Cameron County to call election if SpaceX incorporation petition in compliance

Early Friday afternoon, Cameron County released a brief statement from county Judge Eddie Treviño Jr. in response to SpaceX’s Thursday request for an election to determine whether the company can legally incorporate its Boca Chica Starship development and production facility as “Starbase, Texas.”

Trevino replied: “On Thursday, December 12, 2024, Cameron County received a petition from SpaceX requesting an election to incorporate Starbase as a Type-C Municipality. The County will review the petition for completeness and compliance with the statutory requirements for incorporation. Once the review has been completed for compliance with the statutory requirements, Texas law requires the call for an election for incorporation of Starbase.

“The registered voters in the proposed Starbase area will have an opportunity to vote on whether to incorporate as Starbase, Texas. Once an election is concluded and the canvassing confirmed, the Cameron County Commissioners Court will confirm and ratify the elections.

A view of SpaceX signage at Starbase at Boca Chica Beach on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald)

“The Office of the County Judge will work with the Civil Legal Division and the Election Office to review the petition and supporting documentation to ensure compliance with any and all statutory requirements before proceeding.”

Starbase General Manager Kathy Lueders wrote in the cover letter to SpaceX’s Thursday petition to Treviño that incorporation would allow the company to streamline the building of “amenities necessary to make the area a world-class place to live” for current resident/employees and those to come.

“As you know, through agreements with the County, SpaceX currently performs several civil functions around Starbase due to its remote location, including management of the roads, utilities, and the provision of schooling and medical care for the residents,” she wrote. “Incorporation would move the management of some of these functions to a more appropriate public body.”

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