Sec. 254.002.  PETITION FOR DRAINAGE CONSTRUCTION.  (a)  The commissioners court of a county may not order a drainage system to be constructed unless a petition is presented to the court as provided by this section.
(b)  To be valid, the petition must include:
(1)  the signatures of at least 100 registered voters of the county;
(2)  a statement of the necessity for and availability of the drainage system;
(3)  the number of miles of public roads, as accurately as possible;
(4)  the width and depth of the ditches to be built along the first-class roads;
(5)  the name and location of each natural waterway crossed by the county's first-class roads;
(6)  the distance of each waterway from another along the first-class roads;  and
(7)  the names and residences, if known, of each owner of real property adjacent to or within one mile of each first-class road.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.