Texas Local Government Code Title 2, Chapter 23 - Aldermanic Form Of Government In Type B General-law Municipality

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas 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, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

SUBCHAPTER B GOVERNING BODY AND MARSHAL

• Texas Section 23.002 - Filling Vacancy In Municipal Office
  (a) The aldermen on the governing body of the municipality shall fill any vacancy that occurs in an office created by this chapter or created...
• Texas 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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....

SUBCHAPTER C OTHER MUNICIPAL OFFICERS

• Texas 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 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 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 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...

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