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Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 572.056

PETITION AND REFERENDUM

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 19, eff

(a) If, before the date set for the adoption of a concurrent ordinance that creates a public utility agency or adds a public entity to an agency, 10 percent of the registered voters of a public entity required to publish notice of the creation or addition present a petition to the governing body of the entity requesting that a referendum be called, the ordinance may not take effect unless a majority of the qualified voters of the entity voting in the election have approved the ordinance.

(b) The public entity must hold the election in conformity with:

(1) the Election Code;

(2) Chapter 1251, Government Code; and

(3) this subchapter.

(c) Except as provided by Subsection (a), a concurrent ordinance is not subject to a referendum.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.