Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: May the City Council of the City of Athens, Texas, a home-rule city, determine that its population is more than 10,000 people and thereby make effective Art. 5.16 of the Texas Election Code relative to poll tax exemptions as to voters in that City.

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000