Tex. Elec. Code § 277.005 · Chapter 277. PETITION PRESCRIBED BY LAW OUTSIDE CODE
OBSTRUCTION OF PETITION-INITIATED ELECTION PROHIBITED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A political subdivision may not propose a measure, including a charter amendment, that will appear on the same ballot as a petition-initiated measure if:
(1) the two measures generally address the same subject matter; or
(2) a provision of a proposed measure would invalidate or conflict with any portion of a petition-initiated measure.
(b) A measure proposed by a political subdivision in violation of this section is void if the measure is proposed not earlier than the 180th day before the date the political subdivision's secretary receives the petition under this chapter. A political subdivision may be enjoined from proposing the measure.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 974 (S.B. 506), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.277.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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