Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 351.127 · Subchapter G. JAIL DISTRICT
CONFIRMATION ELECTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Within 30 days after the date all temporary directors have been appointed and have qualified, the board of a proposed district shall meet and call an election to be held within the boundaries of the proposed district to confirm the creation of the district.
(b) The board shall give notice of the election. The notice must state the day and places for holding the election and the proposition to be voted on.
(c) The board shall publish the notice of the election at least once in a newspaper or newspapers of general circulation in the area of the proposed district. The notice must be published before the 30th day before the date set for the election.
(d) The ballot for the election must be printed to provide for voting for or against the proposition: "The creation of the ___________ (name of each county in the proposed district) Jail District."
(e) Immediately after the election, the presiding judge of each polling place shall make returns of the results to the board, and the board shall canvass the returns and declare the result.
(f) If a majority of the votes cast at the election favor the creation of the district, the board shall declare that the district is created and shall enter the results in its minutes.
(g) If a majority of the votes cast at the election are against the creation of the district, the board is abolished except that it shall declare that the district was defeated and shall enter the results in its minutes.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 74(a), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.351.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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