BUDDIE J.HAHN
DISTRICT JUDGE
260™ JUDICIAL DISTRICT
ORANGK COUNTY COURTHOUSE
801 DIVISION
ORANGE, TEXAS 77630
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KELLIE DEROUEN - Court Reporter 409/882-70S5
THOMAS NORWOOD - Bailiff
I have learned that Proposition One did not authorize the assessment of a drainage fee,
as that had been authorized by state law in Sec. 552.047 of the Local Government Code, and
the failure to include the drainage fee assessment in the wording of the ballot was in fact not
misleading.
The Court finds that the wording of the ballot as a whole was not misleading, and that
the other matters urged to set aside the results of the election should be denied.
Since I am going to be out of pocket for about 3 weeks, I have prepared an Order
granting the Motion for Summary Judgment which I have signed today. A copy of the order is
enclosed herewith.
On the 23rd day of May, 2011, came on to be heard the Motion for Summary Judgment
filed herein by the City of Houston and its Mayor, Annise Parker, Movants, and after
considering the pleadings, the evidence, and the arguments of counsel, the Court is of the
opinion that the Motion for Summary Judgment should be granted, and it is therefore
ORDERED that the Motion for Summary Judgment filed herein by Movants is hereby in all
things GRANTED. All relief requested by the Contestants is DENIED.