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KP-0046
Ken Paxton

A court would likely determine that the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County intended the expenditure of a portion of the bond proceeds on the Uptown/West Loop 4.4 mile rail segment to be a part of its contract with the voters.|Determination of legality of the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County's authority to participate in the Uptown Houston Transit Project involves fact questions and is inappropriate to an attorney general opinion|Bond proceeds approved by the voters in an election can only be used for those projects and cannot be applied to other projects.

KP-0221
Ken Paxton

Municipality's authority to impose fines and fees under Local Government Code section 43.0117(b) concerning annexation near military base|Annexations near active military base - sufficiency of ballot measure

GA-0093
Greg Abbott

Local option stock law election, in which a single ballot proposition combined proposals from a petition to restrain cattle with a petition to restrain horses or other animals, is invalid

GA-0160
Greg Abbott

Signatures for local option alcohol petition, suspense list voters are not included in determining minimum number of|Local option alcohol petition, rules for calculating minimum number of signatures required for|Local option alcohol petition, suspense list voters are not included in determining minimum number of signatures for

GA-0265
Greg Abbott

Sales and use tax authorized by section 4B, article 5190.6, Development Corporation Act of 1979, Gun Barrel City Economic Development Corporation may use to fund youth football field|Legislative finding that projects under section 4B(a)(2)(A), article 5190.6 of the Development Corporation Act of 1979 accomplish public purposes relating to economic development|Ballot proposition in sales and use tax election under section 4B, article 5190.6 of the Development Corporation Act of 1979 forms part of contract with voters|Section 4B, article 5190.6 of the Development Corporation Act of 1979 sales and use tax, Gun Barrel City Economic Development Corporation may use to fund youth football field|Sales and use tax under section 4B, article 5190.6 of the Development Corporation Act of 1979, Gun Barrel City Economic Development Corporation may use to fund youth football field

GA-0269
Greg Abbott

Elections implementing a tax freeze under article VII, section 1-b(h) of the Texas Constitution, home-rule charter provisions limiting frequency of special elections on voter-initiated ordinances may apply to|Elections implementing a tax freeze under article VIII, section 1-b(h), home-rule charter provisions limiting frequency of special elections on voter-initiated ordinances may apply to|Elections implementing a tax freeze under article VIII, section 1-b(h) of the Texas Constitution, home-rule charter provisions limiting frequency of special elections on voter-initiated ordinances may apply to

GA-0453
Greg Abbott

Annexation election, under chapter 130 of the Texas Education Code a junior college district may not conduct annexation election where territory includes more than one school district or county|Annexation election, under chapter 130 of Texas Education Code a junior college district may not conduct annexation election where territory includes more than one school district or county|Annexation election, under chapter 130 of Texas Education Code a junior college district may not conduct where territory includes more than one school district or county

GA-0922
Greg Abbott

With regard to the language of ballot propositions about voter approval of bonds and the imposition of taxes, subsection 52.072(e) of the Election Code applies to elections governed by section 130.037 of the Education Code

GA-0925
Greg Abbott

Emergency services district in Navarro County, November 6, 2012 is the next available date to hold election to create|Next available date to hold election to create emergency services district in Navarro County is November 6, 2012

JC-0247
John Cornyn

Maximum tax rate, hospital district governed by chapter 286 of the Health and Safety Code may not hold an election to consider raising|Hospital district governed by chapter 286 of the Health and Safety Code may not hold an election to consider raising the district's maximum tax rate|Express constitutional or statutory authority required to hold election

KP-0433
Ken Paxton

Commencement of the terms of city council positions after an election under Texas Constitution article XI, section 11, and the validity of the election in particular circumstances.

KP-0444
Ken Paxton

Addressing the authority of a municipality to utilize a maintenance and operations tax increase authorized in an election under Tax Code section 26.07 for use other than on maintenance and operations.