Sec. 8860.022. CONFIRMATION ELECTION. (a) The temporary directors shall meet and shall order an election to be held in the district not later than December 31, 2016, to confirm the creation of the district.
(b) The ballot for the election shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the proposition: "The creation of the Calhoun County Groundwater Conservation District." The ballot may also include a provision to vote for or against the district's imposition of a tax not to exceed two cents on each $100 valuation of taxable property in the district or a fee to pay the maintenance and operating costs of the district.
(c) The temporary board may include other propositions on the ballot that the board considers necessary.
(d) Section 41.001(a), Election Code, does not apply to an election held under this section.
(e) If a majority of the votes cast at the election are in favor of confirming the district's creation, the temporary directors shall declare the district created. If a majority of the votes cast are not in favor of confirming the district's creation, the district's creation is not confirmed. The temporary directors shall file a copy of the election results with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
(f) If the district's creation is not confirmed at an election held under this section, the temporary directors may order one or more subsequent elections to be held to confirm the creation of the district not earlier than the first anniversary of the preceding confirmation election. If the district's creation is not confirmed at an election held under this section on or before December 31, 2016, the district is dissolved in accordance with Section 8860.003.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1091 (S.B. 1290), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 819 (S.B. 1835), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013.
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