Sec. 251.82.  ELECTION IN CERTAIN CITIES AND TOWNS.  For the purposes of an election conducted under Section 501.109, Election Code, a reference in this code:
(1)  to the county is considered to refer to the city or town;
(2)  to the commissioners court is considered to refer to the governing body of the city or town;
(3)  to the county clerk or registrar of voters is considered to refer to the secretary of the city or town or, if the city or town does not have a secretary, to the person performing the functions of a secretary of the city or town; and
(4)  to the county judge is considered to refer to the mayor of the city or town or, if the city or town does not have a mayor, to the presiding officer of the governing body of the city or town.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 975 (H.B. 1799), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2005.