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TX Loc Govt Code § 6.014 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle A - Types of Municipalities|Chapter 6 - Type a General-Law Municipality|Subchapter B. Change From Another Municipal Type to Type a General-Law Municipality|Section 6.014. Change Does Not Affect Prior Name or Status as Body Corporate

Sec. 6.014.  CHANGE DOES NOT AFFECT PRIOR NAME OR STATUS AS BODY CORPORATE.  A municipality that changes to a Type A general-law municipality retains the prior name by which it was known and continues to be a body corporate with perpetual succession.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 8.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle A - Types of Municipalities|Chapter 8 - Type C General-Law Municipality|Subchapter A. Incorporation as Type C General-Law Municipality|Section 8.001. Authority to Incorporate as Type C General-Law Municipality

Sec. 8.001.  AUTHORITY TO INCORPORATE AS TYPE C GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY.  (a)  A community may incorporate under this subchapter as a Type C general-law municipality if it:(1)  constitutes an unincorporated city, town, or village;(2)  contains 201 to 4,999 inhabitants;  and(3)  meets the territorial requirements prescribed by Section 5.901.(b)  A community incorporating as a Type C general-law municipality adopts the commission form of government.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 8.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle A - Types of Municipalities|Chapter 8 - Type C General-Law Municipality|Subchapter A. Incorporation as Type C General-Law Municipality|Section 8.002. Petition to Incorporate

Sec. 8.002.  PETITION TO INCORPORATE.  The residents of a community may initiate an attempt to incorporate under this subchapter by filing with the county judge a written petition signed by at least 10 percent of the qualified voters of the community.  The petition must request the county judge to order an election to determine whether the community will incorporate as a Type C general-law municipality.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 8.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle A - Types of Municipalities|Chapter 8 - Type C General-Law Municipality|Subchapter A. Incorporation as Type C General-Law Municipality|Section 8.003. Election Order

Sec. 8.003.  ELECTION ORDER.  If a county judge receives the petition and if satisfactory proof is made that the community contains the requisite number of inhabitants, the judge shall order an incorporation election to be held on a specified date and at a designated place in the community.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 8.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle A - Types of Municipalities|Chapter 8 - Type C General-Law Municipality|Subchapter A. Incorporation as Type C General-Law Municipality|Section 8.004. Election Officers

Sec. 8.004.  ELECTION OFFICERS.  The county judge shall appoint two election judges and two election clerks to conduct the incorporation election under this subchapter.  The county judge shall designate one of the election judges to be the presiding judge.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 8.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle A - Types of Municipalities|Chapter 8 - Type C General-Law Municipality|Subchapter A. Incorporation as Type C General-Law Municipality|Section 8.005. Notice of Election

Sec. 8.005.  NOTICE OF ELECTION.  Notice of an incorporation election under this subchapter must be published in a newspaper in the community before the 30th day before the date of the election, or if there is no newspaper in the community, the notice must be posted at three public places in the community for the 30 days preceding the date of the election.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 8.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle A - Types of Municipalities|Chapter 8 - Type C General-Law Municipality|Subchapter A. Incorporation as Type C General-Law Municipality|Section 8.006. Order of Incorporation

Sec. 8.006.  ORDER OF INCORPORATION.  If a majority of the votes cast in an election under this subchapter are for incorporation, the county judge shall enter an order in the minutes of the commissioners court that the community is incorporated.  The incorporation is effective on the date the order is entered.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 8.021 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle A - Types of Municipalities|Chapter 8 - Type C General-Law Municipality|Subchapter B. Change From Another Municipal Type to Type C General-Law Municipality|Section 8.021. Authority to Change to Type C General-Law Municipality

Sec. 8.021.  AUTHORITY TO CHANGE TO TYPE C GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY.  (a)  A Type A general-law municipality containing 501 to 4,999 inhabitants or a Type B general-law municipality containing 501 to 999 inhabitants may change to a Type C general-law municipality.(b)  A municipality changing to a Type C general-law municipality adopts the commission form of government.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 8.022 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle A - Types of Municipalities|Chapter 8 - Type C General-Law Municipality|Subchapter B. Change From Another Municipal Type to Type C General-Law Municipality|Section 8.022. Petition to Change

