Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 572.056

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.

Section 572.056 - Petition and Referendum

(a) If, before the date set for the adoption of a concurrent ordinance that creates a public utility agency or adds a public entity to an agency, 10 percent of the registered voters of a public entity required to publish notice of the creation or addition present a petition to the governing body of the entity requesting that a referendum be called, the ordinance may not take effect unless a majority of the qualified voters of the entity voting in the election have approved the ordinance.

(b) The public entity must hold the election in conformity with:

(1) the Election Code;

(2) Chapter 1251, Government Code; and

(3) this subchapter.

(c) Except as provided by Subsection (a), a concurrent ordinance is not subject to a referendum.

Tex. Loc. Gov't. Code § 572.056

Amended By Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 667, Sec. 5, eff. 6/17/2011.

Renumbered from Local Government Code, Section 422.056 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885, Sec. 3.76(c)(2), eff. 4/1/2009.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 19, eff. 9/1/1999.