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Tex. Local Government Code § 7.001 Authority To Incorporate As Type B General-Law Municipality
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Sec. 7.001. AUTHORITY TO INCORPORATE AS TYPE B GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY. A community may incorporate under this chapter as a Type B general-law municipality if it: (1) constitutes an unincorporated town or village; (2) contains 201 to 9,999 inhabitants; and (3) meets the territor…
Tex. Local Government Code § 7.002 Application To Incorporate
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Sec. 7.002. APPLICATION TO INCORPORATE. (a) The residents of a community may initiate an attempt to incorporate the community under this chapter by filing with the county judge of the county in which the community is located an application to incorporate signed by at least 50 qua…
Tex. Local Government Code § 7.003 Election Order
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Sec. 7.003. ELECTION ORDER. If satisfactory proof is made that a community that has filed an application to incorporate under this chapter contains the requisite number of inhabitants, the county judge shall order an incorporation election to be held on a specified date and at a …
Tex. Local Government Code § 7.004 Election Officers
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Sec. 7.004. ELECTION OFFICERS. The county judge shall appoint an officer to preside at an incorporation election under this chapter. The presiding officer shall appoint two election judges and two election clerks to assist in conducting the election. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149…