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House Bill 629 |
House Author: King, Phil |
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Effective: 6-15-07 |
Senate Sponsor: Duncan |
Previous law relating to the date for a consolidation election of two or more municipalities required the smallest municipality voting on the consolidation issue to hold the first consolidation election, followed by each larger municipality in turn, in order by population. House Bill 629 amends the Local Government Code to provide an alternative procedure, authorizing each municipality's governing body to order the consolidation election to be held on the same day. The bill requires a consolidation election to be held on the first authorized uniform election date after the 62-day period required for other local elections, rather than the 30-day period required under previous law.