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• Texas Local Government Code Section 1.001 - Purpose Of Code
  (a) This code is enacted as a part of the state's continuing statutory revision program, begun by the Texas Legislative Council in 1963 as directed ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 1.002 - Construction Of Code
  The Code Construction Act (Chapter 311 of the Government Code) applies to the construction of each provision in this code except as otherwise expressly provided ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 1.003 - Internal References
  In this code: (1) a reference to a title, chapter, or section without further identification is a reference to a title, chapter, or section of ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 1.004 - Reference In Law To Statute Revised By Code
  A reference in a law to a statute or a part of a statute revised by this code is considered to be a reference to ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 1.005 - Definitions
  In this code: (1) "General-law municipality" means a municipality designated by Chapter 5 as a Type A general-law municipality, Type B general-law municipality, or Type ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 5.001 - Type A General-Law Municipality
  A municipality is a Type A general-law municipality if it: (1) has incorporated as a Type A general-law municipality under Subchapter A of Chapter 6 ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 5.002 - Type B General-Law Municipality
  A municipality is a Type B general-law municipality if it: (1) has incorporated as a Type B general-law municipality under Chapter 7 and has not ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 5.003 - Type C General-Law Municipality
  A municipality is a Type C general-law municipality if it: (1) has incorporated as a Type C general-law municipality under Subchapter A of Chapter 8 ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 5.004 - Home-Rule Municipality
  A municipality is a home-rule municipality if it operates under a municipal charter that has been adopted or amended as authorized by Article XI, Section ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 5.005 - Special-Law Municipality
  (a) A municipality is a special-law municipality if it operates under a municipal charter granted by a local law enacted by the Congress of the ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 5.901 - Territorial Requirements For Incorporation As General-Law Municipality
  A community may not incorporate as a general-law municipality unless it meets the following territorial requirements: (1) a community with fewer than 2,000 inhabitants must ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 5.902 - Change In Designation From Town To City
  (a) The governing body of a Type A general-law municipality that was designated as a "town" may change by ordinance its designation to a "city." ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 5.903 - Charter Amendments By Special-Law Municipality Incorporated Before June 30, 1881
  (a) A special-law municipality that was incorporated as a town or village before June 30, 1881, by the Congress of the Republic of Texas or ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 5.904 - Municipality Not Governed By Corporate Law
  (a) A municipality may not be considered a corporation under a state statute governing corporations unless the statute extends its application to a municipality by ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 6.001 - Authority To Incorporate As Type A General-Law Municipality
  A community may incorporate under this subchapter as a Type A general-law municipality if it: (1) constitutes an unincorporated city or town; (2) contains 600 ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 6.002 - Incorporation Procedure
  The procedure for incorporating as a Type A general-law municipality is the same as that prescribed for incorporating as a Type B general-law municipality. Acts ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 6.003 - Effective Date Of Incorporation
  The incorporation of the community as a municipality is effective on the date the county judge makes the entry, under Section 7.007, in the records ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 6.011 - Authority To Change To Type A General-Law Municipality
  (a) A municipality incorporated in any manner other than as a Type A general-law municipality may change to a Type A general-law municipality if the ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 6.012 - Procedure For Change
  If a municipality wishes to change to a Type A general-law municipality: (1) at least two-thirds of the governing body of the municipality at a ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 6.013 - Repeal Of Local Law After Change
  Any local law that incorporated a municipality that changes to a Type A general-law municipality under this subchapter is repealed on the date on which ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 6.014 - Change Does Not Affect Prior Name Or Status As Body Corporate
  A municipality that changes to a Type A general-law municipality retains the prior name by which it was known and continues to be a body ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 7.001 - Authority To Incorporate As 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 ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 7.002 - Application To Incorporate
  (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 ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 7.003 - Election Order
  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 ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 7.004 - Election Officers
  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 ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 7.005 - Notice Of Election
  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 ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 7.006 - Qualified Voters
  Each qualified voter who resides within the boundaries of the proposed municipality may vote at the election. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, § 1, ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 7.007 - Order Of Incorporation
  (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 ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 7.008 - Interval Between Elections
  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 Local Government Code Section 8.001 - Authority To Incorporate As Type C General-Law Municipality
  (a) A community may incorporate under this subchapter as a Type C general-law municipality if it: (1) constitutes an unincorporated city, town, or village; (2) ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 8.002 - Petition To Incorporate
  The residents of a community may initiate an attempt to incorporate under this subchapter by filing with the county judge a written petition signed by ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 8.003 - Election Order
  If a county judge receives the petition and if satisfactory proof is made that the community contains the requisite number of inhabitants, the judge shall ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 8.004 - Election Officers
  The county judge shall appoint two election judges and two election clerks to conduct the incorporation election under this subchapter. The county judge shall designate ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 8.005 - Notice Of Election
  Notice of an incorporation election under this subchapter must be published in a newspaper in the community before the 30th day before the date of ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 8.006 - Order Of Incorporation
  If a majority of the votes cast in an election under this subchapter are for incorporation, the county judge shall enter an order in the ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 8.021 - Authority To Change To Type C General-Law Municipality
  (a) A Type A general-law municipality containing 501 to 4,999 inhabitants or a Type B general-law municipality containing 501 to 999 inhabitants may change to ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 8.022 - Petition To Change
  The residents of a municipality may initiate an attempt to make the change under this subchapter by filing with the mayor of the municipality a ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 8.023 - Election Order
  If the mayor receives the petition, the mayor shall order an election on the question of the change to be held in the municipality. Acts ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 8.024 - Election Officers
  The mayor shall appoint two election judges and two election clerks to conduct the election under this subchapter. The mayor shall designate one of the ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 8.025 - Notice Of Election
  In addition to the notice required by Chapter 4, Election Code, notice of an election under this subchapter must be published in a newspaper in ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 8.026 - Order Of Change
  If a majority of the votes cast in an election under this subchapter are for the change, the mayor shall enter an order in the ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 9.001 - Adoption Or Amendment Of Home-Rule Charter
  This chapter applies to the adoption or amendment of a municipal charter by a municipality authorized to do so by Article XI, Section 5, of ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 9.002 - Selection Of Charter Commission
  (a) The governing body of the municipality may, by an ordinance adopted by at least a two-thirds vote of its membership, order an election by ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 9.003 - Vote On Charter
  (a) The charter prepared by the charter commission shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the municipality at an election to be held on ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 9.004 - Charter Amendments
  (a) The governing body of a municipality on its own motion may submit a proposed charter amendment to the municipality's qualified voters for their approval ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 9.005 - Adoption Of Charter Or Amendment
  (a) A proposed charter for a municipality or a proposed amendment to a municipality's charter is adopted if it is approved by a majority of ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 9.006 - Concurrent Elections
  This chapter does not prevent the voters at an election to adopt a charter or an amendment to a charter from electing at the same ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 9.007 - Certification Of Charter Or Amendment
  (a) As soon as practicable after a municipality adopts a charter or charter amendment, the mayor or chief executive officer of the municipality shall certify ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 9.008 - Registration Of Charter Or Amendment; Effect
  (a) The secretary or other officer of a municipality performing functions similar to those of a secretary shall record in the secretary's or other officer's ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 21.001 - Election Of Aldermen By Place System In General-Law Municipality
  (a) The governing body of a general-law municipality that is not divided into wards and that elects its aldermen at large may provide by ordinance ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 21.002 - References To Municipal Governing Body And To Members Of Municipal Governing Body
  A reference in this code or another statute: (1) to a member of the governing body of a municipality includes each member of that body ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 21.003 - Members Of Municipal Governing Bodies May Volunteer
  A member of the governing body of a municipality may serve as a volunteer for an organization that protects the health, safety, or welfare of ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 21.021 - Applicability
  This subchapter applies only to a general-law municipality. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1567, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 21.022 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "District attorney" includes a criminal district attorney. (2) "Incompetency" means: (A) gross ignorance of official duties; (B) gross carelessness in the ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 21.023 - Removal From Office
