Section 561.009 - Referendum on Flood Control Tax and Projects Funded(a) The commissioners court of a county may order a referendum on the question of whether:(1) flood control taxes should be increased;(2) flood control taxes should be decreased; or(3) an existing or proposed flood control project should receive funding.(b) The ballot for a referendum under this section shall be printed to permit voting for or against one or more of the following propositions:(1) "Whether the flood control tax imposed under Section 1-a, Article VIII, Texas Constitution, should be increased by (state amount of increase as a percentage or as a specific amount)";(2) "Whether the flood control tax imposed under Section 1-a, Article VIII, Texas Constitution, should be decreased by (state amount of decrease as a percentage or as a specific amount)"; or(3) "Whether the following flood control projects should receive funds generated by the flood control tax imposed under Section 1-a, Article VIII, Texas Constitution (list any flood control projects designated by the commissioners court as available for funding)."(c) If a majority of votes cast in the referendum approve an increase in the flood control tax, the flood control tax is increased. If a majority of votes cast in the referendum approve a decrease in the flood control tax, the flood control tax is decreased. A flood control project for which a majority of the votes cast at the referendum do not approve funding may not receive funds from revenue generated by the flood control tax.Tex. Loc. Gov't. Code § 561.009
Renumbered from Local Government Code, Section 411.009 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885, Sec. 3.76(b)(1), eff. 4/1/2009.Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 273, Sec. 1, eff. 5/22/2001.