Texas Local Government Code Title 2, Chapter 5 - Types Of Municipalities In General

SUBCHAPTER A TYPES OF MUNICIPALITIES

• Texas 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 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 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 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...

SUBCHAPTER Z MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS AFFECTING TYPES OF MUNICIPALITIES

• Texas 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 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 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 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 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...

Last modified: September 28, 2016