2024 Texas Statutes
Local Government Code
Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government
Subtitle B - Municipal Form of Government
Chapter 25 - City Manager Form of Government in General-Law Municipality
Subchapter B. City Manager
Section 25.022. Petition

Universal Citation:
TX Loc Govt Code § 25.022 (2024)
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Sec. 25.022. PETITION. (a) The residents of the municipality may file a petition with the clerk of the municipality requesting the mayor to call a special election to determine whether the municipality shall adopt the city manager form of government.

(b) The petition must be signed by a number of qualified voters equal to at least 20 percent of the total number of qualified voters who voted for mayor at the most recent municipal election at which the office of mayor was to be filled.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

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