Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 344.255 · Subchapter F. REFERENDUM ON CONTINUATION OR DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT
FILING OF PETITION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
To form the basis for the ordering of a referendum, the petition must:
(1) be filed with the clerk or secretary of the municipality not later than the 60th day after the date of its issuance; and
(2) contain at least a number of signatures of registered voters of the municipality equal to five percent of the number of votes cast in the municipality for all candidates for governor in the most recent gubernatorial general election.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1295, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2001.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.344.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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