Tex. Transp. Code § 451.617 · Subchapter M. WITHDRAWAL OF TERRITORY FROM AUTHORITY
WITHDRAWAL: ALTERNATIVE METHOD FOR CERTAIN AUTHORITIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In an authority created before 1980 in which the principal municipality has a population of less than 1.9 million, a unit of election, other than the principal municipality, may withdraw from the authority, in addition to any other manner provided by law, by a vote of a majority of the registered voters of the unit of election voting at an election on the question of withdrawing from the authority.
(b) The governing body of a unit of election in the authority, other than the principal municipality, shall call an election under this section in a unit of election if a petition requesting that an election to withdraw from the authority be held is submitted to the governing body and is signed by at least 10 percent of the registered voters of the unit of election on the date the petition is submitted. To be counted for purposes of validating the petition, a signature on the petition must have been inscribed not earlier than the 120th day before the date the petition is submitted to the governing body.
(c) The governing body, before the 31st day after the date the petition is submitted to the governing body, shall determine whether a petition under this section is valid, and if the governing body fails to act on the petition before the expiration of that period, the petition is valid.
(d) Sections 451.601, 451.607, 451.608, 451.609, 451.611, 451.612(a), and 451.613 apply to the withdrawal of a unit of election under this section.
(e) An election may not be held under this section on a date earlier than the first anniversary of the date of the most recent election held under this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1163 (H.B. 2702), Sec. 171, eff. September 1, 2011.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.451.htm
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Transportation Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 451.601UNIT OF ELECTION DEFINED.Printed as Sections 451.601, 451.607, 451.608, 451.609, 451.611, 451.612(a), and 451.613
- Tex. Transp. Code § 451.607ELECTION.Printed as Sections 451.601, 451.607, 451.608, 451.609, 451.611, 451.612(a), and 451.613
- Tex. Transp. Code § 451.608RESULT OF WITHDRAWAL ELECTION.Printed as Sections 451.601, 451.607, 451.608, 451.609, 451.611, 451.612(a), and 451.613
- Tex. Transp. Code § 451.609EFFECT OF WITHDRAWAL.Printed as Sections 451.601, 451.607, 451.608, 451.609, 451.611, 451.612(a), and 451.613
- Tex. Transp. Code § 451.611DETERMINATION OF TOTAL AMOUNT OF FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS OF WITHDRAWN UNIT.Printed as Sections 451.601, 451.607, 451.608, 451.609, 451.611, 451.612(a), and 451.613
- Tex. Transp. Code § 451.612CERTIFICATION OF NET FINANCIAL OBLIGATION OF UNIT.Printed as Sections 451.601, 451.607, 451.608, 451.609, 451.611, 451.612(a), and 451.613
- Tex. Transp. Code § 451.613COLLECTION OF SALES AND USE TAX AFTER WITHDRAWAL.Printed as Sections 451.601, 451.607, 451.608, 451.609, 451.611, 451.612(a), and 451.613
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