Source: http://austintexas.gov/print/page/recall-petitions
Timestamp: 2019-04-24 20:43:02+00:00

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The people of the city reserve the power to recall any member of the council and may exercise such power by filing with the city clerk a petition, signed by qualified voters of the territory from which the council member is elected equal in number to at least 10 percent of the qualified voters of the territory from which the council member is elected, demanding the removal of a councilmember. The petition shall be signed and verified in the manner required for an initiative petition, shall contain a general statement of the grounds for which the removal is sought, and one of the signers of each petition paper shall make an affidavit that the statements therein made are true.
Other City Charter sections under Article IV further deal with recall, i.e. §7 election, §8 ballot, §9 results, §10 time limitation, as well as provisions such as §3 dealing with requirements for signing and verification of initiative petitions (which a recall petition must mirror).
Sec. 277.002. VALIDITY OF PETITION SIGNATURES.
City Charter, Article IV, §7 requires the city clerk to verify a recall petition within 20 days of filing, using the above Chapter 277 requirements. Once the petition is certified to the city council as being sufficient, the council member whose removal is sought has 5 days to resign. If he/she does not resign within that timeframe, the city council must order a recall election.

References: §7
 §8
 §9
 §10
 §3
 §7