Texas § LG.158.014 - DISSOLUTION OF SYSTEM
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§ LG.158.014. DISSOLUTION OF SYSTEM
DISSOLUTION OF SYSTEM. (a) If, after a civil service system under this subchapter has been in effect for at least one year, 10 percent of the qualified voters of the county petition the commissioners court to dissolve the system, the commissioners court shall call an election to determine whether the system will be dissolved. (b) An election under this section must be held in the manner provided for an election to create a county civil service system. (c) The ballot for the election shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the proposition: "Dissolution of the county civil service system." (d) If the proposition is approved by a majority of the qualified voters voting at the election, the commissioners court shall declare the result and by order dissolve the civil service system. A copy of the order dissolving the system shall be placed in the minutes of the court's proceedings. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
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