show a majority voting in favor of the consolidation, the districts receiving a favorable vote may consolidate;(6)  that a majority of the votes cast in each district must be in favor of consolidation for there to be a consolidation;  or(7)  any other provision consistent with state and federal law.(c)  Not later than 30 days before a consolidation election is held, the boards of trustees of the districts to be consolidated may amend the local consolidation agreement.  After a successful election to consolidate, the local consolidation agreement may not be amended for five years following the effective date of consolidation, unless a shorter period is set out in the agreement.  After that time, the agreement may be amended only by unanimous vote of the board of trustees of the district.(d)  The commissioner may waive a requirement under this section or Section 13.159 on application of the boards of trustees of all districts proposed for consolidation.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 201, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Educ Code § 13.159 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle C - Local Organization and Governance|Chapter 13 - Creation, Consolidation, and Abolition of a District|Subchapter D. Consolidation|Section 13.159. Public Inspection and Hearing

Sec. 13.159.  PUBLIC INSPECTION AND HEARING.  (a)  A local consolidation agreement under Section 13.158 must be made available for public inspection during regular business hours at the central administration building of each district for at least 25 days before the consolidation election.(b)  Each district shall hold a public hearing to allow interested persons to present comments related to the local consolidation agreement.  If the agreement is amended following a public hearing, before the consolidation election each district shall hold another public hearing to consider the amendment.(c)  Each district shall provide notice of each public hearing to the public.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 201, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Educ Code § 13.201 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle C - Local Organization and Governance|Chapter 13 - Creation, Consolidation, and Abolition of a District|Subchapter E. Abolition of Independent School District|Section 13.201. Eligibility

Sec. 13.201.  ELIGIBILITY.  An independent school district may be abolished in the manner provided by this subchapter.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 13.202 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle C - Local Organization and Governance|Chapter 13 - Creation, Consolidation, and Abolition of a District|Subchapter E. Abolition of Independent School District|Section 13.202. Petition

Sec. 13.202.  PETITION.  Abolition of an independent school district is initiated by a petition requesting an election on the question.  The petition must be signed by a majority of the board of trustees of the district to be abolished and must be presented to the county judge of each county in which part of the independent school district is situated.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 13.203 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle C - Local Organization and Governance|Chapter 13 - Creation, Consolidation, and Abolition of a District|Subchapter E. Abolition of Independent School District|Section 13.203. Election

Sec. 13.203.  ELECTION.  (a)  Each county judge receiving a valid petition shall:(1)  issue an order for an election to be held on the same day in each county;  and(2)  give notice of the election.(b)  The ballot in the election shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition:  "Abolition of the ___________ Independent School District."|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 13.204 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle C - Local Organization and Governance|Chapter 13 - Creation, Consolidation, and Abolition of a District|Subchapter E. Abolition of Independent School District|Section 13.204. Order Abolishing District

Sec. 13.204.  ORDER ABOLISHING DISTRICT.  (a)  The commissioners court of each county shall canvass the returns of the election in its county.(b)  If a majority of the total votes cast in the district favor abolishing the district, each commissioners court shall declare the results.  The abolition is effective only if all territory of the district is annexed to other contiguous districts.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 13.205 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle C - Local Organization and Governance|Chapter 13 - Creation, Consolidation, and Abolition of a District|Subchapter E. Abolition of Independent School District|Section 13.205. Disposition of Territory; Affairs of Abolished District

Sec. 13.205.  DISPOSITION OF TERRITORY;  AFFAIRS OF ABOLISHED DISTRICT.  (a)  The property and affairs of the abolished district are governed by this section unless otherwise controlled by the manner in which the district was abolished.(b)  Each commissioners court shall annex the territory of the abolished independent school district in its county to one or more contiguous districts in the county.  The commissioners court may annex territory to a school district only if the board of trustees of that district approves the annexation.(c)  Title to the real property of the abolished district vests in the district to which the property is annexed.(d)  If at the time of its abolition the independent school district does not have outstanding indebtedness, all uncollected taxes on the property of the district for the years up to and including the last day of January of the year immediately following the year in which the independent school district is abolished shall be levied and collected, at the same rate and in the same manner as authorized for the independent school district immediately before its abolition, by the school district to which the territory containing the property on which taxes are due is annexed.(e)  Each school district to which territory from the abolished district is annexed assumes and is liable for the indebtedness of the abolished district that is allocated to the district under Section 13.004.(f)  A creditor of an abolished independent school district must file the creditor's claim against the district with the commissioners court not later than the 60th day after the effective date on which the independent school district is abolished and, if the claim is not allowed, may maintain suit against the abolished independent school district as such.  Suit must be brought not later than the first anniversary of the date on which the claim is disallowed.  Process in a suit, if necessary, may be served on the county judge of each county in which the district was located.  The county commissioners court shall defend any suit against an abolished independent school district but may settle the litigation as the commissioners court considers advisable.  This section does not waive any defense available to the abolished district.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 13.231 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle C - Local Organization and Governance|Chapter 13 - Creation, Consolidation, and Abolition of a District|Subchapter F. Other Boundary Changes|Section 13.231. Minor Boundary Adjustments by Agreement

Sec. 13.231.  MINOR BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS BY AGREEMENT.  (a)  Two contiguous school districts may adjust their common boundary by agreement if, at the time the agreement is executed:(1)  no child who resides in the territory that is transferred from one jurisdiction to the other is enrolled in a school of the district from which the territory is transferred;  and(2)  the taxable value of the territory that is transferred from one jurisdiction to the other does not exceed one-tenth of one percent of the total taxable value of all property in the school district from which the territory is transferred.(b)  In this section, "taxable value" has the meaning assigned by Section 403.302, Government Code.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 13.281 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle C - Local Organization and Governance|Chapter 13 - Creation, Consolidation, and Abolition of a District|Subchapter G. Incentive Aid Payments|Section 13.281. Incentive Aid

Sec. 13.281.  INCENTIVE AID.  (a)  A school district created after August 22, 1963, through consolidation may qualify for incentive aid payments from the state.(b)  A school district may not receive incentive aid payments for a period of more than 10 years.(c)  Incentive aid payments may be made only on application to the agency and in compliance with this subchapter.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|