By: Geren H.B. No. 5089     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 5089:     By:  Buckley C.S.H.B. No. 5089       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to creation of a school district by detachment of   territory from an existing school district.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 13.103, Education Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 13.103.  INITIATION OF DETACHMENT. (a)  Creation of a   new district by detachment of territory that is in a single county   is initiated by a petition presented to the district court for the   county. The petition is subject to Subsection (c), but is not   subject to the requirements of law or court rule for a petition   initiating a civil suit.          (b)  Creation of a new district by detachment of territory   that is in more than one county 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.          (c)  A petition under this subchapter must:                (1)  give the metes and bounds of the proposed new   district;                (2)  be signed by at least 20 [10] percent of the   registered voters residing in each [the proposed area to be   detached from an] existing district from which territory is to be   detached; [and]                (3)  be addressed to:                      (A)  the district [commissioners] court for [of]   the county in which the territory of the proposed district is   located; or[,]                      (B)  if the territory is in more than one county,   to the commissioners court of each county in which the territory is   located.          SECTION 2.  Sections 13.104(a) and (d), Education Code, are   amended to read as follows:          Sec. 13.104.  ELECTION. (a) Not later than the 30th day   after the date a [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.          (d)  The boards of trustees shall report the results of the   election to the appropriate court or [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.          SECTION 3.  Section 13.105, Education Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 13.105.  CREATION OF DISTRICT. (a) If all the   requirements of this subchapter are met, the appropriate   [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   district court or the commissioners court of the county in which the   largest portion of the district's territory is located, as   appropriate, 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, except that the district court shall   make the required allocations under that section for a district   created in a single county.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.