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Texas Water Code - Section 62.296. Notice Of Election

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§ 62.296. NOTICE OF ELECTION.  (a) The election shall be 
held not less than 20 nor more than 30 days from the day of the 
election order and after notice is given.
	(b)  Notice of the election shall be published once a week 
for 20 days immediately preceding the election in some newspaper 
published in the territory proposed to be annexed.  If no newspaper 
is published in the territory, notice shall be posted in three 
public places inside the territory for at least 20 days immediately 
preceding the election.
	(c)  The notice:                                                               
		(1)  shall give the time and place or places for holding 
the election;      
		(2)  shall give the boundaries of the territory 
proposed to be annexed;  and
		(3)  may contain the substance of the order of the 
commission ordering the election.
	(d)  The secretary of the commission shall have the notice 
published or posted.

Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, § 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.             

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