Texas Election Code 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.
Terms Used In Texas Election Code 501.109
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
(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.