  The district judge may remove an officer of the municipality from office as provided by this subchapter. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1567, ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 21.024 - No Removal Before Action
  An officer may not be removed under this subchapter for an act the officer committed before election to office if the act was a matter ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 21.025 - General Grounds For Removal
  (a) An officer may be removed from office for: (1) incompetency; (2) official misconduct; or (3) intoxication on or off duty caused by drinking an ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 21.026 - Petition For Removal
  (a) A proceeding for the removal of an officer is begun by filing a written petition for removal in a district court of the county ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 21.027 - Citation Of Officer
  (a) After a petition for removal is filed, the person filing the petition shall apply to the district judge in writing for an order requiring ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 21.028 - Bond
  (a) The judge shall require the person filing the petition to execute a bond, with at least two good and sufficient sureties, in an amount ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 21.029 - Trial
  (a) An officer shall have the right to trial by jury. (b) The trial for the removal of an officer and the proceedings connected with ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 21.030 - Appeal
  (a) Either party to a removal action may appeal the final judgment to the court of appeals in the manner provided for other civil cases. ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 21.031 - Removal By Criminal Conviction
  (a) The conviction of an officer for any felony or for a misdemeanor involving official misconduct operates as an immediate removal from office. (b) The ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 21.032 - Reelection Prohibited For Certain Period
  An officer removed under this subchapter is not eligible for reelection to the same office before the second anniversary of the date of the removal. ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 22.001 - Chapter Applicable To Type A General-Law Municipality
  This chapter applies only to a Type A general-law municipality. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 22.002 - Continuation Of Offices In Municipality Changing To Type A General-Law Municipality
  If a municipality changes to a Type A general-law municipality under Subchapter B of Chapter 6, the officers serving in the municipality on the date ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 22.003 - Date Of Municipal Election
  An election for officers of the municipality shall be held annually, except as otherwise provided by law, in each ward of the municipality on an ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 22.004 - Plurality Vote Required For Election Of Municipal Officer
  To be elected to an office of the municipality, a person must receive more votes than any other person for the office. Acts 1987, 70th ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 22.005 - Oath For Elected Or Appointed Officer
  (a) A person who is elected or appointed to a municipal office under this code must take and sign the official oath of office before ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 22.006 - Date On Which Officers Begin To Perform Duties
  A newly elected municipal officer may exercise the duties of office beginning on the fifth day after the date of the election, excluding Sundays. Acts ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 22.007 - Vacancy Created On Failure To Qualify
  If a municipal officer-elect fails to qualify for office within 30 days after the date of the officer's election, the office is considered vacant. Acts ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 22.008 - Disqualification From Office If Municipal Funds Owed
  An officer who is entrusted with the collection or custody of funds belonging to the municipality and who is in default to the municipality may ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 22.009 - Removal From Office For Misappropriation Of Special Funds
  A municipal officer who misappropriates money in a special fund created by the municipality under Section 101.004 is guilty of malfeasance in office. On the ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 22.010 - Filling Vacancy On Governing Body Or In Other Municipal Office
  (a) If for any reason a single vacancy exists on the governing body of the municipality, a majority of the remaining members, excluding the mayor, ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 22.011 - Filling Vacancy In Municipal Office Under Special Circumstances
  If a vacancy occurs in a municipal office by a resignation or in another manner and if the vacancy cannot be filled as provided by ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 22.012 - Resignation Of Elected Or Appointed Municipal Officer
  A municipal officer elected or appointed under this chapter may resign by submitting the resignation in writing to the governing body of the municipality. The ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 22.031 - Composition Of Governing Body; Ward System Optional
  (a) If the municipality is divided into wards, the governing body of the municipality consists of a mayor who is elected by the qualified voters ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 22.032 - Qualifications Of Members Of Governing Body
  (a) To be eligible for the office of mayor of the municipality, a person must be a registered voter and must have resided within the ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 22.033 - Governing Body To Judge Election And Qualification Of Members
  The governing body of the municipality is the judge of the election and qualifications of its members. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, § 1, ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 22.034 - Initial Election And Term Of Office
  (a) If the municipality is divided into wards, at the initial election for officers of the municipality, the mayor and the two aldermen from each ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 22.035 - Regular Term Of Office
  The mayor and aldermen of the municipality are elected for a term of two years unless a longer term is established under Article XI, Section ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 22.036 - Installation Of Governing Body
  On the fifth day after the date of the election, excluding Sundays, or as soon as possible after that fifth day, the newly elected governing ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 22.037 - Mayor As Presiding Officer; President Pro Tempore
  (a) The mayor shall preside at all meetings of the governing body of the municipality and, except in elections, may vote only if there is ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 22.038 - Meetings
  (a) The governing body of the municipality shall meet at the time and place determined by a resolution adopted by the governing body. (b) The ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 22.039 - Quorum
  A majority of the number of aldermen established by Section 22.031 for the municipality constitutes a quorum. However, at a called meeting or at a ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 22.040 - Change Of Wards
  (a) The governing body of the municipality may divide the municipality into as many wards as it considers necessary for the good of the residents ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 22.041 - Vacancy On Governing Body Is Created
  (a) If an alderman moves from the ward from which the alderman is elected, the alderman's office is considered vacant. (b) If a member of ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 22.042 - Powers And Duties Of Mayor
  (a) The mayor is the chief executive officer of the municipality. The mayor shall at all times actively ensure that the laws and ordinances of ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 22.043 - Petitions And Remonstrances Presented To Governing Body
  Petitions and remonstrances may be presented to the governing body of the municipality and must be in writing. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, § ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 22.071 - Other Municipal Officers
  (a) In addition to the members of the governing body of the municipality, the other officers of the municipality are the secretary, treasurer, assessor and ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 22.072 - Powers And Duties Of Municipal Officers; Bond
  (a) The governing body of the municipality may require a municipal officer whose duties are prescribed by this code to perform additional duties. (b) The ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 22.073 - Powers And Duties Of Secretary
  (a) The secretary of the municipality shall attend each meeting of the governing body of the municipality and shall keep, in a record provided for ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 22.074 - Certification Of Secretaries
  (a) In this section, "institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003, Education Code. (b) A person may be certified to practice ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 22.075 - Bond And Duties Of Treasurer
  (a) The treasurer of the municipality shall execute a bond. The bond must: (1) be in favor of the municipality; (2) be in the form ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 22.076 - Bond Of Marshal; Abolition Of Office
  (a) The marshal of the municipality shall execute a bond. The bond must be conditioned that the marshal will faithfully perform the official duties as ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 22.077 - Removal Of Municipal Officers
  (a) The governing body of the municipality may remove a municipal officer for incompetency, corruption, misconduct, or malfeasance in office after providing the officer with ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 23.001 - Chapter Applicable To Type B General-Law Municipality
  This chapter applies only to a Type B general-law municipality. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 23.002 - Filling Vacancy In Municipal Office
  The aldermen on the governing body of the municipality shall fill any vacancy that occurs in an office created by this chapter or created under ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 23.021 - Initial Election Of Governing Body And Marshal
  Immediately after the municipality has incorporated, the county judge of the county in which the municipality is located shall order an election for a mayor, ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 23.022 - Initial Mayor
  Immediately after election returns for the initial election for municipal officers have been made, the county judge shall commission the candidate who received the highest ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 23.023 - Regular Annual Election
  (a) After the initial election, the election for the mayor, aldermen, and marshal shall be held annually, except as otherwise provided by law, on an ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 23.024 - Qualifications Of Governing Body And Marshal; Bond For Marshal
  (a) To be eligible for the office of mayor, alderman, or marshal of the municipality, a person must be a qualified voter in the municipality ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 23.025 - Initial Term Of Office
  The mayor, aldermen, and marshal elected at the initial election under Section 23.021 hold office until their successors have been duly elected at the following ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 23.026 - Regular Term Of Office
  (a) The mayor, aldermen, and marshal of the municipality are elected for a term of one year unless a longer term is established under Subsection ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 23.027 - President; President Pro Tempore
  (a) The mayor is the president of the governing body of the municipality. (b) At the first meeting of each new governing body or as ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 23.028 - Quorum
