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TX Elec COde § 501.036 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 17 - Local Option Elections|Chapter 501 - Local Option Elections on Sale of Alcoholic Beverages|Subchapter B. Manner of Calling Election|Section 501.036. Issue on Mixed Beverages

Sec. 501.036.  ISSUE ON MIXED BEVERAGES.  (a)  A local option election does not affect the sale of mixed beverages unless the proposition specifically mentions mixed beverages.(b)  In any local option election in which any shade or aspect of the issue submitted involves the sale of mixed beverages, any other type or classification of alcoholic beverage that was legalized before the election remains legal without regard to the outcome of that election on the question of mixed beverages.  If the sale of mixed beverages by food and beverage certificate holders was legalized before a local option election on the general sale of mixed beverages, the sale of mixed beverages in an establishment that holds a food and beverage certificate remains legal without regard to the outcome of the election on the general sale of mixed beverages.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 975 (H.B. 1799), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Elec COde § 501.037 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 17 - Local Option Elections|Chapter 501 - Local Option Elections on Sale of Alcoholic Beverages|Subchapter B. Manner of Calling Election|Section 501.037. Evidence of Validity

Sec. 501.037.  EVIDENCE OF VALIDITY.  The commissioners court election order is prima facie evidence of compliance with all provisions necessary to give the order validity or to give the commissioners court jurisdiction to make the order valid.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 975 (H.B. 1799), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Elec COde § 501.038 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 17 - Local Option Elections|Chapter 501 - Local Option Elections on Sale of Alcoholic Beverages|Subchapter B. Manner of Calling Election|Section 501.038. Frequency of Elections

Sec. 501.038.  FREQUENCY OF ELECTIONS.  A local option election on a particular issue may not be held in a political subdivision until after the first anniversary of the most recent local option election in that political subdivision on that issue.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 975 (H.B. 1799), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Elec COde § 501.101 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 17 - Local Option Elections|Chapter 501 - Local Option Elections on Sale of Alcoholic Beverages|Subchapter C. Holding of Election|Section 501.101. Applicability of Election Code

Sec. 501.101.  APPLICABILITY OF ELECTION CODE.  Except as provided by this chapter, the officers holding a local option election shall hold the election in the manner provided by the other provisions of this code.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 975 (H.B. 1799), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Elec COde § 501.102 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 17 - Local Option Elections|Chapter 501 - Local Option Elections on Sale of Alcoholic Beverages|Subchapter C. Holding of Election|Section 501.102. Election Precincts

Sec. 501.102.  ELECTION PRECINCTS.  (a)  County election precincts shall be used for a local option election to be held in an entire county or in a justice precinct.(b)  Election precincts established by the governing body of the municipality for its municipal elections shall be used for a local option election to be held in a municipality.  If the governing body has not established precincts for its municipal elections, the commissioners court shall prescribe the election precincts for the local option election under the law governing establishment of precincts for municipal elections.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 975 (H.B. 1799), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Elec COde § 501.103 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 17 - Local Option Elections|Chapter 501 - Local Option Elections on Sale of Alcoholic Beverages|Subchapter C. Holding of Election|Section 501.103. Polling Places; Notice

Sec. 501.103.  POLLING PLACES; NOTICE.  (a)  The election shall be held at the customary polling place in each election precinct.  If the customary polling place is not available, the commissioners court shall designate another polling place.(b)  The notice for the election shall state the polling place for each election precinct and the precinct numbers of county precincts included in each municipal election precinct if the election is for a municipality.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 975 (H.B. 1799), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Elec COde § 501.1035 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 17 - Local Option Elections|Chapter 501 - Local Option Elections on Sale of Alcoholic Beverages|Subchapter C. Holding of Election|Section 501.1035. Election in Territory Annexed by Municipality

Sec. 501.1035.  ELECTION IN TERRITORY ANNEXED BY MUNICIPALITY.  A municipality that includes an area annexed to the municipality on or after the date on which a petition requesting a local option election in the municipality is filed may hold the election in the municipality only if the petition contains a sufficient number of signatures to meet the requirements of Section 501.032, based on the number of qualified voters in the municipality, including the annexed area.  The qualified voters of the annexed area must be allowed to vote in the local option election.  The results of the election shall determine the local option status of the municipality, including the annexed area.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 500 (H.B. 1401), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Elec COde § 501.104 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 17 - Local Option Elections|Chapter 501 - Local Option Elections on Sale of Alcoholic Beverages|Subchapter C. Holding of Election|Section 501.104. Number of Ballots Furnished

