Texas § CN.2 - REMOVAL OF COUNTY SEATS
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§ CN.2. REMOVAL OF COUNTY SEATS
REMOVAL OF COUNTY SEATS. The Legislature shall pass laws regulating the manner of removing county seats, but no county seat situated within five miles of the geographical centre of the county shall be removed, except by a vote of two-thirds of all the voters voting on the subject. A majority of such voters, however, voting at such election, may remove a county seat from a point more than five miles from the geographical centre of the county to a point within five miles of such centre, in either case the centre to be determined by a certificate from the Commissioner of the General Land Office. (Feb. 15, 1876. Amended Nov. 2, 1999.) (TEMPORARY TRANSITION PROVISIONS for Sec. 2: See Appendix, Note 1.) HOME RULE CHARTERS Sec. 3. (Repealed Aug. 5, 1969.) HOSPITAL DISTRICTS
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Section CN.2 ("REMOVAL OF COUNTY SEATS") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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