Tex. Local Gov't Code Section 344.252
Application for Petition


(a)

On written application of 10 or more registered voters of the district, the clerk of the municipality that created the district shall issue to the applicants a petition to be circulated among registered voters for their signatures.

(b)

An application for a petition to continue the district must contain:

(1)

the heading: “Application for a Petition for a Local Option Referendum to Continue the Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District and to Continue the Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District Sales and Use Tax”;

(2)

the statement: “Whether the ______ (name of the municipality that created the district) Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District should be continued and whether the fire control, prevention, and emergency medical services district sales and use tax should be continued”;

(3)

immediately above the signatures of the applicants, the statement: “It is the purpose and intent of the applicants whose signatures appear below that the fire control, prevention, and emergency medical services district be continued and that the fire control, prevention, and emergency medical services district sales and use tax in ___________ (name of the municipality that created the district) be continued”; and

(4)

the printed name, signature, residence address, and voter registration certificate number of each applicant.

(c)

An application for a petition to dissolve the district must contain:

(1)

the heading: “Application for a Petition for a Local Option Referendum to Dissolve the Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District and to Abolish the Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District Sales and Use Tax”;

(2)

the statement: “Whether the ___________ (name of the municipality that created the district) Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District should be dissolved and whether the fire control, prevention, and emergency medical services district sales and use tax should be abolished”;

(3)

immediately above the signatures of the applicants, the statement: “It is the purpose and intent of the applicants whose signatures appear below that the fire control, prevention, and emergency medical services district be dissolved and that the fire control, prevention, and emergency medical services district sales and use tax in ___________ (name of the municipality that created the district) be abolished”; and

(4)

the printed name, signature, residence address, and voter registration certificate number of each applicant.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1295, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2001.

Source: Section 344.252 — Application for Petition, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.­344.­htm#344.­252 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

344.001
Short Title
344.002
Definitions
344.003
Liability of State
344.051
Authority of Municipality to Propose District
344.052
Temporary Board
344.053
Election Required
344.054
Confirmation Election Order
344.055
Sales and Use Tax
344.056
Notice of Election
344.057
Election Date
344.058
Ballot Proposition
344.059
Canvassing Returns
344.060
Dissolution of Temporary Board
344.061
Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services Plan and Budget Plan
344.062
Financing Creation of District
344.101
Board of Directors
344.102
Performance Bond
344.103
Officers
344.104
Compensation
344.105
Voting Requirement
344.106
Contract for Administrative Assistance
344.151
Financing District Programs
344.152
Coordination
344.153
General Board Power over Funds
344.154
Use of Revenue
344.155
Rules and Procedures
344.156
Purchasing
344.157
Property to Be Used in Administration
344.158
Reimbursement for Services
344.159
Service Contracts
344.160
Donations, Gifts, and Endowments
344.161
Authority to Sue and Be Sued
344.181
Election Required
344.182
Confirmation Election Order
344.183
Notice of Election
344.184
Ballot Proposition
344.185
Election Results
344.201
Fiscal Year
344.202
Audits and District Records
344.203
Annual Budget Proposal
344.204
Adoption of Budget
344.205
Approval of Budget
344.206
Limitations on Expenditures and Investments
344.207
Account of Disbursements of District
344.208
Deposit of Money
344.209
Applications for Program Funding
344.210
Bonds Prohibited
344.251
Referendum Authorized
344.252
Application for Petition
344.253
Petition
344.254
Copies of Application and Petition
344.255
Filing of Petition
344.256
Review by Clerk or Secretary
344.257
Certification
344.258
Election Order
344.259
Applicability of Election Code
344.260
Results of Referendum
344.261
Election Contest
344.301
Time for Dissolution of District
344.302
Dissolution of District

Accessed:
Jun. 5, 2024

§ 344.252’s source at texas​.gov