Sec. 501.104.  NUMBER OF BALLOTS FURNISHED.  If the election is conducted using printed ballots, the county clerk shall furnish the presiding judge of each election precinct with at least the number of ballots equal to the number of registered voters in the precinct plus 10 percent of that number of voters.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 975 (H.B. 1799), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Elec COde § 501.105 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 17 - Local Option Elections|Chapter 501 - Local Option Elections on Sale of Alcoholic Beverages|Subchapter C. Holding of Election|Section 501.105. Issue on Ballot

Sec. 501.105.  ISSUE ON BALLOT.  (a)  The issue ordered to appear on the ballot for an election ordered by the commissioners court must be the same as the issue applied for and set out in the petition.(b)  The issue appropriate to the election shall be printed on the ballot in the exact language stated in Section 501.035.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 975 (H.B. 1799), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Elec COde § 501.106 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 17 - Local Option Elections|Chapter 501 - Local Option Elections on Sale of Alcoholic Beverages|Subchapter C. Holding of Election|Section 501.106. Time for Vote Tally

Sec. 501.106.  TIME FOR VOTE TALLY.  The votes for a local option election shall be counted and the report of the election submitted to the commissioners court within 24 hours after the time the polls close.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 975 (H.B. 1799), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Elec COde § 501.107 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 17 - Local Option Elections|Chapter 501 - Local Option Elections on Sale of Alcoholic Beverages|Subchapter C. Holding of Election|Section 501.107. County Payment of Election Expenses

Sec. 501.107.  COUNTY PAYMENT OF ELECTION EXPENSES.  The county shall pay the expense of holding a local option election authorized by this chapter in the county, justice precinct, or municipality in that county except that:(1)  if an election is to be held only within the corporate limits of a municipality located wholly within the county, the county may require the municipality to reimburse the county for all or part of the expenses of holding the local option election;(2)  county payment of the expense of an election to legalize the sale of alcoholic beverages is limited to the holding of one election in a political subdivision during a one-year period; and(3)  county payment of the expense of an election to prohibit the sale of alcoholic beverages is limited to the holding of one election in a political subdivision during a one-year period.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 975 (H.B. 1799), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Elec COde § 501.108 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 17 - Local Option Elections|Chapter 501 - Local Option Elections on Sale of Alcoholic Beverages|Subchapter C. Holding of Election|Section 501.108. Deposit Required for Certain Elections

Sec. 501.108.  DEPOSIT REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN ELECTIONS.  (a)  If a county is not required to pay the initial expense, regardless of any authority to receive reimbursement, of a local option election under Section 501.107, the county clerk shall require the applicants for a petition for a local option election to make a deposit before the issuance of the petition.(b)  The deposit must be in the form of a cashier's check in an amount equal to 25 cents per voter listed on the current list of registered voters residing in the county, justice precinct, or municipality where the election is to be held.(c)  The money received shall be deposited in the county's general fund.  A refund may not be made to the applicants regardless of whether the petition is returned to the county clerk or the election is ordered.(d)  The county clerk may not issue a petition to the applicants unless a deposit required by this chapter is made.(e)  A person who violates Subsection (d) commits an offense.  An offense under this subsection is a misdemeanor punishable by:(1)  a fine of not less than $200 nor more than $500;(2)  confinement in the county jail for not more than 30 days; or(3)  both the fine and confinement.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 975 (H.B. 1799), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1164 (H.B. 2817), Sec. 43, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Elec COde § 501.109 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 17 - Local Option Elections|Chapter 501 - Local Option Elections on Sale of Alcoholic Beverages|Subchapter C. Holding of Election|Section 501.109. Election in Municipalities

Sec. 501.109.  ELECTION IN MUNICIPALITIES.  (a)  This section applies only to an election to permit or prohibit the legal sale of alcoholic beverages of one or more of the various types and alcoholic contents in a municipality.(b)  An election to which this section applies shall be conducted by the municipality instead of a county.  For the purposes of an election conducted under this section, a reference in this chapter to:(1)  the county is considered to refer to the municipality;(2)  the commissioners court is considered to refer to the governing body of the municipality;(3)  the county clerk or voter registrar is considered to refer to the secretary of the municipality or, if the municipality does not have a secretary, to the person performing the functions of a secretary of the municipality; and(4)  the county judge is considered to refer to the mayor of the municipality or, if the municipality does not have a mayor, to the presiding officer of the governing body of the municipality.(c)  The municipality shall pay the expense of the election.(d)  An action to contest the election under Section 501.155 may be brought in the district court of any county in which the municipality is located.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 975 (H.B. 1799), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1318 (S.B. 100), Sec. 41, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Elec COde § 501.151 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 17 - Local Option Elections|Chapter 501 - Local Option Elections on Sale of Alcoholic Beverages|Subchapter D. Procedure Following Election|Section 501.151. Declaration of Result

