Texas Transportation Code
§ 311.073 — ELECTION AFTER PETITION
TN § 311.073Title 6. ROADWAYS · Part E. MUNICIPAL STREETS · Ch. 311. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO MUNICIPAL STREETS · Art. D. FRANCHISE TO USE STREETS IN HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITY
Statute text
View on source(a)The governing body shall submit to the voters of the municipality the question of granting a franchise to a person if, before the effective date of the ordinance granting the franchise, the governing body receives a petition that requests the election and is signed by 10 percent of the registered voters of the municipality.
(b)In a municipality with a population of more than 1.9 million, the number of registered voters who must sign the petition may be set at a lower number by the municipal charter.
Legislative history
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 669, Sec. 133, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.