Sec. 5.901. TERRITORIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR INCORPORATION AS GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY. A community may not incorporate as a general-law municipality unless it meets the following territorial requirements:
(1) a community with fewer than 2,000 inhabitants must have not more than two square miles of surface area;
(2) a community with 2,001 to 4,999 inhabitants must have not more than four square miles of surface area; and
(3) a community with 5,001 to 9,999 inhabitants must have not more than nine square miles of surface area.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government
Subtitle A - Types of Municipalities
Chapter 5 - Types of Municipalities in General
Subchapter Z. Miscellaneous Provisions Affecting Types of Municipalities
Section 5.901. Territorial Requirements for Incorporation as General-Law Municipality
Section 5.902. Change in Designation From Town to City
Section 5.903. Charter Amendments by Special-Law Municipality Incorporated Before June 30, 1881