Sec. 25.071. ABANDONING CITY MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT. (a) A municipality may abandon the city manager form of government at any time as provided by this section.

(b) A petition requesting the mayor of the municipality to order a special election to abandon the city manager form of government must be filed with the clerk of the municipality and signed by a number of qualified voters equal to at least 20 percent of the total number of qualified voters who voted for mayor at the most recent municipal election at which the office of mayor was to be filled.

(c) Within 10 days after the date a petition is filed under Subsection (b), the mayor shall issue a proclamation ordering the special election. The proclamation must state that the election is ordered to determine whether the municipality will abandon the city manager form of government and notice of the election must be as for an election to consider the adoption of the city manager form of government.

(d) The election must be held on the first authorized uniform election date prescribed by the Election Code that occurs after the date the petition is filed under Subsection (b) and that affords enough time to hold the election in the manner required by law.

(e) The ballots at the election shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the proposition: Abandoning the city manager form of government in the municipality of ____________________ (name of the municipality).

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.