2023 Texas Statutes › Transportation Code › Title 6 - Roadways › Subtitle K - Mass Transportation › Chapter 452 - Regional Transportation Authorities › Subchapter Q. Withdrawal of Territory From Authority; Dissolution › Section 452.652. Petition for Withdrawal Election

Sec. 452.652.  PETITION FOR WITHDRAWAL ELECTION.  (a)  At the request of a qualified voter of a unit of election in an authority, the municipal secretary or other clerk or administrator of the unit of election shall deliver to the voter, in the number requested, petition signature sheets for a petition to withdraw from the authority prepared by, numbered, and authenticated by the municipal secretary or other official.  During the period that signatures on the petition may be obtained, the official shall authenticate and deliver additional petition signature sheets as requested by the voter.  Only one petition for withdrawal may be in circulation at a time.
(b)  Each sheet of a petition must have a heading in capital letters as follows:
"THIS PETITION IS TO REQUIRE AN ELECTION TO BE HELD IN (name of the unit of election) TO DISSOLVE (name of authority) IN (name of the unit of election) SUBJECT TO THE CONTINUED COLLECTION OF SALES TAXES FOR THE PERIOD REQUIRED BY LAW."
(c)  In addition to the requirements of Section 277.002, Election Code, to be valid a petition must:
(1)  be signed on authenticated petition sheets by not less than 20 percent, or not less than eight percent in a unit of election in an authority consisting of one subregion governed by a subregional board created under Subchapter O, of the number of registered voters of the unit of election as shown on the voter registration list of each county in which the unit of election is located;
(2)  be filed with the secretary, clerk, or administrator of the unit of election not later than the 60th day after the date that the first sheet of the petition was received under Subsection (a);
(3)  contain signatures that are signed in ink or indelible pencil by the voter;  and
(4)  have affixed or printed on each sheet an affidavit that is executed before a notary public by the person who circulated the sheet and that is in the following form and substance:
(A)  for a unit of election in an authority not described by Paragraph (B):
"STATE OF TEXAS
"COUNTY OF _______________
"I, ____________________, affirm that I personally witnessed each signer affix his or her signature to this page of this petition for the dissolution of (name of authority) in the (name of unit of election). I affirm to the best of my knowledge and belief that each signature is the genuine signature of the person whose name is signed and that the date entered next to each signature is the date the signature was affixed to this page.
______________________
"Sworn to and subscribed before me this the ____ day of ___, ____.
(SEAL)
______________________________
Notary Public, State of Texas"
(B)  for a unit of election in an authority consisting of one subregion governed by a subregional board created under Subchapter O:
"STATE OF TEXAS
"COUNTY OF _______________
"I, ____________________, affirm that I personally witnessed each signer affix his or her signature to this page of this petition for the dissolution of (name of authority) in the (name of unit of election). I affirm to the best of my knowledge and belief that each signature is the genuine signature of the person whose name is signed and that the date entered next to each signature is the date the signature was affixed to this page.  I further affirm that I have verified that the signer is a registered voter and that the voter registration number on the petition is correct.
______________________
"Sworn to and subscribed before me this the ____ day of ___, ____.
(SEAL)
______________________________
Notary Public, State of Texas"
(d)  Each sheet of the petition must be filed under Subsection (c)(2) at the same time as a single filing.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.