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Tex. Local Government Code § 73.001 Election Requirement
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Sec. 73.001. ELECTION REQUIREMENT. If a new county is organized, the county judge who conducts the election for officers for the new county shall order an election for the location of the county seat. The election shall be conducted in the same manner as an election for county of…
Tex. Local Government Code § 73.002 Vote Required For Location
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Sec. 73.002. VOTE REQUIRED FOR LOCATION. The location that receives the majority of votes cast in the election is the county seat. However, a county seat first established in a newly organized county may not be located more than five miles from the geographic center of the county…
Tex. Local Government Code § 73.011 Application For Relocation Election
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Sec. 73.011. APPLICATION FOR RELOCATION ELECTION. (a) The county judge of a county shall order an election on the question of the relocation of the county seat of the county if an application for the relocation election is made by at least 100 resident freeholders and qualified v…
Tex. Local Government Code § 73.012 Designation of Geographic Center of County
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Sec. 73.012. DESIGNATION OF GEOGRAPHIC CENTER OF COUNTY. (a) On notification by a county judge that a proposition to relocate the county seat has been submitted to the people of the county or that it is desirable that the center of the county be designated, before the relocation …