Sec. 451.661. RESULTS OF ELECTION; ORDER. (a) The board shall declare the results of the election separately by each unit of election. In each unit of election in which a majority of the votes received favor the proposition, the authority is confirmed and continues in each of those units, except that if the authority is not confirmed in the alternate municipality, the authority ceases in every unit of election. In each unit of election in which a majority of the votes received do not favor the confirmation of the authority, the authority ceases.
(b) If the authority continues, the board shall record the results in its minutes and adopt an order:
(1) declaring that the creation of the authority is confirmed;
(2) describing the territory of the authority;
(3) stating the date of the election;
(4) containing the proposition;
(5) showing the number of votes cast for or against the proposition in each unit of election; and
(6) showing the number of votes by which the proposition was approved in each unit of election in which the proposition was approved.
(c) The order must be accompanied with a map of the authority that shows the boundaries of the authority.
(d) A certified copy of the order and map shall be filed:
(1) with the Texas Department of Transportation;
(2) with the comptroller; and
(3) in the deed records of each county in which the authority is located.
(e) If the authority does not continue, the board shall adopt an order declaring that the result of votes cast at the election is that the authority ceases in the entirety. A certified copy of the order shall be filed with the Texas Department of Transportation and the comptroller, and the authority is dissolved.
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