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Texas Local Government Code - LOC GOV'T § 344.252. Application for Petition

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) On written application of 10 or more registered voters of the district, the clerk of the municipality that created the district shall issue to the applicants a petition to be circulated among registered voters for their signatures.

(b) An application for a petition to continue the district must contain:

(1) the heading:  “Application for a Petition for a Local Option Referendum to Continue the Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District and to Continue the Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District Sales and Use Tax”;

(2) the statement:  “Whether the ______ (name of the municipality that created the district) Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District should be continued and whether the fire control, prevention, and emergency medical services district sales and use tax should be continued”;

(3) immediately above the signatures of the applicants, the statement:  “It is the purpose and intent of the applicants whose signatures appear below that the fire control, prevention, and emergency medical services district be continued and that the fire control, prevention, and emergency medical services district sales and use tax in ___________ (name of the municipality that created the district) be continued”;  and

(4) the printed name, signature, residence address, and voter registration certificate number of each applicant.

(c) An application for a petition to dissolve the district must contain:

(1) the heading:  “Application for a Petition for a Local Option Referendum to Dissolve the Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District and to Abolish the Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District Sales and Use Tax”;

(2) the statement:  “Whether the ___________ (name of the municipality that created the district) Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District should be dissolved and whether the fire control, prevention, and emergency medical services district sales and use tax should be abolished”;

(3) immediately above the signatures of the applicants, the statement:  “It is the purpose and intent of the applicants whose signatures appear below that the fire control, prevention, and emergency medical services district be dissolved and that the fire control, prevention, and emergency medical services district sales and use tax in ___________ (name of the municipality that created the district) be abolished”;  and

(4) the printed name, signature, residence address, and voter registration certificate number of each applicant.

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