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Texas Utilities Code - Section 163.058. Election

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§ 163.058. ELECTION.  (a) An agency may not be created 
unless the creation is approved by a majority of the qualified 
voters of each public entity creating the agency at an election 
called and held for that purpose.
	(b)  An agency may not be re-created by addition of a public 
entity unless the re-creation is approved by a majority of the 
qualified voters of the additional public entity at an election 
called and held for that purpose.
	(c)  Notice of an election under this section shall be given 
in accordance with Section 1251.003, Government Code. The election 
shall be called and held in accordance with:
		(1)  the Election Code;                                                       
		(2)  Chapter 1251, Government Code;  and                                      
		(3)  this subchapter.                                                         

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  Amended 
by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, § 8.404, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

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