Texas Local Government Code Title 2, Chapter 53 - Code Of Municipal Ordinances

• Texas 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 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 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 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 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 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...

Last modified: September 28, 2016