Sec. 323.408. ELECTION CONTEST: DELAYED EFFECTIVE DATE. (a) When the comptroller receives a notice of contest of an election under this chapter, the effective date of the tax or the abolition of a tax is suspended.
(b) When a final judgment is entered in the election contest, the county judge shall notify the comptroller by United States certified or registered mail and enclose a certified copy of the final judgment.
(c) If the final judgment in the election contest results in a change in the tax status of the county under this chapter, the tax or the abolition of the tax takes effect as provided by Section 323.102 except that the notice of the final judgment is substituted for the notice of election results prescribed by Section 323.405.
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 191, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Last modified: September 28, 2016