Texas Local Government Code Title 2, Chapter 9 - Home-rule Municipality

• Texas 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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...

Last modified: September 28, 2016