Sec. 8.022.  PETITION TO CHANGE.  The residents of a municipality may initiate an attempt to make the change under this subchapter by filing with the mayor of the municipality a written petition signed by at least 10 percent of the qualified voters of the municipality.  The petition must request the mayor to order an election to determine whether the municipality will change to a Type C general-law municipality.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 8.023 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle A - Types of Municipalities|Chapter 8 - Type C General-Law Municipality|Subchapter B. Change From Another Municipal Type to Type C General-Law Municipality|Section 8.023. Election Order

Sec. 8.023.  ELECTION ORDER.  If the mayor receives the petition, the mayor shall order an election on the question of the change to be held in the municipality.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 8.024 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle A - Types of Municipalities|Chapter 8 - Type C General-Law Municipality|Subchapter B. Change From Another Municipal Type to Type C General-Law Municipality|Section 8.024. Election Officers

Sec. 8.024.  ELECTION OFFICERS.  The mayor shall appoint two election judges and two election clerks to conduct the election under this subchapter.  The mayor shall designate one of the election judges to be the presiding judge.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 8.025 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle A - Types of Municipalities|Chapter 8 - Type C General-Law Municipality|Subchapter B. Change From Another Municipal Type to Type C General-Law Municipality|Section 8.025. Notice of Election

Sec. 8.025.  NOTICE OF ELECTION.  In addition to the notice required by Chapter 4, Election Code, notice of an election under this subchapter must be published in a newspaper in the municipality before the 30th day before the date of the election, or if there is no newspaper in the municipality, the notice must be posted at three public places in the municipality for the 30 days preceding the date of the election.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 8.026 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle A - Types of Municipalities|Chapter 8 - Type C General-Law Municipality|Subchapter B. Change From Another Municipal Type to Type C General-Law Municipality|Section 8.026. Order of Change

Sec. 8.026.  ORDER OF CHANGE.  If a majority of the votes cast in an election under this subchapter are for the change, the mayor shall enter an order in the minutes of the municipality's governing body that the municipality is changed.  The change is effective from the time the order is entered.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 21.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle B - Municipal Form of Government|Chapter 21 - General Provisions Affecting Governing Body of Municipality|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 21.001. Election of Aldermen by Place System in General-Law Municipality

Sec. 21.001.  ELECTION OF ALDERMEN BY PLACE SYSTEM IN GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY.  (a)  The governing body of a general-law municipality that is not divided into wards and that elects its aldermen at large may provide by ordinance for the election of aldermen under a place system.(b)  The ordinance must be enacted before the 60th day before the date of the first regular municipal election of aldermen under a place system.(c)  As soon as possible after the place system ordinance is enacted, the governing body shall assign place numbers to each alderman's office.(d)  When incumbent aldermen's terms of office expire, any candidate for the office of alderman shall file an application for a specific place on the governing body, such as "Alderman, Place No. 1."(e)  The ballot for an election under the place system must show each office of alderman as a separate office designated by place number.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 21.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle B - Municipal Form of Government|Chapter 21 - General Provisions Affecting Governing Body of Municipality|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 21.002. References to Municipal Governing Body and to Members of Municipal Governing Body

Sec. 21.002.  REFERENCES TO MUNICIPAL GOVERNING BODY AND TO MEMBERS OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNING BODY.  A reference in this code or another statute:(1)  to a member of the governing body of a municipality includes each member of that body regardless of the name, including alderman, commissioner, or council member, used by a statute, municipal charter, or municipal ordinance to refer to the member;  or(2)  to the governing body of a municipality includes a municipal governing body regardless of the name, including board of aldermen, city commission, or city council, used by a statute, municipal charter, or municipal ordinance to refer to the governing body.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 402, Sec. 1(b), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 21.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle B - Municipal Form of Government|Chapter 21 - General Provisions Affecting Governing Body of Municipality|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 21.003. Members of Municipal Governing Bodies May Volunteer

