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TX Loc Govt Code § 9.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle A - Types of Municipalities|Chapter 9 - Home-Rule Municipality|Section 9.004. Charter Amendments

Sec. 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 at an election.  The governing body shall submit a proposed charter amendment to the voters for their approval at an election if the submission is supported by a petition signed by a number of qualified voters of the municipality equal to at least five percent of the number of qualified voters of the municipality or 20,000, whichever number is the smaller.(b)  The ordinance ordering the election shall provide for the election to be held on the first authorized uniform election date prescribed by the Election Code or on the earlier of the date of the next municipal general election or presidential general election.  The election date must allow sufficient time to comply with other requirements of law and must occur on or after the 30th day after the date the ordinance is adopted.(c)  Notice of the election shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation published in the municipality.  The notice must:(1)  include a substantial copy of the proposed amendment;(2)  include an estimate of the anticipated fiscal impact to the municipality if the proposed amendment is approved at the election; and(3)  be published on the same day in each of two successive weeks, with the first publication occurring before the 14th day before the date of the election.(d)  An amendment may not contain more than one subject.(e)  The ballot shall be prepared so that a voter may approve or disapprove any one or more amendments without having to approve or disapprove all of the amendments.(f)  The requirement imposed by Subsection (c)(2) does not waive governmental immunity for any purpose and a person may not seek injunctive relief or any other judicial remedy to enforce the estimate of the anticipated fiscal impact on the municipality.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1219, Sec. 5, eff. June 20, 1997;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1349, Sec. 76, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 414 (S.B. 1086), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 9.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle A - Types of Municipalities|Chapter 9 - Home-Rule Municipality|Section 9.005. Adoption of Charter or Amendment

Sec. 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 the qualified voters of the municipality who vote at an election held for that purpose.(b)  A charter or an amendment does not take effect until the governing body of the municipality enters an order in the records of the municipality declaring that the charter or amendment is adopted.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 9.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle A - Types of Municipalities|Chapter 9 - Home-Rule Municipality|Section 9.006. Concurrent Elections

Sec. 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 election persons to hold office under the charter or amendment.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 9.007 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle A - Types of Municipalities|Chapter 9 - Home-Rule Municipality|Section 9.007. Certification of Charter or Amendment

Sec. 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 to the secretary of state an authenticated copy of the charter or amendment under the municipality's seal showing the approval by the voters of the municipality.(b)  The secretary of state shall file and record the certification in his office in a book kept for that purpose.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 9.008 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle A - Types of Municipalities|Chapter 9 - Home-Rule Municipality|Section 9.008. Registration of Charter or Amendment; Effect

Sec. 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 office a charter or charter amendment adopted by the voters of the municipality.  If a charter or amendment is not recorded on microfilm, as may be permitted under another law, it shall be recorded in a book kept for that purpose.(b)  Recorded charters or amendments are public acts.  Courts shall take judicial notice of them, and no proof is required of their provisions.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 41.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle C - Municipal Boundaries and Annexation|Chapter 41 - Municipal Boundaries|Section 41.001. Map of Municipal Boundaries and Extraterritorial Jurisdiction

Sec. 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.  The municipality shall maintain a copy of the map in a location that is easily accessible to the public, including:(1)  in the office of the secretary or clerk of the municipality;(2)  if the municipality has a municipal engineer, in the office of the engineer; and(3)  if the municipality maintains an Internet website, on the municipality's website.(a-1)  A municipality shall make a copy of a map required under Subsection (a) available without charge.(b)  If the municipality annexes territory, the map shall be immediately corrected to include the annexed territory.  The map shall be annotated to indicate:(1)  the date of annexation;(2)  the number of the annexation ordinance, if any;  and(3)  a reference to the minutes or municipal ordinance records in which the ordinance is recorded in full.(c)  If the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction is expanded or reduced, the map shall be immediately corrected to indicate the change in the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction.  The map shall be annotated to indicate:(1)  the date the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction was changed;(2)  the number of the ordinance or resolution, if any, by which the change was made;  and(3)  a reference to the minutes or municipal ordinance or resolution records in which the ordinance or resolution is recorded in full.(d)  In addition to the requirements of this section, a home-rule municipality shall create, or contract for the creation of, and make publicly available a digital map that complies with this section.  A digital map required under this subsection must be made available without charge and in a format widely used by common geographic information system software.  If the municipality maintains an Internet website, the municipality shall make the digital map available on the municipality's website.(e)  A home-rule municipality that does not have common geographic information system software shall make the digital map available in any other widely used electronic format in accordance with Subsection (d).|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 970, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1217 (S.B. 1303), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 41.0015 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle C - Municipal Boundaries and Annexation|Chapter 41 - Municipal Boundaries|Section 41.0015. Notice of Municipal Boundary Change

