Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

ATTORNEYGENERALOF TEXAS GREG ABBOTT June 29,2004 The Honorable Frank Madla Opinion No. GA-0209 Chair, Intergovernmental Relations Committee Texas State Senate Re: Whether local election officials had the Post Office Box 12068 discretion to accept or reject signatures on local Austin, Texas 7871 l-2068 option election petitions filed prior to the effective date of the 2003 amendments to the Alcoholic Beverage Code when the signatures were withdrawn by affidavit, or when the signatures appeared on the back side of a petition signature sheet from which certain statutory elements were absent…