Sec. 143.022. ELECTION ORDERS. (a) After receiving a petition under this subchapter, the commissioners court at its next regular term shall order that an election be held throughout the county or in the petitioning area, as determined by the petition. The order shall designate a date for the election that is not less than 30 days after the date of the order.
(b) Immediately after passage of a commissioners court order for an election, the county judge shall issue an order for the election that specifies:
(1) the petition and the action of the commissioners court;
(2) each class of animal that is not to be permitted to run at large;
(3) the territorial limits of the area to be affected;
(4) the date of the election; and
(5) the location of the polls.
(c) The county judge shall give public notice of the election by publishing the order under Subsection (b) of this section in a newspaper published in the county. If no newspaper is published in the county, a copy of the order shall be posted at the courthouse door and at a public place in each justice precinct for a countywide election or at three public places in the petitioning area for an election to be held in an area of the county. Notice must be given for at least 30 days before the date of the election.
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1341, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.
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