Sec. 451.651. 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.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle K - Mass Transportation
Chapter 451 - Metropolitan Rapid Transit Authorities
Subchapter N. Creation of Authority
Section 451.651. Initial Proceedings to Create Authority
Section 451.652. Notice of Hearing
Section 451.653. Conduct of Hearing
Section 451.654. Ordinance of Creation; Findings
Section 451.655. Municipality to Fund Board
Section 451.656. Board to Order Election
Section 451.657. Commissioners Court to Designate Election Areas
Section 451.658. Election Notice
Section 451.660. Conduct of Election: Separate Results for Unit of Election
Section 451.661. Results of Election; Order
Section 451.662. Costs of Board
Section 451.663. Composition of Board on Confirmation