Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 336.028 · Subchapter B. CREATION OF DISTRICT; ELECTIONS
RESULTS OF ELECTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If a majority of the voters voting in the election favor the adoption of a sales tax or of an ad valorem tax, the board shall by resolution declare the rate of the sales tax or the amount of the ad valorem tax adopted and enter the result in its minutes.
(b) If a majority of the voters voting in the election are not in favor of a tax under Subsection (a), the board shall declare the measure defeated and enter the result in its minutes.
(c) An order under Subsection (a) must:
(1) contain a description of the district's boundaries and a map of the district;
(2) state the election date; and
(3) state the total number of votes cast for and against the ballot proposition.
(d) The board must file in the deed records of the county in which the district is located a resolution issued under Subsection (a).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 883 (S.B. 1205), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1148 (S.B. 940), Sec. 6, eff. June 15, 2007.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.336.htm
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- Composed by
- 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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