Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 1063.301 · Subchapter G. DISSOLUTION
DISSOLUTION ELECTION; PETITION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The board may order an election on the question of dissolving the district and disposing of the district's assets and obligations.
(b) The board shall order an election on the question of dissolving the district and disposing of the district's assets and obligations if the board receives a petition by district residents requesting an election that:
(1) is certified as valid by the Montgomery County elections administrator under Section 1063.302; or
(2) the Montgomery County elections administrator fails to act on within the time allowed by Section 1063.302.
(c) A petition requesting an election must:
(1) state that it is intended to request an election in the district on the question of dissolving the district and disposing of the district's assets and obligations;
(2) be signed by a number of district residents equal to at least 15 percent of the total vote received by all candidates for governor in the most recent gubernatorial general election in the district that occurs more than 30 days before the date the petition is submitted; and
(3) be submitted to the Montgomery County elections administrator.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2011.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/SD/htm/SD.1063.htm
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- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 1063.302VALIDITY OF PETITION FOR ELECTION.Printed as Section 1063.301
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 1063.305ELECTION RESULTS.Printed as Section 1063.301(a) | Section 1063.301(b)
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 1063.306TRANSFER, SALE, OR ADMINISTRATION OF ASSETS IF ELECTION INITIATED BY BOARD.Printed as Section 1063.301(a)
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 1063.309TRANSFER, SALE, OR ADMINISTRATION OF ASSETS IF ELECTION INITIATED BY DISTRICT PETITION.Printed as Section 1063.301(b)
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