  (a) The mayor and three aldermen constitute a quorum. (b) If the mayor is absent, four aldermen constitute a quorum. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 23.029 - Abolition Of Office Of Marshal
  The governing body of a municipality with a population of less than 5,000 by ordinance may abolish the office of marshal and, by the same ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 23.051 - Other Municipal Officers
  The governing body of the municipality may appoint officers, other than the mayor, aldermen, or marshal, as necessary to carry out the municipality's functions under ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 23.052 - Duties Of Municipal Officers; Bond
  (a) The governing body of the municipality may prescribe the duties of the officers it appoints under this subchapter. (b) The governing body shall prescribe ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 23.053 - Removal Of Municipal Officers
  The governing body of the municipality may dismiss at any time the officers that it appoints under this subchapter and may appoint others in their ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 24.001 - Chapter Applicable To Type C General-Law Municipality
  This chapter applies only to a Type C general-law municipality. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 24.021 - Initial Election Of Governing Body Of Community Incorporating As Type C General-Law Municipality; Initial Term
  (a) At the election at which a community votes to incorporate as a Type C general-law municipality, a mayor and two commissioners must be elected. ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 24.022 - Initial Election Of Governing Body Of Municipality Changing To Type C General-Law Municipality; Initial Term
  (a) The mayor of a municipality that votes to change to a Type C general-law municipality continues to hold office for the term for which ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 24.023 - Regular Term Of Office; Regular Election Date
  (a) The mayor and commissioners of the municipality serve for a term of two years unless a longer term is established under Article XI, Section ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 24.024 - Bond Of Mayor And Commissioners
  (a) The mayor and each commissioner of the municipality must execute a bond. The bond must be: (1) in the amount of $3,000; (2) conditioned ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 24.025 - Meetings
  (a) The governing body of the municipality shall hold at least one regular monthly meeting. (b) The mayor or two commissioners may call special meetings ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 24.026 - Filling Vacancy On Governing Body
  (a) If the mayor or commissioner of a municipality dies or resigns, the other members of the governing body of the municipality shall appoint a ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 24.051 - Other Municipal Officers; Duties
  (a) The governing body of the municipality may appoint a municipal attorney and other officers that the governing body considers necessary. (b) The governing body ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 24.052 - Clerk And Tax Assessor-Collector; Bond; Powers And Duties
  (a) The governing body of the municipality shall appoint a competent person as clerk of the municipality. The clerk is also the tax assessor-collector of ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 24.053 - Abolition Of Municipal Office; Discharge Of Officer Or Employee
  At any time, the governing body of the municipality may abolish an office that it creates and may discharge an officer, clerk, or employee that ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 24.071 - Change From Commission Form Of Government To Another Form
  (a) A Type C general-law municipality operating under the commission form of government may adopt the aldermanic form of government provided by Chapter 22 or ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 25.001 - Chapter Applicable To General-Law Municipality With Population Of Less Than 5,000
  This chapter applies only to a general-law municipality with a population of less than 5,000. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, § 1, eff. Sept. ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 25.021 - Adoption Of City Manager Form Of Government
  The municipality, by first holding an election on the question, may adopt the city manager form of government. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, § ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 25.022 - Petition
  (a) The residents of the municipality may file a petition with the clerk of the municipality requesting the mayor to call a special election to ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 25.023 - Proclamation Ordering Election
  (a) Within 10 days after the date a petition is filed, the mayor of the municipality shall issue a proclamation ordering a special election. (b) ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 25.024 - Notice Of Election
  A copy of the proclamation must be posted in at least five conspicuous places in the municipality for at least the 10 days preceding election ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 25.025 - Election; Adoption
  (a) After a petition is filed, an election to consider the adoption of the city manager form of government must be held on the first ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 25.026 - Appointment Of City Manager
  If the city manager form of government is adopted, the governing body of the municipality shall appoint a city manager within 60 days after the ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 25.027 - Qualifications Of City Manager
  (a) The governing body of the municipality shall appoint the city manager solely on the basis of the person's administrative ability. (b) The city manager ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 25.028 - Term Of Office
  The city manager is appointed by and serves at the will of the governing body of the municipality. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, § ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 25.029 - Powers And Duties Of City Manager; Bond
  (a) The city manager shall administer the municipal business and the governing body of the municipality shall ensure that the administration is efficient. (b) The ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 25.051 - Other Municipal Officers
  (a) After a municipality adopts the city manager form of government under this chapter, all municipal officers, except members of the governing body of the ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 25.071 - Abandoning City Manager Form Of Government
  (a) A municipality may abandon the city manager form of government at any time as provided by this section. (b) A petition requesting the mayor ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 25.072 - Duties Of Governing Body If City Manager Form Is Abandoned
  (a) If a majority of votes cast at an election under this subchapter are for abandoning the city manager form of government, the governing body ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 26.001 - Chapter Applicable To Home-Rule Municipality
  This chapter applies only to a home-rule municipality. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 26.021 - Form Of Government
  The municipality may adopt and operate under any form of government, including the aldermanic or commission form. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, § 1, ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 26.041 - Creation Of Municipal Offices
  The municipality may: (1) create offices; (2) determine the method for selecting officers; and (3) prescribe the qualifications, duties, and tenure of office for officers. ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 26.042 - Date For Election Of Officers
  The governing body of the municipality may set the date of election for municipal officers in accordance with applicable provisions of the Election Code. Acts ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 26.043 - Filling Vacancy In Elective Office In Municipality With Population Of 384,000 Or More
  (a) If a vacancy occurs in an elective office of a municipality with a population of 384,000 or more and if the charter of the ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 26.044 - Election From Single-Member And At-Large Districts; Limitation On Years Of Service
  (a) The governing body of a municipality with a population of 1.5 million or more must consist of one mayor elected at large, 16 members ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 26.045 - Filling Vacancy On Governing Body Of Municipality With Population Of 1.5 Million Or More
  If a vacancy occurs on the governing body of a municipality with a population of 1.5 million or more and more than 270 days remain ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 26.046 - Size Of Governing Body: Certain Municipalities
  (a) This section applies only to a municipality with a population of 1.1 million or more that elects each member of its governing body other ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 41.001 - Map Of Municipal Boundaries And Extraterritorial Jurisdiction
  (a) Each municipality shall prepare a map that shows the boundaries of the municipality and of its extraterritorial jurisdiction. A copy of the map shall ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 41.0015 - Notice Of Municipal Boundary Change
  (a) If an area is annexed to or disannexed from a municipality, the mayor or other presiding officer of the governing body of the municipality ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 41.002 - Boundary Survey In General-Law Municipalities
  (a) Immediately after the members of the governing body of a newly incorporated general-law municipality qualify for office, the governing body shall adopt an ordinance ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 41.003 - Inclusion Of Area Receiving Longstanding Treatment As Part Of Municipality
  (a) The governing body of a municipality may adopt an ordinance to declare an area that is adjacent to the municipality and that meets the ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 41.004 - Boundaries Not Affected By Change To Type A General-Law Municipality
  If a municipality changes to a Type A general-law municipality under Subchapter B of Chapter 6, the boundaries of the municipality remain the same as ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 42.001 - Purpose Of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction
  The legislature declares it the policy of the state to designate certain areas as the extraterritorial jurisdiction of municipalities to promote and protect the general ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 42.021 - Extent Of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction
  The extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality is the unincorporated area that is contiguous to the corporate boundaries of the municipality and that is located: (1) ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 42.022 - Expansion Of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction
  (a) When a municipality annexes an area, the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the municipality expands with the annexation to comprise, consistent with Section 42.021, the area ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 42.0225 - Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Around Certain Municipally Owned Property
  (a) This section applies only to an area owned by a municipality that is: (1) annexed by the municipality; and (2) not contiguous to other ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 42.023 - Reduction Of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction
  The extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality may not be reduced unless the governing body of the municipality gives its written consent by ordinance or resolution, ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 42.024 - Transfer Of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Between Certain Municipalities