Sec. 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 shall, within 30 days after the date of preclearance under Section 5, Federal Voting Rights Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1973c), of the annexation or disannexation, send to the county clerk of each county in which the municipality is located a certified copy of documents showing the change in boundaries.(b)  The county shall promptly correct to reflect the change in municipal boundaries any official county map kept by the county that would be affected by the change.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1160, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1989.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 41.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle C - Municipal Boundaries and Annexation|Chapter 41 - Municipal Boundaries|Section 41.002. Boundary Survey in General-Law Municipalities

Sec. 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 requiring a survey of the boundaries of the municipality to be made.(b)  The survey must be based on the boundaries designated in the petition for incorporation.  The field notes of the survey must be recorded in the minutes of the municipality and in the deed records of the county in which the municipality is located.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 41.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle C - Municipal Boundaries and Annexation|Chapter 41 - Municipal Boundaries|Section 41.003. Inclusion of Area Receiving Longstanding Treatment as Part of Municipality

Sec. 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 requirements of Subsection (b) to be a part of the municipality.  The adoption of the ordinance creates an irrebuttable presumption that the area is a part of the municipality for all purposes.  The presumption may not be contested for any cause after the effective date of the ordinance.(b)  An area qualifies for inclusion in a municipality under this section only if, on the date of the adoption of the ordinance:(1)  the records of the municipality indicate that the area has been a part of the municipality for at least the preceding 20 years;(2)  the municipality has provided municipal services, including police protection, to the area and has otherwise treated the area as a part of the municipality during the preceding 20 years;(3)  there has not been a final judicial determination during the preceding 20 years that the area is outside the boundaries of the municipality;  and(4)  there is no pending lawsuit that challenges the inclusion of the area as part of the municipality.(c)  The date on which an area that is made a part of a municipality under this section is considered to be a part of the municipality is retroactive to the date on which the municipality began its continuous treatment of the area as part of the municipality.  That date shall be used for all relevant purposes, including a determination of whether territory allegedly annexed by the municipality was adjacent to the municipality at the time of the purported annexation.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 41.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle C - Municipal Boundaries and Annexation|Chapter 41 - Municipal Boundaries|Section 41.004. Boundaries Not Affected by Change to Type a General-Law Municipality

Sec. 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 they existed under the law governing the municipality before the change.  After the change, the boundaries are subject to the law governing Type A general-law municipalities.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 53.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle D - General Powers of Municipalities|Chapter 53 - Code of Municipal Ordinances|Section 53.001. Adoption of Code

Sec. 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.(b)  On the adoption of the code, the secretary of the municipality shall record the code in the municipality's ordinance records.(c)  The code is effective on its adoption.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 53.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle D - General Powers of Municipalities|Chapter 53 - Code of Municipal Ordinances|Section 53.002. Publication of Adoption Ordinance

Sec. 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 or in a newspaper published in the municipality or county as provided by law.(b)  If the municipality is a special-law municipality and its charter provides for the publication of both civil and criminal ordinances, the municipality shall publish the ordinance in compliance with its charter.(c)  It is not necessary to publish the code itself.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.  Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 87(d), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 53.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle D - General Powers of Municipalities|Chapter 53 - Code of Municipal Ordinances|Section 53.003. Subdivision of Code

Sec. 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 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 53.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle D - General Powers of Municipalities|Chapter 53 - Code of Municipal Ordinances|Section 53.004. Change or Repeal of Ordinance

