Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 561.009 · Chapter 561. WATER CONTROL BY COUNTIES
REFERENDUM ON FLOOD CONTROL TAX AND PROJECTS FUNDED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commissioners court of a county may order a referendum on the question of whether:
(1) flood control taxes should be increased;
(2) flood control taxes should be decreased; or
(3) an existing or proposed flood control project should receive funding.
(b) The ballot for a referendum under this section shall be printed to permit voting for or against one or more of the following propositions:
(1) "Whether the flood control tax imposed under Section 1-a, Article VIII, Texas Constitution, should be increased by (state amount of increase as a percentage or as a specific amount)";
(2) "Whether the flood control tax imposed under Section 1-a, Article VIII, Texas Constitution, should be decreased by (state amount of decrease as a percentage or as a specific amount)"; or
(3) "Whether the following flood control projects should receive funds generated by the flood control tax imposed under Section 1-a, Article VIII, Texas Constitution (list any flood control projects designated by the commissioners court as available for funding)."
(c) If a majority of votes cast in the referendum approve an increase in the flood control tax, the flood control tax is increased. If a majority of votes cast in the referendum approve a decrease in the flood control tax, the flood control tax is decreased. A flood control project for which a majority of the votes cast at the referendum do not approve funding may not receive funds from revenue generated by the flood control tax.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 273, Sec. 1, eff. May 22, 2001.
Renumbered from Local Government Code, Section 411.009 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 3.76(b)(1), eff. April 1, 2009.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.561.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 3094f200f695c911407c5f49628720ca9a08305caab00247ced747362675570e
- 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
This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.