Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 393.010 · Chapter 393. HOUSING COOPERATION AMONG MUNICIPALITIES, COUNTIES, AND CERTAIN OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
NOTICE OF PROPOSED ACTION; PETITION; ELECTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An action authorized by this chapter may not be consummated until the governing body of the public body gives notice of its intention to enter into a cooperation agreement with a housing authority. A copy of the notice must be published at least twice in the officially designated newspaper, if any, of the public body. The notice must state that at the expiration of 60 days the governing body will consider the question of whether to enter into a cooperation agreement.
(b) If, during the 60-day period, a petition signed by at least 2,000 of the qualified voters of the public body or by at least five percent of the qualified voters of the public body is presented to the governing body requesting that an election be held on the question, and if the petition is determined to have been signed by the requisite number of qualified voters, the governing body shall order an election to be held in the public body on the question. Two weeks' notice of the election must be given in the manner required by law for elections on the question of issuing tax-supported bonds. If a majority of the votes received in the election favor the cooperation agreement, the governing body shall execute the agreement.
(c) The governing body may also order such an election on its own motion. If a majority of the votes received in the election favor the cooperation agreement, the governing body may execute the agreement.
(d) If the governing body fails or refuses to give notice of its intention to enter a cooperation agreement with a housing authority or fails or refuses to submit the question to an election as provided by Subsection (c), then, on filing of a petition demanding an election and signed by at least 2,000 of the qualified voters of the public body or by at least five percent of the qualified voters of the public body, the governing body shall order an election to be held in the public body for the purpose of submitting a proposition for the approval of the cooperation agreement. If a majority of the votes received in the election favor the cooperation agreement, the governing body may execute the cooperation agreement.
(e) The laws relating to elections for the issuance of municipal or county bonds as prescribed by Chapter 1251, Government Code, apply to an election covered by this section unless those laws are inconsistent with this section or are superseded by the Election Code.
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History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 8.343, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
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