Texas Local Government Code - Section 73.013. Election Requirements
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§ 73.013. ELECTION REQUIREMENTS. (a) A relocation
election must be held on the first election date that is authorized
by Chapter 41, Election Code, and that occurs after the 30th day
after the date of the order.
(b) The election shall be ordered to be held in each voting
precinct in the county and shall be held, insofar as possible, in
the same manner as an election for county officers. The ballot
shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the
proposition: "Moving the county seat from ____________________
(name of the place) to ____________________ (name of the place)."
(c) The requirements of this subsection are in addition to
those imposed by Article IX, Section 2, of the Texas Constitution
relating to the number of votes that are necessary to move a county
seat in certain cases. A two-thirds vote of the voters voting at
the election is required to move a county seat located:
(1) more than five miles from the geographic center of
the county to another site more than five miles from the center; or
(2) within five miles of the geographic center of the
county to another site within five miles of the center.
(d) The geographic center of the county shall be determined
by a certificate from the commissioner of the General Land Office.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Section: 72.007 72.008 72.009 73.001 73.002 73.011 73.012 73.013 73.014 73.015 81.001 81.002 81.0025 81.003 81.004
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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