  (a) In this section: (1) "Adopting municipality" means a home-rule municipality with a population of less than 25,000 that purchases and appropriates raw water for ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 42.025 - Release Of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction By Certain Municipalities
  (a) In this section, "eligible property" means any portion of a contiguous tract of land: (1) that is located in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 42.026 - Limitation On Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Of Certain Municipalities
  (a) In this section, "navigable stream" has the meaning assigned by Section 21.001, Natural Resources Code. (b) This section applies only to an area that ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 42.041 - Municipal Incorporation In Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Generally
  (a) A municipality may not be incorporated in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of an existing municipality unless the governing body of the existing municipality gives its ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 42.0411 - Municipal Incorporation In Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Of Certain Municipalities
  (a) This section applies only to: (1) an area located north and east of Interstate Highway 10 that is included in the extraterritorial jurisdiction, or ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 42.042 - Creation Of Political Subdivision To Supply Water Or Sewer Services, Roadways, Or Drainage Facilities In Extraterritorial Jurisdiction
  (a) A political subdivision, one purpose of which is to supply fresh water for domestic or commercial use or to furnish sanitary sewer services, roadways, ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 42.043 - Requirements Applying To Petition
  (a) A petition under Section 42.041 or 42.042 must: (1) be written; (2) request that the area be annexed or that the services be made ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 42.044 - Creation Of Industrial District In Extraterritorial Jurisdiction
  (a) In this section, "industrial district" has the meaning customarily given to the term but also includes any area in which tourist-related businesses and facilities ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 42.045 - Creation Of Political Subdivision In Industrial District
  (a) A political subdivision, one purpose of which is to provide services of a governmental or proprietary nature, may not be created in an industrial ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 42.046 - Designation Of A Planned Unit Development District In Extraterritorial Jurisdiction
  (a) The governing body of a municipality that has disannexed territory previously annexed for limited purposes may designate an area within its extraterritorial jurisdiction as ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 42.047 - Creation Of A Political Subdivision In An Area Proposed For A Planned Unit Development District
  If the governing body of a municipality that has disannexed territory previously annexed for limited purposes refuses to designate a planned unit development district under ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 42.049 - Authority Of Wells Branch Municipal Utility District
  (a) Wells Branch Municipal Utility district is authorized to contract with a municipality: (1) to provide for payments to be made to the municipality for ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 42.901 - Apportionment Of Extraterritorial Jurisdictions That Overlapped On August 23, 1963
  (a) If, on August 23, 1963, the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality overlapped the extraterritorial jurisdiction of one or more other municipalities, the governing bodies ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 42.902 - Restriction Against Imposing Tax In Extraterritorial Jurisdiction
  The inclusion of an area in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality does not by itself authorize the municipality to impose a tax in the ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 42.903 - Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Of Certain Type B Or C General-Law Municipalities
  (a) This section applies only to a Type B or C general-law municipality: (1) that has more than 200 inhabitants; (2) that is wholly surrounded, ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 42.904 - Extraterritorial Jurisdiction And Voting Rights In Certain Municipalities
  (a) This section applies only to a municipality that has disannexed territory under Section 43.133 that it had previously annexed for limited purposes and that ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.001 - Definition
  In this chapter, "extraterritorial jurisdiction" means extraterritorial jurisdiction as determined under Chapter 42. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.002 - Continuation Of Land Use
  (a) A municipality may not, after annexing an area, prohibit a person from: (1) continuing to use land in the area in the manner in ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.021 - Authority Of Home-Rule Municipality To Annex Area And Take Other Actions Regarding Boundaries
  A home-rule municipality may take the following actions according to rules as may be provided by the charter of the municipality and not inconsistent with ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.022 - Voter Approval Of Annexation By Home-Rule Municipality Required Under Certain Circumstances
  (a) If, under its charter, the governing body of a home-rule municipality initiates or orders an election to submit to the qualified voters of the ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.023 - Authority Of General-Law Municipality With Population Of More Than 5,000 To Annex Area On Petition And Election Of Area Voters
  (a) A general-law municipality with a population of more than 5,000 may annex, as provided by this section, an area that is contiguous to the ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.024 - Authority Of Type A General-Law Municipality To Annex Area On Request Of Area Voters
  (a) This section applies only to the annexation of an area that: (1) is one-half mile or less in width; and (2) is contiguous to ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.025 - Authority Of Type B General-Law Municipality To Annex Area On Request Of Area Voters
  (a) If a majority of the qualified voters of an area contiguous to a Type B general-law municipality vote in favor of becoming a part ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.026 - Authority Of Type A General-Law Municipality To Annex Area It Owns
  The governing body of a Type A general-law municipality by ordinance may annex area that the municipality owns. The ordinance must describe the area by ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.027 - Authority Of General-Law Municipality To Annex Navigable Stream
  The governing body of a general-law municipality by ordinance may annex any navigable stream adjacent to the municipality and within the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction. Acts ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.028 - Authority Of Municipalities To Annex Sparsely Occupied Area On Petition Of Area Landowners
  (a) This section applies only to the annexation of an area: (1) that is one-half mile or less in width; (2) that is contiguous to ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.029 - Authority Of Certain Small Municipalities To Annex Unoccupied Area On Petition Of School Board
  (a) This section applies only to a municipality with a population of: (1) 900 to 920; (2) 1,251 to 1,259; or (3) 3,944 to 3,964. ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.030 - Authority Of Municipality With Population Of 74,000 To 99,700 In Urban County To Annex Small, Surrounded General-Law Municipality
  (a) A municipality that has a population of 74,000 to 99,700, that is located wholly or partly in a county with a population of more ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.031 - Authority Of Adjacent Municipalities To Change Boundaries By Agreement
  Adjacent municipalities may make mutually agreeable changes in their boundaries of areas that are less than 1,000 feet in width. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.032 - Authority Of Certain Type A General-Law Municipalities To Annex An Area Upon Petition By Owners
  (a) The governing body of a general- law municipality with a population of 1,500 to 1,599 may annex an area: (1) that is adjacent to ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.033 - Authority Of General-Law Municipality To Annex Area
  (a) A general-law municipality may annex adjacent territory without the consent of any of the residents or voters of the area and without the consent ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.034 - Authority Of General-Law Municipality To Annex Area; Certain Municipalities
  A general-law municipality may annex adjacent territory without the consent of any of the residents or voters of the area and without the consent of ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.051 - Authority To Annex Limited To Extraterritorial Jurisdiction
  A municipality may annex area only in its extraterritorial jurisdiction unless the municipality owns the area. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, § 1, eff. ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.052 - Municipal Annexation Plan Required
  (a) In this section, "special district" means a municipal utility district, water control and improvement district, or other district created under Section 52, Article III, ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.053 - Inventory Of Services And Facilities Required
  (a) In this section, "public entity" includes a municipality, county, fire protection service provider, including a volunteer fire department, emergency medical services provider, including a ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.054 - Width Requirements
  (a) A municipality with a population of less than 1.6 million may not annex a publicly or privately owned area, including a strip of area ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.0545 - Annexation Of Certain Adjacent Areas
  (a) A municipality may not annex an area that is located in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the municipality only because the area is contiguous to ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.0546 - Annexation Of Certain Adjacent Areas By Populous Municipalities
  (a) In this section, "municipal area" means the area within the corporate boundaries of a municipality other than: (1) an area annexed before September 1, ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.055 - Maximum Amount Of Annexation Each Year
  (a) In a calendar year, a municipality may not annex a total area greater than 10 percent of the incorporated area of the municipality as ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.056 - Provision Of Services To Annexed Area
  (a) Before the first day of the 10th month after the month in which the inventory is prepared as provided by Section 43.053, the municipality ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.0561 - Annexation Hearing Requirements
  (a) Before a municipality may institute annexation proceedings, the governing body of the municipality must conduct two public hearings at which persons interested in the ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.0562 - Negotiations Required
  (a) After holding the hearings as provided by Section 43.0561: (1) if a municipality has a population of less than 1.6 million, the municipality and ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.0563 - Contracts For Provision Of Services In Lieu Of Annexation
  (a) The governing body of a municipality with a population of less than 1.6 million may negotiate and enter into a written agreement with representatives ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.0564 - Arbitration Regarding Negotiations For Services
  (a) If the municipality and the representatives of the area proposed for annexation cannot reach an agreement for the provision of services under Section 43.0562 ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.0565 - Arbitration Regarding Enforcement Of Service Plan
