A district may be created only by the commissioners court of a county with a population of 3.3 million or more that has a ship channel in the county.
Tex. Water Code § 68.101
DISTRICT CREATION BY CERTAIN POPULOUS COUNTIES WITH SHIP CHANNELS
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 913 (H.B. 3011), Sec. 1, eff
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.