Sec. 501.024. HEADING, STATEMENT, AND ISSUE ON APPLICATION FOR PETITION TO PROHIBIT. (a) An application for a petition seeking an election to prohibit the sale of alcoholic beverages of one or more of the various types and alcoholic contents must be headed: "Application for Local Option Election Petition to Prohibit."
(b) The application must contain a statement just ahead of the signatures of the applicants, as follows: "It is the hope, purpose and intent of the applicants whose signatures appear hereon to see prohibited 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 application; and
(2) one of the issues listed in Section 501.035.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 975 (H.B. 1799), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 17 - Local Option Elections
Chapter 501 - Local Option Elections on Sale of Alcoholic Beverages
Subchapter B. Manner of Calling Election
Section 501.021. Election to Be Held by Petition
Section 501.022. Qualifications for New Political Subdivision to Hold Election
Section 501.023. Application for Petition
Section 501.024. Heading, Statement, and Issue on Application for Petition to Prohibit
Section 501.025. Heading, Statement, and Issue on Application for Petition to Legalize
Section 501.026. Petition Requirements
Section 501.027. Heading and Statement on Petition to Prohibit
Section 501.028. Heading and Statement on Petition to Legalize
Section 501.029. Offense: Misrepresentation of Petition
Section 501.030. Copies of Petition
Section 501.031. Verification of Petition
Section 501.032. Requirements to Order Election
Section 501.033. Record in Minutes
Section 501.034. Issues to Appear in Order for Election
Section 501.036. Issue on Mixed Beverages