  (a) A person who requests arbitration as provided by Section 43.056(l) must request the appointment of an arbitrator in writing to the municipality. (b) Sections ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.0567 - Provision Of Water Or Sewer Service In Populous Municipality
  (a) The requirements of this section are in addition to those prescribed by Section 43.056. (b) A municipality with a population of more than 1.6 ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.057 - Annexation That Surrounds Area: Findings Required
  If a proposed annexation would cause an area to be entirely surrounded by the annexing municipality but would not include the area within the municipality, ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.061 - Applicability
  This subchapter applies to an area proposed for annexation that is not required to be included in a municipal annexation plan under Section 43.052. Added ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.062 - Procedures Applicable
  (a) Sections 43.051, 43.054, 43.0545, 43.055, 43.0565, 43.0567, and 43.057 apply to the annexation of an area to which this subchapter applies. (b) This subsection ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.063 - Annexation Hearing Requirements
  (a) Before a municipality may institute annexation proceedings, the governing body of the municipality must conduct two public hearings at which persons interested in the ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.064 - Period For Completion Of Annexation; Effective Date
  (a) The annexation of an area must be completed within 90 days after the date the governing body institutes the annexation proceedings or those proceedings ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.065 - Provision Of Services To Annexed Area
  (a) Before the publication of the notice of the first hearing required under Section 43.063, the governing body of the municipality proposing the annexation shall ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.071 - Authority To Annex Water Or Sewer District
  (a) In this section, "water or sewer district" means a district or authority created under Article III, Section 52, Subsections (b)(1) and (2), or under ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.0712 - Invalidation Of Annexation Of Special District; Reimbursement Of Developer
  (a) If a municipality enacts an ordinance to annex a special district and assumes control and operation of utilities within the district, and the annexation ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.0715 - Annexation Of Water-Related Special District: Reimbursement Of Landowner Or Developer; Continuation Of District And Taxing Authority
  (a) In this section: (1) "Special district" means a political subdivision one purpose of which is to supply fresh water for domestic or commercial use ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.072 - Authority To Annex Municipal Utility District By Home-Rule Municipality
  (a) This section applies to a municipal utility district that is located entirely in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a single general-law municipality and that has ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.073 - Abolition Of, Or Division Of Functions Of, Levee Improvement District Annexed By Municipality With Population Of More Than 500,000
  (a) This section applies to a municipality with a population of more than 500,000 that annexes all or part of the area in a levee ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.074 - Abolition Of Water-Related Special District Created Wholly In Municipality
  (a) A water control and improvement district, fresh water supply district, or municipal utility district created from area that, at the time of the district's ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.075 - Abolition Of, Or Division Of Functions Of, Water-Related Special District That Becomes Part Of Not More Than One Municipality
  (a) This section applies to: (1) a municipality that annexes all or part of the area in a water control and improvement district, fresh water ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.0751 - Strategic Partnerships For Continuation Of Certain Districts
  (a) In this section: (1) "District" means a water control and improvement district or a municipal utility district created or operating under Chapter 51 or ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.0752 - Arbitration Of Strategic Partnership Agreement
  (a) If the municipality and the district cannot reach an agreement on the terms of a strategic partnership agreement under Section 43.0751, either party may ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.0753 - Regional Development Agreements
  (a) In this section: (1) "District" means a conservation and reclamation district that is created or operating under Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, and ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.076 - Abolition Of Water-Related Special District That Becomes Part Of More Than One Municipality
  (a) This section applies to a municipality that contains, as a result of the annexation by or the incorporation of the municipality, any part of ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.0761 - Provision Of Water And Sanitary Sewer Utility Service
  (a) A district existing on September 1, 1997, that, within 10 years after the date of its creation, has not provided water and sanitary sewer ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.079 - Consent Requirement For Annexation Of Area In Certain Conservation And Reclamation Districts
  (a) This section applies only to a conservation and reclamation district, including a municipal utility district, that: (1) is located wholly in more than one ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.080 - Municipal Bonds Used To Carry Out Purposes Of Abolished Conservation And Reclamation District
  (a) This section applies only to each municipality that under any other law, including Section 43.075, abolishes a conservation and reclamation district created under Article ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.081 - Continuation Of Certain Municipal Water Boards On Annexation Of Water Control And Improvement District
  (a) A municipal water board that was created by Section 6, Chapter 134, Acts of the 52nd Legislature, Regular Session, 1951, and that continues to ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.101 - Annexation Of Municipally Owned Reservoir By General-Law Municipality
  (a) A general-law municipality may annex: (1) a reservoir owned by the municipality and used to supply water to the municipality; (2) any land contiguous ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.102 - Annexation Of Municipally Owned Airport
  (a) A municipality may annex: (1) an airport owned by the municipality; and (2) the right-of-way of any public road or highway connecting the airport ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.103 - Annexation Of Streets, Highways, And Other Ways By General-Law Municipality
  (a) A general-law municipality with a population of 500 or more may annex, by ordinance and without the consent of any person, the part of ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.105 - Annexation Of Streets By Certain Small General-Law Municipalities
  (a) A general-law municipality that has a population of 1096-1100 and is located in a county with a population of 85,000 or more, or that ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.106 - Annexation Of County Roads Required In Certain Circumstances
  A municipality that proposes to annex any portion of a paved county road must also annex the entire width of the county road and the ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.121 - Authority Of Populous Home-Rule Municipalities To Annex For Limited Purposes; Other Authority Not Affected
  (a) The governing body of a home-rule municipality with more than 225,000 inhabitants by ordinance may annex an area for the limited purposes of applying ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.122 - Certain Strip Annexations Prohibited
  A municipality may not annex for limited purposes any strip of territory, including a strip following the course of a road, highway, river, stream, or ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.123 - Report Regarding Planning Study And Regulatory Plan
  (a) Before the 10th day before the date the first hearing required by Section 43.124 is held, the municipality must prepare a report regarding the ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.124 - Public Hearings
  (a) Before instituting proceedings for annexing an area for limited purposes, the governing body of the municipality must hold two public hearings on the proposed ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.125 - Adoption Of Regulatory Plan
  (a) At the time the governing body of the municipality adopts an ordinance annexing an area for limited purposes, the governing body must also adopt ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.126 - Period For Completion Of Annexation
  The annexation of an area for limited purposes must be completed within 90 days after the date the governing body institutes the annexation proceedings. Added ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.127 - Annexation For Full Purposes
  (a) Except as provided by Section 43.123(e), on or before the date prescribed by the regulatory plan under Section 43.123(d)(2), the municipality must annex the ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.128 - Judicial Remedies: Forced Annexation Or Disannexation
  (a) If the municipality fails to annex the area for full purposes as required by Section 43.127(a), any affected person may petition the district court ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.129 - Consensual Annexation
  The municipality may annex for limited purposes any land for which the landowner requests annexation and provides to the municipality before the effective date of ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.130 - Effect Of Annexation On Voting Rights, Eligibility For Office, And Taxing Authority
  (a) The qualified voters of an area annexed for limited purposes are entitled to vote in municipal elections regarding the election or recall of members ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.131 - Effect Of Annexation On Extraterritorial Jurisdiction
  The annexation of an area for limited purposes does not extend the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction. Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, § 3(k), ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.132 - Municipal Incorporation In Annexed Area
  A municipality may not be incorporated in an area annexed for limited purposes unless the annexing municipality gives its consent. Added by Acts 1989, 71st ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.136 - Authority Of Special-Law Municipality To Annex For Limited Purposes Along Navigable Stream
  (a) The governing body of a special-law municipality located along or on a navigable stream may extend the boundaries of the municipality to include the ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.141 - Disannexation For Failure To Provide Services
  (a) A majority of the qualified voters of an annexed area may petition the governing body of the municipality to disannex the area if the ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.142 - Disannexation According To Municipal Charter In Home-Rule Municipality
  A home-rule municipality may disannex an area in the municipality according to rules as may be provided by the charter of the municipality and not ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.143 - Disannexation By Petition And Election In General-Law Municipality
  (a) When at least 50 qualified voters of an area located in a general-law municipality sign and present a petition to the mayor of the ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.144 - Disannexation Of Sparsely Populated Area In General-Law Municipality
  (a) The mayor and governing body of a general-law municipality by ordinance may discontinue an area as a part of the municipality if: (1) the ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.145 - Disannexation Of Unimproved Area Or Nontaxable Area In Certain Municipalities