Sec. 501.151.  DECLARATION OF RESULT.  (a)  On completing the canvass of the election returns, the commissioners court shall make an order declaring the result and cause the clerk of the commissioners court to record the order as provided by law.(b)  In a prohibitory election, if a majority of the votes cast do not favor the issue "The legal sale...," the court's order must state that the sale of the type or types of beverages stated in the issue at the election is prohibited effective on the 30th day after the date the order is entered.  The prohibition remains in effect until changed by a subsequent local option election held under this chapter.(c)  In a legalization election, if a majority of the votes cast favor the issue "The legal sale . . .," the legal sale of the type or types of beverages stated in the issue at the election is legal on the entering of the court's order.  The legalization remains in effect until changed by a subsequent local option election held under this code.(d)  The local option status of a political subdivision does not change as a result of the election if:(1)  in an election described by Subsection (b), less than a majority of the votes cast do not favor the issue; and(2)  in an election described by Subsection (c), less than a majority of the votes cast favor the issue.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 975 (H.B. 1799), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Elec COde § 501.152 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 17 - Local Option Elections|Chapter 501 - Local Option Elections on Sale of Alcoholic Beverages|Subchapter D. Procedure Following Election|Section 501.152. Order Prima Facie Evidence

Sec. 501.152.  ORDER PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE.  The order of the commissioners court declaring the result of the election is prima facie evidence that all provisions of law have been complied with in giving notice of and holding the election, counting and returning the votes, and declaring the result of the election.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 975 (H.B. 1799), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Elec COde § 501.153 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 17 - Local Option Elections|Chapter 501 - Local Option Elections on Sale of Alcoholic Beverages|Subchapter D. Procedure Following Election|Section 501.153. Certification of Result

Sec. 501.153.  CERTIFICATION OF RESULT.  Not later than the third day after the date the result of a local option election has been declared, the county clerk shall certify the result to the secretary of state and the commission.  The clerk may not charge a fee for this service.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 975 (H.B. 1799), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Elec COde § 501.154 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 17 - Local Option Elections|Chapter 501 - Local Option Elections on Sale of Alcoholic Beverages|Subchapter D. Procedure Following Election|Section 501.154. Posting Order Prohibiting Sale

Sec. 501.154.  POSTING ORDER PROHIBITING SALE.  (a)  A commissioners court order declaring the result of a local option election and prohibiting the sale of any or all types of alcoholic beverages must be published by posting the order at three public places in the county or other political subdivision in which the election was held.(b)  The posting of the order shall be recorded in the minutes of the commissioners court by the county judge.  The entry in the minutes or a copy certified under the hand and seal of the county clerk is prima facie evidence of the posting.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 975 (H.B. 1799), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Elec COde § 501.155 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 17 - Local Option Elections|Chapter 501 - Local Option Elections on Sale of Alcoholic Beverages|Subchapter D. Procedure Following Election|Section 501.155. Election Contest

Sec. 501.155.  ELECTION CONTEST.  (a)  The enforcement of local option laws in the political subdivision in which an election is being contested is not suspended during an election contest.(b)  The result of an election contest finally settles all questions relating to the validity of that election.  A person may not call the legality of that election into question again in any other suit or proceeding.(c)  If an election contest is not timely instituted, it is conclusively presumed that the election is valid and binding in all respects on all courts.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 975 (H.B. 1799), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Est Code § 31.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Estates Code|Title 2 - Estates of Decedents; Durable Powers of Attorney|Subtitle A - Scope, Jurisdiction, Venue, and Courts|Chapter 31 - General Provisions|Section 31.001. Scope of "Probate Proceeding" for Purposes of Code

Sec. 31.001.  SCOPE OF "PROBATE PROCEEDING" FOR PURPOSES OF CODE.  The term "probate proceeding," as used in this code, includes:(1)  the probate of a will, with or without administration of the estate;(2)  the issuance of letters testamentary and of administration;(3)  an heirship determination or small estate affidavit, community property administration, and homestead and family allowances;(4)  an application, petition, motion, or action regarding the probate of a will or an estate administration, including a claim for money owed by the decedent;(5)  a claim arising from an estate administration and any action brought on the claim;(6)  the settling of a personal representative's account of an estate and any other matter related to the settlement, partition, or distribution of an estate;(7)  a will construction suit; and(8)  a will modification or reformation proceeding under Subchapter J, Chapter 255.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1351 (S.B. 408), Sec. 13(a), eff. January 1, 2014.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1141 (H.B. 2782), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Est Code § 31.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Estates Code|Title 2 - Estates of Decedents; Durable Powers of Attorney|Subtitle A - Scope, Jurisdiction, Venue, and Courts|Chapter 31 - General Provisions|Section 31.002. Matters Related to Probate Proceeding