Sec. 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 of an ordinance being codified, the municipality may amend, omit, or repeal the ordinance in the codification to conform it to the municipality's present form of government without separately reenacting, repealing, or amending the source ordinance.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 53.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle D - General Powers of Municipalities|Chapter 53 - Code of Municipal Ordinances|Section 53.005. Effect of Codification

Sec. 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 code in the municipality's ordinance records is a record of the codified ordinances and establishes the content of those ordinances.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 53.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle D - General Powers of Municipalities|Chapter 53 - Code of Municipal Ordinances|Section 53.006. Printed Code as Evidence

Sec. 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 approved by the mayor's signature and attested by the secretary of the municipality.(b)  In a court, the printed code is prima facie evidence of the existence and regular enactment of the ordinance adopting the code.  A court shall admit the printed code in evidence without further proof.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 61.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle E - Consolidation and Abolition of Municipalities|Chapter 61 - Consolidation of Municipalities|Section 61.001. Authority to Consolidate

Sec. 61.001.  AUTHORITY TO CONSOLIDATE.  The following municipalities may consolidate under one government in the manner provided by this chapter:(1)  two or more contiguous municipalities in the same county; or(2)  two noncontiguous municipalities located in the same county if:(A)  the distance between the municipalities is less than 2.5 miles; and(B)  each municipality is located within one mile of an international boundary.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 473 (H.B. 2212), Sec. 1, eff. June 16, 2007.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 61.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle E - Consolidation and Abolition of Municipalities|Chapter 61 - Consolidation of Municipalities|Section 61.002. Consolidation Election

Sec. 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, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 61.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle E - Consolidation and Abolition of Municipalities|Chapter 61 - Consolidation of Municipalities|Section 61.003. Petitions to Consolidate; Election Orders

Sec. 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 consolidation election, the governing body of each municipality may order an election on the proposition in the sequence prescribed by Section 61.004.  However, if a petition is signed by the number of qualified voters that equals 15 percent or more of the total vote cast at the most recent general election for municipal officials in a municipality, the governing body of the municipality shall order an election on the proposition, except as otherwise provided by this chapter.(b)  An election under this section shall be held at the municipality's regular polling places.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 61.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle E - Consolidation and Abolition of Municipalities|Chapter 61 - Consolidation of Municipalities|Section 61.004. Sequence of Elections; Election Dates

Sec. 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 a municipality holding an election shall order the election within 45 days after the date the petition is filed.(b)  If a majority of the votes received in an election are in favor of consolidation, each larger municipality in turn, in inverse order of their size of population, may or shall, as provided by Section 61.003, order a consolidation election.  The governing body of a municipality holding an election shall order the election within 45 days after the date the election returns from the next smaller municipality are canvassed.(c)  If a majority of the votes received in a consolidation election in any municipality are not in favor of consolidation, a larger municipality that has not held an election on the consolidation issue may not order a consolidation election.(d)  If an election contest is timely filed in a consolidation election, the governing body of each larger municipality that has not held its consolidation election may delay holding the election until the election contest is finally determined.(e)  In the alternative to the procedures provided in Subsections (a)-(d), the governing body of each municipality holding a consolidation election may order the election to be held on the same election date.(f)  A consolidation election shall be held on the first authorized uniform election date prescribed by the Election Code that occurs after the period required by Section 3.005, Election Code.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 630 (H.B. 629), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 61.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle E - Consolidation and Abolition of Municipalities|Chapter 61 - Consolidation of Municipalities|Section 61.005. Conduct of Election

Sec. 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 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 61.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle E - Consolidation and Abolition of Municipalities|Chapter 61 - Consolidation of Municipalities|Section 61.006. Approval and Registration of Consolidation

Sec. 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 records of the respective municipalities.(b)  The consolidation is effective when the election returns are recorded.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 61.007 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle E - Consolidation and Abolition of Municipalities|Chapter 61 - Consolidation of Municipalities|Section 61.007. Certification of Consolidation

Sec. 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 executive officer in each municipality shall certify to the secretary of state an authenticated copy of the returns under the municipality's seal showing the approval of the consolidation by the voters of the municipality.  The secretary of state shall file the authenticated copy and record it in a separate book the secretary of state shall keep for the purpose.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|