  (a) The governing body of a municipality by ordinance may discontinue an area as a part of the municipality if: (1) the municipality has a ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.146 - Disannexation Of Land In A Municipal Utility District
  Notwithstanding any provision of any other law related to the annexation or disannexation of territory, including but not limited to the requirement that the minimum ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.147 - Width Requirement For Disannexation
  (a) A municipality disannexing a road or highway shall also disannex a strip of area that is equal in size to the minimum area that ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.148 - Refund Of Taxes And Fees
  (a) If an area is disannexed, the municipality disannexing the area shall refund to the landowners of the area the amount of money collected by ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.201 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Consent agreement" means an agreement between a district and a municipality under Section 42.042. (2) "Limited-purpose annexation" means annexation authorized under ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.202 - Applicability
  This subchapter applies to: (1) a municipal utility district operating under Chapter 54, Water Code, that: (A) was annexed for full purposes by a municipality ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.203 - Alteration Of Annexation Status
  (a) The governing body of a district by resolution may petition a municipality to alter the annexation status of land in the district from full-purpose ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.851 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Affected county" means Jasper County, Newton County, or Orange County. (2) "Affected municipality" means a municipality the boundaries of which are ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.852 - Annexation Procedures
  Notwithstanding Section 43.052(h), an affected municipality may not annex all or part of an affected unincorporated area unless the affected municipality: (1) includes the affected ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.853 - Notice: Including Area In Plan
  (a) An affected municipality that adopts or amends its municipal annexation plan to include all or part of an affected unincorporated area must comply with ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.854 - Notice: Removing Area From Plan
  (a) An affected municipality that adopts or amends its municipal annexation plan to remove all or part of an affected unincorporated area must comply with ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.855 - Incorporation Procedures
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), if an application or petition to incorporate all or part of an affected unincorporated area is filed with ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.856 - Expiration Date
  This subchapter expires at midnight on December 31, 2030. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1123, § 1, eff. June 15, 2001. Amended by ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.901 - Circumstances In Which Consent To Boundaries Or Annexation Is Presumed
  A municipal ordinance defining boundaries of or annexing area to a municipality is conclusively presumed to have been adopted with the consent of all appropriate ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.902 - Annexation, Extraterritorial Jurisdiction, And Eminent Domain On Inaccessible Gulf Island
  (a) Land on an island bordering the Gulf of Mexico that is not accessible by a public road or common carrier ferry facility may not ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.903 - Effect Of Annexation On Railroad Switching Limits Or Rates
  An annexation by a municipality does not change or otherwise affect the switching limits of a railroad or any rates of a railroad. Acts 1987, ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.905 - Effect Of Annexation On Operation Of School District
  (a) A municipality that proposes to annex an area shall provide written notice of the proposed annexation to each public school district located in the ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.906 - Voting Rights After Annexation
  (a) In connection with an annexation or proposed annexation, a municipality shall apply for preclearance under Section 5, Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 43.907 - Effect Of Annexation On Colonias
  (a) In this section, "colonia" means a geographic area: (1) that has a majority population composed of individuals and families of low income and very ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 51.001 - Ordinance, Rule, Or Regulation Necessary To Carry Out Other Powers
  The governing body of a municipality may adopt, publish, amend, or repeal an ordinance, rule, or police regulation that: (1) is for the good government, ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 51.003 - Municipal Act Or Proceeding Presumed Valid
  (a) A governmental act or proceeding of a municipality is conclusively presumed, as of the date it occurred, to be valid and to have occurred ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 51.011 - Subchapter Applicable To Type A General-Law Municipality
  This subchapter applies only to a Type A general-law municipality. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 51.012 - Ordinances And Regulations
  The municipality may adopt an ordinance, act, law, or regulation, not inconsistent with state law, that is necessary for the government, interest, welfare, or good ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 51.013 - Authority Relating To Lawsuits
  The municipality may sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, and answer and be answered in any matter in any court or other place. ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 51.014 - Authority To Contract
  The municipality may contract with other persons. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 51.015 - Authority To Hold, Purchase, Lease, Or Convey Property
  (a) To carry out a municipal purpose, the municipality may take, hold, purchase, lease, grant, or convey property located in or outside the municipality. (b) ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 51.016 - Adoption And Use Of Seal
  The municipality may adopt a corporate seal for the use of the municipality. The municipality may change and renew the seal. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 51.017 - Continuation Of Powers, Duties, Penalties, And Suits After Change To Type A General-Law Municipality
  (a) This section applies only to a Type A general-law municipality that: (1) changed to that type under Subchapter B of Chapter 6; or (2) ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 51.018 - Ownership And Sale Of Property After Change To Type A General-Law Municipality
  (a) This section applies only to a Type A general-law municipality described by Section 51.017(a). (b) The property belonging to the municipality before it changed ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 51.031 - Subchapter Applicable To Type B General-Law Municipality
  This subchapter applies only to a Type B general-law municipality. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 51.032 - Ordinances And Bylaws
  (a) The governing body of the municipality may adopt an ordinance or bylaw, not inconsistent with state law, that the governing body considers proper for ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 51.033 - Authority Relating To Lawsuits
  The municipality may sue and be sued and may plead and be impleaded. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 51.034 - Authority To Hold And Dispose Of Property
  The municipality may hold and dispose of: (1) personal property; and (2) real property located within the municipal boundaries. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 51.035 - Authority, Duties, Privileges
  A Type B general-law municipality has the same authority, duties, and privileges as a Type A general-law municipality, unless the Type B general-law municipality in ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 51.051 - General Powers Of Type C General-Law Municipality
  (a) The governing body of a Type C general-law municipality with 501 to 4,999 inhabitants has the same authority and is subject to the same ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 51.052 - Alternative General Powers For Certain Type C General-Law Municipalities
  (a) A municipality that is incorporated as a Type C general-law municipality and that has $500,000 or more of assessed valuation for taxable purposes, according ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 51.071 - Subchapter Applicable To Home-Rule Municipality
  This subchapter applies only to a home-rule municipality. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 51.072 - Authority Of Local Self-Government
  (a) The municipality has full power of local self-government. (b) The grant of powers to the municipality by this code does not prevent, by implication ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 51.073 - Adoption Of Charter Does Not Affect Rights And Claims
  The adoption or amendment of the municipality's charter does not affect any previously existing property, action, right of action, claim, or demand involving the municipality. ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 51.074 - Perpetual Succession
  The municipality may act in perpetual succession as a body politic. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 51.075 - Authority Relating To Lawsuits
  The municipality may plead and be impleaded in any court. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 51.076 - Authority Relating To Property
  (a) The municipality may hold property, including any charitable or trust fund, that it receives by gift, deed, devise, or other manner. (b) The municipality ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 51.077 - Liability For Damages
  The municipality may adopt rules, as it considers advisable, governing the municipality's liability for damages caused to a person or property. The municipality may provide ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 51.078 - Preservation Of Certain Powers Granted Before 1913
  Powers granted before July 1, 1913, to a municipality by general law or special law continue to be powers of the municipality after it adopts ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 51.079 - Restrictions Applying To Nonbinding Referendum
  (a) A nonbinding referendum held by the municipality as a result of a petition by the voters of the municipality must be held on the ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 52.001 - Subchapter Applicable To Type A General-Law Municipality
  This subchapter applies only to a Type A general-law municipality. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 52.002 - Style
  (a) The style of an ordinance of the municipality must be: "Be it ordained by the _____________ (insert the name by which the governing body ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 52.003 - Approval By Mayor And Related Conditions For Ordinance To Take Effect
  (a) Before an ordinance or resolution adopted by the governing body of the municipality may take effect, the ordinance or resolution must be placed in ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 52.004 - Official Newspaper
  (a) As soon as practicable after the beginning of each municipal year, the governing body of the municipality shall contract, as determined by ordinance or ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 52.011 - Type A General-Law Municipality
  (a) If a Type A general-law municipality adopts an ordinance that imposes a penalty, fine, or forfeiture, the ordinance, or a caption that summarizes the ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 52.012 - Type B General-Law Municipality
  (a) Before an ordinance or a bylaw of a Type B general-law municipality may be enforced, the ordinance or bylaw, or a caption that summarizes ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 52.013 - Home-Rule Municipalities
  (a) The governing body of a home-rule municipality may publish a caption of an adopted ordinance that summarizes the purpose of the ordinance and any ...
