Tex. Alco. Bev. Code § 251.82 · Subchapter D. MISCELLANEOUS LOCAL OPTION PROVISIONS
ELECTION IN CERTAIN CITIES AND TOWNS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
For the purposes of an election conducted under Section 501.109, Election Code, a reference in this code:
(1) to the county is considered to refer to the city or town;
(2) to the commissioners court is considered to refer to the governing body of the city or town;
(3) to the county clerk or registrar of voters is considered to refer to the secretary of the city or town or, if the city or town does not have a secretary, to the person performing the functions of a secretary of the city or town; and
(4) to the county judge is considered to refer to the mayor of the city or town or, if the city or town does not have a mayor, to the presiding officer of the governing body of the city or town.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 975 (H.B. 1799), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2005.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AL/htm/AL.251.htm
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