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Transportation Code §451.651

In force on Sep 10, 2009 · this text took effect Sep 01, 1995 · same as today's text

INITIAL PROCEEDINGS TO CREATE AUTHORITY

(a) The governing body of an alternate municipality shall, on receipt of a petition requesting the creation of an authority and signed by not fewer than 500 registered voters of the municipality, initiate proceedings to create the authority. The governing body of an alternate municipality may initiate those proceedings without a petition. (b) To initiate proceedings to create an authority, the governing body of an alternate municipality, by ordinance or resolution, must set a time and place for holding a public hearing and must define the boundaries of the areas proposed to be included in the authority. (c) All the territory in the alternate municipality must be included in the initial authority, and the authority may include an area that is: (1) completely surrounded by the alternate municipality; and (2) designated by the alternate municipality as an industrial district.

History: Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Source: the Legislature's file server, seen Nov 08, 2026.

Every version on file

Effective Sep 01, 1995 · seen Nov 2026–Nov 2026

Attorney General opinions that cite it

GA-0763 (Sep 10, 2009): Whether a municipality is required to receive a petition signed by twenty percent of its qualified voters before calhng an electIOn to wIthdraw from a regional transportation authority

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