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Texas Statutes, Title LG

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Title LG, Local Government Code

236 chapters · 5,326 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title LG5,326 Ch 143, Chapter 143154 Ch 232, Chapter 232127 Ch 43, Chapter 43112 Ch 212, Chapter 212111 Ch 501, Chapter 501106 Ch 351, Chapter 351104 Ch 334, Chapter 334103 Ch 375, Chapter 375103 Ch 231, Chapter 231102 Ch 214, Chapter 21482 Ch 271, Chapter 27182 Ch 552, Chapter 55277 Ch 142, Chapter 14270 Ch 392, Chapter 39267

12 sections·Filtered byTitle LG✕Ch 8✕

Tex. Local Government Code § 8.001 Authority To Incorporate As Type C General-Law Municipality
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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) meet…
Tex. Local Government Code § 8.002 Petition To Incorporate
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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 …
Tex. Local Government Code § 8.003 Election Order
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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 c…
Tex. Local Government Code § 8.004 Election Officers
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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. …

Tex. Local Government Code § 8.005 Notice of Election

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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…

Tex. Local Government Code § 8.006 Order of Incorporation

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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 th…

Tex. Local Government Code § 8.021 Authority To Change To Type C General-Law Municipality

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Sec. 8.021. AUTHORITY TO CHANGE TO TYPE C GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY. (a) A Type A general-law municipality containing 4,999 or fewer inhabitants or a Type B general-law municipality containing 999 or fewer inhabitants may change to a Type C general-law municipality. (b) A municipa…

Tex. Local Government Code § 8.022 Petition To Change

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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…

Tex. Local Government Code § 8.023 Election Order

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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.

Tex. Local Government Code § 8.024 Election Officers

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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, 1…

Tex. Local Government Code § 8.025 Notice of Election

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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…

Tex. Local Government Code § 8.026 Order of Change

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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 ord…