Sec. 31.002.  MATTERS RELATED TO PROBATE PROCEEDING.  (a)  For purposes of this code, in a county in which there is no statutory probate court or county court at law exercising original probate jurisdiction, a matter related to a probate proceeding includes:(1)  an action against a personal representative or former personal representative arising out of the representative's performance of the duties of a personal representative;(2)  an action against a surety of a personal representative or former personal representative;(3)  a claim brought by a personal representative on behalf of an estate;(4)  an action brought against a personal representative in the representative's capacity as personal representative;(5)  an action for trial of title to real property that is estate property, including the enforcement of a lien against the property; and(6)  an action for trial of the right of property that is estate property.(b)  For purposes of this code, in a county in which there is no statutory probate court, but in which there is a county court at law exercising original probate jurisdiction, a matter related to a probate proceeding includes:(1)  all matters and actions described in Subsection (a);(2)  the interpretation and administration of a testamentary trust if the will creating the trust has been admitted to probate in the court; and(3)  the interpretation and administration of an inter vivos trust created by a decedent whose will has been admitted to probate in the court.(c)  For purposes of this code, in a county in which there is a statutory probate court, a matter related to a probate proceeding includes:(1)  all matters and actions described in Subsections (a) and (b); and(2)  any cause of action in which a personal representative of an estate pending in the statutory probate court is a party in the representative's capacity as personal representative.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1351 (S.B. 408), Sec. 13(a), eff. January 1, 2014.|
TX Est Code § 32.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Estates Code|Title 2 - Estates of Decedents; Durable Powers of Attorney|Subtitle A - Scope, Jurisdiction, Venue, and Courts|Chapter 32 - Jurisdiction|Section 32.001. General Probate Court Jurisdiction; Appeals

Sec. 32.001.  GENERAL PROBATE COURT JURISDICTION; APPEALS.  (a)  All probate proceedings must be filed and heard in a court exercising original probate jurisdiction.  The court exercising original probate jurisdiction also has jurisdiction of all matters related to the probate proceeding as specified in Section 31.002 for that type of court.(b)  A probate court may exercise pendent and ancillary jurisdiction as necessary to promote judicial efficiency and economy.(c)  A final order issued by a probate court is appealable to the court of appeals.(d)  The administration of the estate of a decedent, from the filing of the application for probate and administration, or for administration, until the decree of final distribution and the discharge of the last personal representative, shall be considered as one proceeding for purposes of jurisdiction.  The entire proceeding is a proceeding in rem.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1351 (S.B. 408), Sec. 13(a), eff. January 1, 2014.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1136 (H.B. 2912), Sec. 2, eff. January 1, 2014.|
TX Est Code § 32.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Estates Code|Title 2 - Estates of Decedents; Durable Powers of Attorney|Subtitle A - Scope, Jurisdiction, Venue, and Courts|Chapter 32 - Jurisdiction|Section 32.002. Original Jurisdiction for Probate Proceedings

Sec. 32.002.  ORIGINAL JURISDICTION FOR PROBATE PROCEEDINGS.  (a)  In a county in which there is no statutory probate court or county court at law exercising original probate jurisdiction, the county court has original jurisdiction of probate proceedings.(b)  In a county in which there is no statutory probate court, but in which there is a county court at law exercising original probate jurisdiction, the county court at law exercising original probate jurisdiction and the county court have concurrent original jurisdiction of probate proceedings, unless otherwise provided by law.  The judge of a county court may hear probate proceedings while sitting for the judge of any other county court.(c)  In a county in which there is a statutory probate court, the statutory probate court has original jurisdiction of probate proceedings.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1351 (S.B. 408), Sec. 13(a), eff. January 1, 2014.|
TX Est Code § 32.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Estates Code|Title 2 - Estates of Decedents; Durable Powers of Attorney|Subtitle A - Scope, Jurisdiction, Venue, and Courts|Chapter 32 - Jurisdiction|Section 32.004. Jurisdiction of Contested Probate Proceeding in County With No Statutory Probate Court

Sec. 32.004.  JURISDICTION OF CONTESTED PROBATE PROCEEDING IN COUNTY WITH NO STATUTORY PROBATE COURT.  (a)  In a county in which there is no statutory probate court, but in which there is a county court at law exercising original probate jurisdiction, when a matter in a probate proceeding is contested, the judge of the county court may, on the judge's own motion, or shall, on the motion of any party to the proceeding, transfer the contested matter to the county court at law.  In addition, the judge of the county court, on the judge's own motion or on the motion of a party to the proceeding, may transfer the entire proceeding to the county court at law.(b)  A county court at law to which a proceeding is transferred under this section may hear the proceeding as if originally filed in that court.  If only a contested matter in the proceeding is transferred, on the resolution of the matter, the matter shall be returned to the county court for further proceedings not inconsistent with the orders of the county court at law.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1351 (S.B. 408), Sec. 13(a), eff. January 1, 2014.|