POWER OF RECALL.
Austin City Charter, art. IV, § 6
in effect§ 6. - POWER OF RECALL.
The people of the city reserve the power to recall any member of the council and may exercise such power by filing with the city clerk a petition, signed by qualified voters of the territory from which the council member is elected, equal in number to at least 10 percent of the qualified voters of the territory from which the council member is elected, demanding the removal of a council member. The petition shall be signed and verified in the manner required for an initiative petition, shall contain a general statement of the grounds for which the removal is sought, and one of the signers of each petition paper shall make an affidavit that the statements therein made are true.
Source: Ord. No. 20180809-113, Pt. 7, 8-20-18/election of 11-6-18.
Source: City of Austin, City Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/austin/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=CH_ARTIVINRERE_S6POREFetched: 10/27/2026
