Any requirements for the validity or verification of petition signatures in addition to those prescribed by this chapter that are prescribed by a home-rule city charter provision or a city ordinance are effective only if the charter provision or ordinance was in effect September 1, 1985.
Tex. Elec. Code § 277.004
EFFECT OF CITY CHARTER OR ORDINANCE
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case City of Sherman v. Hudman (1999)
Most recently applied in In re Dorn (September 2015)
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 54, Sec. 16(c), 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.