CREATION OF AUTHORITY.
Tex. TRANSP Code § 460.051.
in effect(a) The commissioners court of a county may initiate the process to create an authority to provide public transportation and transportation-related services:
(1) on adoption of a resolution or order initiating the process to create an authority; or
(2) on receipt of a petition requesting creation of an authority signed by a number of registered voters of the county equal to or greater than five percent of the votes cast in the county in the most recent gubernatorial election.
(b) If a petition described by Subsection (a)(2) is received by the commissioners court, the petition shall be verified by the county clerk, consistent with Chapter 277 , Election Code, and returned to the commissioners court with a finding of verification.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1186, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.