Sec. 311.077.  EFFECTIVE DATE OF FRANCHISE.  If a majority of the votes cast at the election favor the proposition:
(1)  the governing body shall declare that result on canvassing the election returns;  and
(2)  the franchise takes effect according to its terms.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.