Sec. 21.003.  MEMBERS OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNING BODIES MAY VOLUNTEER.  A member of the governing body of a municipality may serve as a volunteer for an organization that protects the health, safety, or welfare of the municipality regardless of whether the organization is funded or supported in whole or part by the municipality if the governing body adopts a resolution allowing members of the governing body to perform service of that nature.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 42, Sec. 2, eff. May 3, 2001.  Renumbered from Local Government Code Sec. 21.002 by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1275, Sec. 2(104), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 21.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle B - Municipal Form of Government|Chapter 21 - General Provisions Affecting Governing Body of Municipality|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 21.005. Choice of Uniform Election Date for Newly Incorporated Municipality

Sec. 21.005.  CHOICE OF UNIFORM ELECTION DATE FOR NEWLY INCORPORATED MUNICIPALITY.  Not later than the first anniversary of the date of its incorporation, a newly incorporated municipality shall select a uniform election date under Section 41.001, Election Code, to use for the general election of the members of the municipality's governing body.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 519 (H.B. 2144), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 21.021 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle B - Municipal Form of Government|Chapter 21 - General Provisions Affecting Governing Body of Municipality|Subchapter B. Judicial Removal of Member of Governing Body of General-Law Municipality|Section 21.021. Applicability

Sec. 21.021.  APPLICABILITY.  This subchapter applies only to a general-law municipality.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1567, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 21.022 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle B - Municipal Form of Government|Chapter 21 - General Provisions Affecting Governing Body of Municipality|Subchapter B. Judicial Removal of Member of Governing Body of General-Law Municipality|Section 21.022. Definitions

Sec. 21.022.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:(1)  "District attorney" includes a criminal district attorney.(2)  "Incompetency" means:(A)  gross ignorance of official duties;(B)  gross carelessness in the discharge of official duties;  or(C)  inability or unfitness to promptly and properly discharge official duties because of a serious mental or physical defect that did not exist at the time of the officer's election.(3)  "Officer" means the mayor or another member of the governing body of a municipality.(4)  "Official misconduct" means intentional unlawful behavior relating to official duties by an officer entrusted with the administration of justice or the execution of the law.  The term includes an intentional or corrupt failure, refusal, or neglect of an officer to perform a duty imposed on the officer by law.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1567, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 21.023 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle B - Municipal Form of Government|Chapter 21 - General Provisions Affecting Governing Body of Municipality|Subchapter B. Judicial Removal of Member of Governing Body of General-Law Municipality|Section 21.023. Removal From Office

Sec. 21.023.  REMOVAL FROM OFFICE.  The district judge may remove an officer of the municipality from office as provided by this subchapter.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1567, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 21.024 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle B - Municipal Form of Government|Chapter 21 - General Provisions Affecting Governing Body of Municipality|Subchapter B. Judicial Removal of Member of Governing Body of General-Law Municipality|Section 21.024. No Removal Before Action

Sec. 21.024.  NO REMOVAL BEFORE ACTION.  An officer may not be removed under this subchapter for an act the officer committed before election to office if the act was a matter of public record or otherwise known to the voters.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1567, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 402, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 21.025 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle B - Municipal Form of Government|Chapter 21 - General Provisions Affecting Governing Body of Municipality|Subchapter B. Judicial Removal of Member of Governing Body of General-Law Municipality|Section 21.025. General Grounds for Removal

Sec. 21.025.  GENERAL GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL.  (a)  An officer may be removed from office for:(1)  incompetency;(2)  official misconduct;  or(3)  intoxication on or off duty caused by drinking an alcoholic beverage.(b)  Intoxication is not a ground for removal if it appears at the trial that the intoxication was caused by drinking an alcoholic beverage on the direction and prescription of a licensed physician practicing in this state.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1567, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 21.026 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle B - Municipal Form of Government|Chapter 21 - General Provisions Affecting Governing Body of Municipality|Subchapter B. Judicial Removal of Member of Governing Body of General-Law Municipality|Section 21.026. Petition for Removal

