Texas Administrative Code
Title 19 - EDUCATION
Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD
Chapter 8 - CREATION, EXPANSION, DISSOLUTION, OR CONSERVATORSHIP OF PUBLIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICTS
Subchapter B - CREATION OF A PUBLIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
Section 8.24 - A Single-County or a Joint-County Community College District

(a) A county community college district may be established by any county in the state. The proposed community college district must have a minimum assessed valuation (as defined in the Texas Tax Code, Chapter 1, §1.004) of not less than $2.5 billion, and a total scholastic population of not less than 15,000 in the school year preceding the date of the Letter of Intent as set out in § 8.27 of this title (relating to Application Procedures) for the proposed community college district. A petition for an election to create a district of this type must be signed by not less than 10% of the qualified voters of the county.

(b) A joint-county community college district may be established by any combination of contiguous counties in the state. The proposed community college district must have a minimum assessed valuation (as defined in the Texas Tax Code, Chapter 1, §1.004) of not less than $2.5 billion, and a total scholastic population of not less than 15,000 in the school year preceding the date of the Letter of Intent as set out in § 8.27 of this title (relating to Application Procedures) for the proposed community college district. A petition for an election to create a district of this type must be signed by not less than 10% of the qualified voters of each of the counties in the proposed district.