• 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 ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 54.001 - General Enforcement Authority Of Municipalities; Penalty
  (a) The governing body of a municipality may enforce each rule, ordinance, or police regulation of the municipality and may punish a violation of a ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 54.002 - Imposition Of Fine In Type B General-Law Municipality
  (a) The governing body of a Type B general-law municipality may prescribe the fine for the violation of a municipal bylaw or ordinance. (b) If ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 54.003 - Remission Of Fine By Type A General-Law Municipality
  On a two-thirds vote of the members present, the governing body of a Type A general-law municipality may remit a fine or a penalty, or ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 54.004 - Preservation Of Health, Property, Good Government, And Order In Home-Rule Municipality
  A home-rule municipality may enforce ordinances necessary to protect health, life, and property and to preserve the good government, order, and security of the municipality ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 54.005 - Notices To Certain Property Owners
  (a) A governmental entity that is required by statute, rule, regulation, or ordinance to send a notice to an owner of real property for the ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 54.006 - Nonseverability Of Certain Consolidated Offenses
  Section 3.04(a), Penal Code, does not apply to two or more offenses consolidated or joined for trial under Section 3.02, Penal Code, if each of ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 54.012 - Civil Action
  A municipality may bring a civil action for the enforcement of an ordinance: (1) for the preservation of public safety, relating to the materials or ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 54.013 - Jurisdiction; Venue
  Jurisdiction and venue of an action under this subchapter are in the district court or the county court at law of the county in which ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 54.014 - Preferential Setting
  If the municipality submits to the court a verified motion that includes facts that demonstrate that a delay will unreasonably endanger persons or property, the ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 54.015 - Procedure
  (a) The only allegations required to be pleaded in an action brought under this subchapter are: (1) the identification of the real property involved in ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 54.016 - Injunction
  (a) On a showing of substantial danger of injury or an adverse health impact to any person or to the property of any person other ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 54.017 - Civil Penalty
  (a) In a suit against the owner or the owner's representative with control over the premises, the municipality may recover a civil penalty if it ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 54.018 - Action For Repair Or Demolition Of Structure
  (a) The municipality may bring an action to compel the repair or demolition of a structure or to obtain approval to remove the structure and ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 54.019 - Imprisonment; Contempt
  (a) A person is not subject to personal attachment or imprisonment for the failure to pay a civil penalty assessed under this subchapter. (b) This ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 54.031 - Subchapter Applicable To Certain Municipalities
  This subchapter applies to a municipality that by ordinance implements the subchapter. Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1113, § 1, eff. Aug. 28, ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 54.032 - Ordinances Subject To Quasi-Judicial Enforcement
  This subchapter applies only to ordinances: (1) for the preservation of public safety, relating to the materials or methods used to construct a building or ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 54.033 - Building And Standards Commission
  (a) The governing body of the municipality may provide for the appointment of a building and standards commission to hear and determine cases concerning alleged ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 54.034 - Proceedings Of Commission Panels
  (a) All cases to be heard by the commission may be heard by any panel of the commission. A majority of the members of a ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 54.035 - Notice
  (a) Notice of all proceedings before the commission panels must be given: (1) by personal delivery or by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 54.036 - Functions
  A commission panel may: (1) order the repair, within a fixed period, of buildings found to be in violation of an ordinance; (2) declare a ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 54.037 - Civil Penalty
  (a) A determination made under Section 54.036(5) is final and binding and constitutes prima facie evidence of the penalty in any court of competent jurisdiction ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 54.038 - Vote
  A majority vote of the members voting on a matter is necessary to take any action under this subchapter and any ordinance adopted by the ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 54.039 - Judicial Review
  (a) Any owner, lienholder, or mortgagee of record jointly or severally aggrieved by any decision of a commission panel may present a petition to a ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 54.040 - Lien; Abstract
  (a) An abstract of judgment shall be issued against all parties found to be the owners of the subject property or in possession of that ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 54.041 - Commission Panel Decision Final
  If no appeals are taken from the decision of the commission panel within the required period, the decision of the commission panel is, in all ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 54.042 - Municipal Court Proceeding Not Affected
  This subchapter does not affect the ability of a municipality to proceed under the jurisdiction of the municipal court. Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 54.043 - Alternative Adjudication Processes
  A municipality by ordinance may adopt a civil adjudication process, as an alternative to the enforcement process prescribed by the other provisions of this subchapter, ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 54.044 - Alternative Procedure For Administrative Hearing
  (a) As an alternative to the enforcement processes described by this subchapter, a municipality by ordinance may adopt a procedure for an administrative adjudication hearing ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 61.001 - Authority To Consolidate
  Two or more contiguous municipalities in the same county may consolidate under one government in the manner provided by this chapter. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 61.002 - Consolidation Election
  A consolidation of municipalities under this chapter must be approved at an election ordered and held for that purpose. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 61.003 - Petitions To Consolidate; Election Orders
  (a) If at least 100 qualified voters of each of two or more municipalities petition the governing bodies of their respective municipalities to order a ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 61.004 - Sequence Of Elections; Election Dates
  (a) The municipality having the smallest population among the municipalities voting on the consolidation issue shall hold the first consolidation election. The governing body of ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 61.005 - Conduct Of Election
  A consolidation election shall be conducted under the ordinances of the municipality holding the election and in conformity with the laws of this state. Acts ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 61.006 - Approval And Registration Of Consolidation
  (a) If a majority of the votes received in the consolidation election in each municipality favor consolidation, the election returns shall be recorded in the ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 61.007 - Certification Of Consolidation
  If a majority of the votes received in each municipality favor consolidation, as soon as practicable after the returns are made, the mayor or chief ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 61.008 - Effect Of Consolidation
  In a consolidation under this chapter, the smaller municipalities: (1) adopt the charter, ordinances, and, unless otherwise provided at the time of the consolidation, the ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 61.009 - Merger Of Consolidated Municipalities
  (a) After a consolidation is effective, the records, public property, money, credits, accounts, and all other assets of the smaller of the consolidated municipalities shall ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 61.010 - Interval Between Elections
  If a majority of the votes in a consolidation election in any municipality do not favor consolidation, another consolidation election involving the same municipalities may ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 62.001 - Abolition Of Corporate Existence
  A special-law municipality with 10,000 or fewer inhabitants or a general-law municipality may abolish its corporate existence as provided by this subchapter. Acts 1987, 70th ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 62.002 - Petition And Election
  (a) The mayor of the municipality shall order an election on the question of abolishing the municipality's corporate existence if a petition requesting that the ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 62.003 - Election Order; Conduct Of Election
  The election shall be ordered, conducted, and canvassed in the same manner as is required for an election to incorporate the municipality, except that the ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 62.004 - Declaration Of Abolition; Certification
  If a majority of the votes received in an abolition election are for abolition, the mayor of the municipality shall declare the municipality abolished and ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 62.041 - Application For And Appointment Of Receiver
  (a) Any creditor of a validly incorporated municipality that abolishes its corporate existence may apply to a district judge in the district in which the ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 62.042 - Notice Of Application
  Before a judge may appoint a receiver, written notice stating the substance of the application for the appointment of the receiver and when and before ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 62.043 - Bond
  (a) A judge appointing a receiver shall set the receiver's bond at an amount that is at least twice the probable amount of the indebtedness ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 62.044 - Filing And Recording Order And Bond
  The district clerk of the county in which the abolished municipality is located shall file the receiver's bond and the order appointing the receiver with ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 62.045 - Duties And Authority
  (a) After the receiver gives the required bond, and after the bond is filed and recorded, the receiver shall: (1) take control of all real ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 62.046 - Compensation
  A court appointing a receiver under this subchapter may authorize compensation for the receiver. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 62.081 - Presentation Of Claims
  A person who has a claim against an abolished municipality must present a verified statement of the amount of the claim to the receiver within ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 62.082 - Notice Of Claims
  (a) A receiver may not allow or approve a claim or account against an abolished municipality until notice of presentment of the claim or account ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 62.083 - Approval Of Claims
  If the receiver of an abolished municipality determines a claim is correct, the receiver shall mark it as allowed and file it in the district ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 62.084 - Complete Or Partial Disallowance Of Claim
