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Texas Transportation Code - Section 257.107. Election To Establish District

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§ 257.107. 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, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.                    

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