Sec. 21.026.  PETITION FOR REMOVAL.  (a)  A proceeding for the removal of an officer is begun by filing a written petition for removal in a district court of the county in which the officer resides.(b)  Any resident of the municipality who has lived for at least six months in the municipality and who is not currently under indictment in the county in which the municipality is located may file the petition.  At least one of the parties who files the petition must swear to it at or before the filing.(c)  The petition must be addressed to the district judge of the court in which it is filed.  The petition must specify the grounds alleged for the removal of the officer in plain and intelligible language and must cite the time and place of the occurrence of each act alleged as a ground for removal with as much certainty as the nature of the case permits.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1567, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 21.027 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle B - Municipal Form of Government|Chapter 21 - General Provisions Affecting Governing Body of Municipality|Subchapter B. Judicial Removal of Member of Governing Body of General-Law Municipality|Section 21.027. Citation of Officer

Sec. 21.027.  CITATION OF OFFICER.  (a)  After a petition for removal is filed, the person filing the petition shall apply to the district judge in writing for an order requiring a citation and a certified copy of the petition to be served on the officer.(b)  If the application for the order is made during the term of the court, action may not be taken on the petition until the order is granted and entered in the minutes of the court.  If the application is made to the judge during the vacation of the court, the judge shall indicate on the petition the action taken and shall have the action entered in the minutes of the court at the next term.(c)  If the judge refuses to issue the order for citation, the petition shall be dismissed at the cost of the person filing the petition.  The person may not take an appeal from the judge's decision or apply for a writ of mandamus.  If the judge grants the order for citation, the clerk shall issue the citation with a certified copy of the petition.  The judge shall require the person filing the petition to post security for costs in the manner provided for other cases.(d)  The citation shall order the officer to appear and answer the petition on a date, fixed by the judge, after the fifth day after the date the citation is served.  The time is computed as it is in other suits.  Disposition of this action by the district court shall take precedence over other civil matters on the court's docket.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1567, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 21.028 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle B - Municipal Form of Government|Chapter 21 - General Provisions Affecting Governing Body of Municipality|Subchapter B. Judicial Removal of Member of Governing Body of General-Law Municipality|Section 21.028. Bond

Sec. 21.028.  BOND.  (a)  The judge shall require the person filing the petition to execute a bond, with at least two good and sufficient sureties, in an amount fixed by the judge and conditioned as required by the judge.  The bond shall be used to pay damages and costs to the officer if the grounds for removal are found at trial to be insufficient or untrue.  The officer must serve written notice on the person who filed the petition and that person's bondsman not later than the 90th day after the date the bond is executed, stating that the officer intends to hold them liable on the bond and stating the grounds for that liability.(b)  If the final judgment establishes the officer's right to the office, the person filing the petition shall pay the officer an amount determined by the judge as appropriate to compensate the officer for the damages suffered as a result of the removal action.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1567, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 21.029 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle B - Municipal Form of Government|Chapter 21 - General Provisions Affecting Governing Body of Municipality|Subchapter B. Judicial Removal of Member of Governing Body of General-Law Municipality|Section 21.029. Trial

Sec. 21.029.  TRIAL.  (a)  An officer shall have the right to trial by jury.(b)  The trial for the removal of an officer and the proceedings connected with the trial shall be conducted as much as possible in accordance with the rules and practice of the court in other civil cases, in the name of the State of Texas, and on the relation of the person filing the petition.(c)  In a removal case, the judge may not submit special issues to the jury.  Under a proper charge applicable to the facts of the case, the judge shall instruct the jury to find from the evidence whether the grounds for removal alleged in the petition are true.  If the petition alleges more than one ground for removal, the jury shall indicate in the verdict which grounds are sustained by the evidence and which are not sustained.(d)  The district attorney shall represent the state in a proceeding for the removal of an officer.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1567, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 21.030 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle B - Municipal Form of Government|Chapter 21 - General Provisions Affecting Governing Body of Municipality|Subchapter B. Judicial Removal of Member of Governing Body of General-Law Municipality|Section 21.030. Appeal

Sec. 21.030.  APPEAL.  (a)  Either party to a removal action may appeal the final judgment to the court of appeals in the manner provided for other civil cases.  The officer is not required to post an appeal bond but may be required to post a bond for costs.(b)  An appeal of a removal action takes precedence over the ordinary business of the court of appeals and shall be decided with all convenient dispatch.  If the trial court judgment is not set aside or suspended, the court of appeals shall issue its mandate in the case not later than the fifth day after the date the court renders its judgment.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1567, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|