The election shall be conducted so that votes are separately tabulated and canvassed and that the result is declared in each unit of election in the authority as follows:

1. (1) in each municipality in the authority; and
2. (2) in the unincorporated area of each county in the authority.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 155, Sec. 1, eff. May 21, 1999.