Texas Education Code - Section 13.003. Petition And Election
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§ 13.003. PETITION AND ELECTION. (a) Except as otherwise
provided by this chapter, this section governs:
(1) the validity of a petition submitted to request an
election under this chapter; and
(2) the conduct of the resulting election.
(b) To be valid, a petition must:
(1) be submitted to the county judge serving the
county in which the appropriate school district is located;
(2) be signed by at least 10 percent of the registered
voters of the appropriate district; and
(3) state the purpose for which it is being submitted.
(c) Immediately following receipt of a valid petition, the
county judge shall order the election to be held on an authorized
election date, as prescribed by Chapter 41, Election Code,
occurring not later than the 60th day after the date of receipt. If
an authorized date within that period does not allow sufficient
time to comply with other legal requirements or if there is no
authorized date within that period, the election shall be ordered
for the next authorized date.
(d) The election order must include the date of the
election, the hours during which the polls will be open, the
location of the polling places, and the proposition to be voted on.
(e) Not earlier than the 30th day or later than the 10th day
before the date of the election, the county judge shall give notice
of the election by having a copy of the election order published at
least once in a newspaper published at least once each week in the
appropriate school district. If such a newspaper is not published
in the district, the notice shall be published in at least one
newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the
district is located. The county judge shall give additional notice
of the election by having a copy of the election order posted in a
public place in each election precinct not later than the 21st day
before the date of the election.
(f) The election precincts and polling places usually used
in the elections of the appropriate school district shall be used in
an election held under this chapter, except that if another
election is occurring on the same date for all or part of the same
geographic area, precincts and polling places shall be selected to
allow each voter to cast ballots at the same polling place for each
of the elections. To the extent practical, the election shall be
conducted in accordance with the Election Code.
(g) The expenses of the election shall be paid by the
appropriate school district or districts.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, § 1, eff. May 30, 1995.
Section: 12.152 12.153 12.154 12.155 12.156 13.001 13.002 13.003 13.004 13.005 13.006 13.007 13.008 13.009 13.010
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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