Texas § LG.158.0065 - PETITION TO CREATE BY ORDER OR ELECTION
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§ LG.158.0065. PETITION TO CREATE BY ORDER OR ELECTION
PETITION TO CREATE BY ORDER OR ELECTION. (a) This section applies only in a county with a population of 290,000 or more that would not be eligible to expand or dissolve the system under Section 158.007 . (b) The commissioners court of a county that receives a petition signed by at least 50 percent of the county's employees requesting the creation of a county civil service system shall vote not later than the 30th day after the date that the court receives the petition whether to create a system by adopting an order under Section 158.003 . If the court does not create a system as provided by Section 158.003 , the court shall call an election to decide the question as provided by Sections 158.004-158.006. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 548, Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 1991.
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