Section 311.073 - Election After Petition(a) The governing body shall submit to the voters of the municipality the question of granting a franchise to a person if, before the effective date of the ordinance granting the franchise, the governing body receives a petition that requests the election and is signed by 10 percent of the registered voters of the municipality.(b) In a municipality with a population of more than 1.9 million, the number of registered voters who must sign the petition may be set at a lower number by the municipal charter.Tex. Transp. Code § 311.073
Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 669, Sec. 133, eff. Sept. 1, 2001 Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.