Sec. 21.104. ELECTION. (a) Unless the member who is the target of the petition resigns before the sixth day after the date a petition and certificate are delivered to the governing body of the municipality, the governing body shall order that a recall election be held on the first uniform election date that occurs 78 days after the date of the order.
(b) The ballot for a recall election shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The removal of (name of the member of the governing body) from the governing body of (name of the municipality)".
(c) If less than a majority of the votes received at the recall election are in favor of removal of the member of the governing body named on the ballot, the member remains in office. If a majority of the votes received are in favor of the removal of the member, the governing body shall immediately declare the member's office vacant and the vacancy shall be filled in the manner prescribed by law for filling a vacancy on the governing body. A member removed by recall may not be appointed to fill the vacancy and may not be a candidate in any election called to fill the vacancy.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 701 (H.B. 3015), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013.
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