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Texas Local Government Code - Chapter 7 Type B General-Law MunicipalityLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Local Government Code > Texas Local Government Code - Chapter 7 Type B General-Law Municipality A community may incorporate under this chapter as a Type B general-law municipality if it: (1) constitutes an unincorporated town or village; (2) contains 201 ... (a) The residents of a community may initiate an attempt to incorporate the community under this chapter by filing with the county judge of the ... If satisfactory proof is made that a community that has filed an application to incorporate under this chapter contains the requisite number of inhabitants, the ... The county judge shall appoint an officer to preside at an incorporation election under this chapter. The presiding officer shall appoint two election judges and ... An incorporation election under this chapter may not be held until notice of the election has been posted at three public places in the community ... Each qualified voter who resides within the boundaries of the proposed municipality may vote at the election. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, § 1, ... (a) Within 20 days after the date the county judge receives the returns of an incorporation election, the judge shall, if a majority of the ... A county judge may not order an incorporation election under this chapter to be held earlier than three years after the date of the most ... Texas Lawyers
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