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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) Each page of the petition for a local option election seeking to legalize the sale of alcoholic beverages of one or more of the various types and alcoholic contents must be headed “Petition for Local Option Election to Legalize.”
(b) The petition must contain a statement just ahead of the signatures of the petitioners, as follows: “It is the hope, purpose and intent of the petitioners whose signatures appear hereon to see legalized the sale of alcoholic beverages referred to in the issue set out above.”
(c) The issue to be voted on must be:
(1) clearly stated in the petition; and
(2) one of the issues listed in Section 501.035.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Texas Election Code - ELEC § 501.028. Heading and Statement on Petition to Legalize - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/election-code/elec-sect-501-028/
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