  (a) If a receiver of an abolished municipality determines that a claim is partially or completely unjust, the receiver shall endorse his finding on the ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 62.085 - Taxpayer Protest
  (a) A district court may not approve a claim against an abolished municipality until the full amount of the claim is established by the judgment ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 62.086 - Suits To Establish Claims
  (a) A claimant may bring a suit against the receiver of an abolished municipality to establish a claim the receiver completely or partially disallowed or ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 62.087 - Allowance And Approval Of Established Claims
  A receiver of an abolished municipality shall allow, and a district court shall approve, a claim that is established by a judgment against the receiver. ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 62.088 - Liability For Costs
  (a) A claimant in a suit against the receiver of an abolished municipality who rejects part of the claimant's claim is liable for the costs ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 62.089 - Limitations
  (a) Limitations do not begin to run, do not expire, and may not be pled to bar a claim against an abolished municipality until six ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 62.090 - Payment Of Claims
  The court in which the receivership of an abolished municipality is pending shall: (1) provide for the payment of the claims legally established against the ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 62.091 - Additional Tax
  (a) If the money of an abolished municipality and the proceeds from the sale of its property are insufficient to pay its indebtedness, at the ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 62.092 - Assessment And Collection Of Tax
  (a) The tax assessor-collector for the county in which an abolished municipality is located shall assess and collect a tax ordered under Section 62.091. (b) ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 62.093 - Delinquent Taxes
  A receiver for an abolished municipality may bring suit against a delinquent taxpayer and enforce a lien against the taxpayer's property in the same manner ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 62.094 - Distribution Of Assets
  (a) The compensation of the receiver, court costs, and expenses have priority over other claims against an abolished municipality and shall be paid first out ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 62.121 - Administration Of Public Schools
  If at the time a municipality is abolished under this chapter the public schools of the municipality are managed by trustees appointed or elected by ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 62.122 - Taxes
  A receiver for an abolished municipality shall collect all unpaid taxes levied before the date of abolition for municipal or school purposes, together with any ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 62.123 - Public Property
  If a municipality abolished under this chapter owns public buildings, public parks, public works, or other public property on the date of abolition and the ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 62.161 - Settlement By Corporate Officers
  (a) If a municipality or de facto municipality that has indebtedness outstanding is abolished, declared void by a court of competent jurisdiction, or ceases to ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 62.162 - Settlement By Trustees
  (a) If a municipality's officers fail or refuse to settle its affairs under Section 62.161, on the petition of any resident taxpayer of the municipality ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 62.163 - Action For Debt
  (a) The holder of an indebtedness against a municipality to which Section 62.161 applies may bring a suit to establish the indebtedness in any court ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 62.201 - Petition For Abolition
  After the 120th day after the date a municipality ceases to have any persons residing within its boundaries, the owners of a majority of the ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 62.202 - Hearing
  (a) Before the 60th day after the date the petition is filed, the district judge of the court shall hold a hearing on the petition. ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 62.203 - Abolition Order
  At the conclusion of the hearing or within 10 days after the date the hearing is concluded, the district judge shall issue an order declaring ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 62.204 - Notice To Commissioners Court
  On the issuance of the order abolishing the municipality, the district judge shall certify the abolition to the commissioners court of the county in which ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 71.001 - Corporate And Political Body
  A county is a corporate and political body. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 71.002 - Place For Holding Terms Of Courts In New County Before County Seat Is Designated
  Until the county seat of a new county is established, the terms of the district, county, and commissioners courts of the county shall be held ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 71.011 - Application And Election
  (a) A part of a county may not be detached from one county and attached to another county unless the proposition for the change is ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 71.012 - Election Results
  (a) The returns of each election shall be made to the county judge of the county in which the election is held. (b) The county ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 71.013 - Subsequent Election
  If the election is held in a county and the proposition to detach part of the county is defeated at the election, a subsequent election ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 71.021 - Attachment Of Counties
  (a) Until a new county is legally organized, the territory of the new county remains subject to the county from which it is taken. (b) ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 71.022 - Establishment Of Precincts
  (a) If a new county is established, the commissioners court of the county from which the largest part of the territory of the new county ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 71.023 - Election Of County Officers
  (a) Before one month before the date of the next scheduled general election after a new county is established, the county judge of the county ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 71.024 - Organization Of Attached County
  On the written petition of at least 75 qualified voters who are residents of a disorganized county, the commissioners court of the county to which ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 71.025 - Delivery To New Officers
  The officers of a county from which a new county has been created or to which a newly organized county has been attached and all ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 71.031 - Liability Of New County
  (a) A new county is liable for a proportionate share of the indebtedness of the county from which it was created. (b) The new county's ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 71.032 - Suit To Enforce Payment Of Liability
  (a) A county from which a new county has been created may sue to recover the new county's share of the original county's indebtedness. The ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 71.033 - Tax To Pay Indebtedness
  (a) If the original county recovers in a suit brought under Section 71.032(a), the court that renders the judgment shall order the commissioners court of ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 71.034 - Liability Of Attached Territory
  (a) If a part of a county is detached from a county and attached to another county, the attached territory remains liable for its proportionate ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 71.035 - County Bonds Held By School Fund
  (a) The comptroller of public accounts shall apportion between a county and a new county created from territory detached from the original county the bonds, ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 72.001 - Boundary Survey; Appointment Of Surveyor
  (a) If a county court finds, or is notified by the commissioner of the General Land Office, that the boundary or part of a boundary ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 72.002 - Notice To Adjacent County; Appointment Of Additional Surveyor
  (a) A county court that orders a boundary survey shall give notice of the survey to the county court of any other county that has ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 72.003 - Boundary Markers
  (a) The initial corners of the survey shall be designated by boundary markers. (b) Only a post, a stone monument, or a mound may be ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 72.004 - Duties Of Surveyor; Field Notes
  (a) A surveyor appointed under this chapter shall describe the initial corners of the boundary lines on the boundary markers established at the corners. The ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 72.005 - Oath And Bond Of Surveyor
  (a) Before performing duties under this chapter, a surveyor must take the oath of office prescribed by the constitution for appointed officers and must execute ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 72.006 - Payment Of Expenses
  (a) The counties that have an interest in the boundary lines in question shall divide the expenses incurred in making the survey and establishing the ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 72.007 - Effect Of Failure Of Appointed Surveyor To Appear
  If either of the surveyors appointed under Sections 72.001 and 72.002 is absent at the time and place scheduled for the beginning of the survey, ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 72.008 - Effect Of Failure To Agree On Boundary
  (a) If the surveyors appointed under Sections 72.001 and 72.002 fail to agree on the boundary line in question between their respective counties, they shall ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 72.009 - Suit To Establish Boundaries
  (a) A county may bring suit against an adjacent county to establish the common boundary line. The suit must be brought in the district court ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 73.001 - Election Requirement
  If a new county is organized, the county judge who conducts the election for officers for the new county shall order an election for the ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 73.002 - Vote Required For Location
  The location that receives the majority of votes cast in the election is the county seat. However, a county seat first established in a newly ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 73.011 - Application For Relocation Election
  (a) The county judge of a county shall order an election on the question of the relocation of the county seat of the county if ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 73.012 - Designation Of Geographic Center Of County
  (a) On notification by a county judge that a proposition to relocate the county seat has been submitted to the people of the county or ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 73.013 - Election Requirements
  (a) A relocation election must be held on the first election date that is authorized by Chapter 41, Election Code, and that occurs after the ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 73.014 - Election Results; Relocation Of County Seat
  (a) Within 10 days after the date the relocation election is held, the officers who conduct the election shall bring the election returns to the ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 73.015 - Subsequent Relocation
  After an election for the location or removal of a county seat has been held and the question settled, an application for another relocation of ...
• Texas Local Government Code Section 81.001 - Composition, Presiding Officer
  (a) The members of the commissioners court are the county judge and the coun