{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-451.072","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 451.072","heading":"GENERAL AUTHORITY TO CALL ELECTION: CERTAIN AUTHORITIES.","body":"(a) This section applies only to an authority in which the principal municipality has a population of more than 1.9 million.\n(b) The board of an authority may call an election to determine the voters' will on any issue that the board is authorized to decide under this chapter or on the exercise of any discretionary power of the board under this chapter. At the time the board orders the election, the board shall specify whether the results of the election are binding on the authority.\n(c) The board shall specify the ballot proposition for an election called under this section. A ballot proposition is approved if a majority of the voters voting at the election favor the proposition.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 612, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1163 (H.B. 2702), Sec. 145, eff. September 1, 2011.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 6. ROADWAYS","SUBTITLE K. MASS TRANSPORTATION","CHAPTER 451. METROPOLITAN RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITIES","SUBCHAPTER B. POWERS OF AUTHORITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.451.htm#451.072","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"71f48a85eba935de8e284dae6e29442d3e68cfc394e84e015d57a1bd8e945309","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-451.071","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-451.101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}