Sec. 363.260. RESULTS OF REFERENDUM. (a) If less than a majority of the votes cast in a continuation referendum are for the continuation of a district or if a majority of the votes cast in a dissolution referendum are for dissolution of the district:
(1) the board shall certify that fact to the secretary of state not later than the 10th day after the date of the canvass of the returns; and
(2) the district is dissolved and ceases to operate on the earlier of:
(A) the last day of the district's fiscal year; or
(B) the 180th day after the date that the continuation or dissolution referendum is held.
(b) If a majority of the votes cast in a continuation referendum are for the continuation of the district or if less than a majority of the votes cast in a dissolution referendum are for dissolution of the district, another referendum may not be held except as authorized by Section 363.251.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 23.03(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1219, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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