Texas Local Government Code Section 53.001 - Adoption Of Code
(a) A municipality may adopt by ordinance a codification of its civil and criminal ordinances, together with appropriate penalties for the violation of the ordinances. ...

Texas Local Government Code Section 53.002 - Publication Of Adoption Ordinance
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the ordinance adopting a code of municipal ordinances shall be published in the official publication of the municipality ...

Texas Local Government Code Section 53.003 - Subdivision Of Code
A code of municipal ordinances may be subdivided into chapters, titles, articles, or sections at the discretion of the governing body of the municipality. Acts ...

Texas Local Government Code Section 53.004 - Change Or Repeal Of Ordinance
If a change in a municipality's form of government and designation of offices and officers necessitates the change or repeal of an ordinance or part ...

Texas Local Government Code Section 53.005 - Effect Of Codification
(a) A municipal code of ordinances has the force and effect of an ordinance regularly adopted in accordance with law. (b) The record of the ...

Texas Local Government Code Section 53.006 - Printed Code As Evidence
(a) A municipality may have printed, under the direction of the governing body of the municipality, a copy of the code that is authenticated and ...

Last modified: August 10, 2007