Texas § TN.257.107 - ELECTION TO ESTABLISH DISTRICT
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§ TN.257.107. ELECTION TO ESTABLISH DISTRICT
ELECTION TO ESTABLISH DISTRICT. (a) Notice of an election to establish a road district under this subchapter shall be given in the same manner and for the same time required for notices of the hearing on the petition to establish the district. (b) The conduct of the election and the canvassing and making the returns is governed by general law when not in conflict with this section. (c) The officer directed by the commissioners court of each county to administer the election in the county shall make returns of the election to the commissioners court and return all ballot boxes to the clerk of the commissioners court. (d) The commissioners court of each county or portion of a county in the proposed road district, on receiving the returns of the election, shall canvass the returns and certify the result of the election in the county or defined portion of the county to the county judge of the county in the proposed district with the greatest population. On receipt of the returns of the election in the different counties or defined portions of counties in the proposed district, the county judge designated to canvass the votes shall canvass the votes and certify the result of the election to each county included in whole or part in the proposed district. (e) If a majority of the votes received in each county or defined portion of a county favor the consolidation of the counties or portions of counties into a defined road district, the commissioners court of each county or portion of a county shall declare the district established, and the district shall be known as "_______ Counties Road District of Texas," listing in alphabetical order each county included in whole or part in the district. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
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Section TN.257.107 ("ELECTION TO ESTABLISH DISTRICT") 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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