Tex. Election Code § 277.005
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 277.005, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 277.005. OBSTRUCTION OF PETITION-INITIATED ELECTION PROHIBITED.
Official statutory text
(a) A political subdivision may not propose a measure, including a charter amendment, that will appear on the same ballot as a petition-initiated measure if:
(1) the two measures generally address the same subject matter; or
(2) a provision of a proposed measure would invalidate or conflict with any portion of a petition-initiated measure.
(b) A measure proposed by a political subdivision in violation of this section is void if the measure is proposed not earlier than the 180th day before the date the political subdivision's secretary receives the petition under this chapter. A political subdivision may be enjoined from proposing the measure.
(1) the two measures generally address the same subject matter; or
(2) a provision of a proposed measure would invalidate or conflict with any portion of a petition-initiated measure.
(b) A measure proposed by a political subdivision in violation of this section is void if the measure is proposed not earlier than the 180th day before the date the political subdivision's secretary receives the petition under this chapter. A political subdivision may be enjoined from proposing the measure.
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