Texas Transportation Code
§ 457.354 — WITHDRAWAL ELECTION
TN § 457.354Title 6. ROADWAYS · Part K. MASS TRANSPORTATION · Ch. 457. COUNTY MASS TRANSIT AUTHORITY · Art. H. DISSOLUTION OF AUTHORITY; WITHDRAWAL OF UNIT OF ELECTION
Statute text
View on source(a)An election to withdraw from an authority must be held on the first applicable uniform election date occurring after the expiration of 12 calendar months after the date the governing body orders the election.
(b)The governing body shall give notice of the election to the board, the department, and the comptroller immediately on calling the election.
(c)At the election, the ballots shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "Shall the (name of authority) be continued in (name of unit of election)?"
(d)If a majority of the votes received on the measure in an election favor the proposition, the authority continues in the unit of election.
(e)If less than a majority of the votes received on the measure in the election favor the proposition, the authority ceases in the unit of election on the day after the date of the canvass of the election.
(f)On the effective date of a withdrawal from an authority:
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.35(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.