{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-451.704","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 451.704","heading":"RESULTS OF ELECTION; ORDER.","body":"(a) If a majority of the votes cast in the principal municipality of the authority are in favor of the proposition, the district is created and includes:\n(1) the principal municipality;\n(2) each municipality in which a majority of the votes cast favor the proposition; and\n(3) the unincorporated area of each county in which a majority of the votes cast favor the proposition.\n(b) If the district is created, the board shall record the results in its minutes and adopt an order:\n(1) declaring that the district is created;\n(2) describing the territory of the district;\n(3) stating the date of the election;\n(4) containing the proposition;\n(5) showing the number of votes cast for or against the proposition in each unit of election; and\n(6) showing the number of votes by which the proposition was approved in each unit of election in which the proposition was approved.\n(c) The order must be accompanied by a map of the district that shows the boundaries of the district.\n(d) A copy of the order and map shall be filed:\n(1) with the department;\n(2) with the comptroller; and\n(3) in the deed records of each county in which the district is located.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 155, Sec. 1, eff. May 21, 1999.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 6. ROADWAYS","SUBTITLE K. MASS TRANSPORTATION","CHAPTER 451. METROPOLITAN RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITIES","SUBCHAPTER O. ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.451.htm#451.704","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"60ecc0aa005817722182989b5eed8befe5fdc6111bacb13d00ca759fec50f808","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-451.703","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-451.705"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}