PAYMENT OF MAINTENANCE AND OPERATING COSTS; ELECTION

(a) The costs of a publicly owned and operated project purchased or constructed under this chapter include the maintenance and operating costs of the project. (b) The proceeds of taxes may be used to pay the maintenance and operating costs of a project, unless not later than the 60th day after the date notice of the specific use of the tax proceeds is first published, the governing body of the authorizing municipality of the Type B corporation undertaking the project receives a petition from more than 10 percent of the registered voters of the municipality requesting that an election be held before the tax proceeds may be used to pay the maintenance and operating costs of a project. (c) The governing body of the authorizing municipality is not required to hold an election after the submission of a petition under Subsection (b) if the voters of the municipality have previously approved at an election ordered for that purpose by the governing body or in conjunction with another election required under this chapter that: (1) the costs of a publicly owned and operated project purchased or constructed under this chapter include the maintenance and operating costs of the project; and (2) the tax proceeds may be used to pay the maintenance and operating costs of a project. (d) An authorizing municipality is not required to hold an election under this section if the municipality: (1) is located in a county with a population of more than 1.3 million; and (2) has held before February 1, 1993, an election under this chapter at which the additional sales tax was approved.