Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 363.059 · Subchapter B. CREATION OF DISTRICT AND TEMPORARY BOARD
CANVASSING RETURNS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Not earlier than the second day or later than the 13th day after the date of the election, the temporary board of a proposed district shall meet and canvass the returns of the election.
(b) If a majority of the votes cast favor the creation of the district, the temporary board shall issue an order declaring the district created.
(c) If less than a majority of the votes cast favor the creation of the district, the temporary board may order another election on the matter not earlier than the first anniversary of the date of the preceding election.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 23.03(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.363.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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