Texas Statutes
Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government
Subtitle A - Types of Municipalities

Section 5.901. Territorial Requirements for Incorporation as General-Law Municipality - Sec. 5.901. TERRITORIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR INCORPORATION AS GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY. A...

Section 5.902. Change in Designation From Town to City - Sec. 5.902. CHANGE IN DESIGNATION FROM TOWN TO CITY. (a)...

Section 5.903. Charter Amendments by Special-Law Municipality Incorporated Before June 30, 1881 - Sec. 5.903. CHARTER AMENDMENTS BY SPECIAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY INCORPORATED BEFORE JUNE...

Section 5.904. Municipality Not Governed by Corporate Law - Sec. 5.904. MUNICIPALITY NOT GOVERNED BY CORPORATE LAW. (a) A...

Chapter 6 - Type a General-Law Municipality

Subchapter A. Incorporation as Type a General-Law Municipality

Section 6.001. Authority to Incorporate as Type a General-Law Municipality - Sec. 6.001. AUTHORITY TO INCORPORATE AS TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY....

Section 6.002. Incorporation Procedure - Sec. 6.002. INCORPORATION PROCEDURE. The procedure for incorporating as a...

Section 6.003. Effective Date of Incorporation - Sec. 6.003. EFFECTIVE DATE OF INCORPORATION. The incorporation of the...

Subchapter B. Change From Another Municipal Type to Type a General-Law Municipality

Section 6.011. Authority to Change to Type a General-Law Municipality - Sec. 6.011. AUTHORITY TO CHANGE TO TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY....

Section 6.012. Procedure for Change - Sec. 6.012. PROCEDURE FOR CHANGE. If a municipality wishes to...

Section 6.013. Repeal of Local Law After Change - Sec. 6.013. REPEAL OF LOCAL LAW AFTER CHANGE. Any local...

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...

Chapter 7 - Type B General-Law Municipality

Section 7.001. Authority to Incorporate as Type B General-Law Municipality - Sec. 7.001. AUTHORITY TO INCORPORATE AS TYPE B GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY....

Section 7.002. Application to Incorporate - Sec. 7.002. APPLICATION TO INCORPORATE. (a) The residents of a...

Section 7.003. Election Order - Sec. 7.003. ELECTION ORDER. If satisfactory proof is made that...

Section 7.004. Election Officers - Sec. 7.004. ELECTION OFFICERS. The county judge shall appoint an...

Section 7.005. Notice of Election - Sec. 7.005. NOTICE OF ELECTION. An incorporation election under this...

Section 7.006. Qualified Voters - Sec. 7.006. QUALIFIED VOTERS. Each qualified voter who resides within...

Section 7.007. Order of Incorporation - Sec. 7.007. ORDER OF INCORPORATION. (a) Within 20 days after...

Section 7.008. Interval Between Elections - Sec. 7.008. INTERVAL BETWEEN ELECTIONS. A county judge may not...

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....

Section 8.002. Petition to Incorporate - Sec. 8.002. PETITION TO INCORPORATE. The residents of a community...

Section 8.003. Election Order - Sec. 8.003. ELECTION ORDER. If a county judge receives the...

Section 8.004. Election Officers - Sec. 8.004. ELECTION OFFICERS. The county judge shall appoint two...

Section 8.005. Notice of Election - Sec. 8.005. NOTICE OF ELECTION. Notice of an incorporation election...

Section 8.006. Order of Incorporation - Sec. 8.006. ORDER OF INCORPORATION. If a majority of the...

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....

Section 8.022. Petition to Change - Sec. 8.022. PETITION TO CHANGE. The residents of a municipality...

Section 8.023. Election Order - Sec. 8.023. ELECTION ORDER. If the mayor receives the petition,...

Section 8.024. Election Officers - Sec. 8.024. ELECTION OFFICERS. The mayor shall appoint two election...

Section 8.025. Notice of Election - Sec. 8.025. NOTICE OF ELECTION. In addition to the notice...

Section 8.026. Order of Change - Sec. 8.026. ORDER OF CHANGE. If a majority of the...

Chapter 9 - Home-Rule Municipality

Section 9.001. Adoption or Amendment of Home-Rule Charter - Sec. 9.001. ADOPTION OR AMENDMENT OF HOME-RULE CHARTER. This chapter...

Section 9.002. Selection of Charter Commission - Sec. 9.002. SELECTION OF CHARTER COMMISSION. (a) The governing body...

Section 9.003. Vote on Charter - Sec. 9.003. VOTE ON CHARTER. (a) The charter prepared by...

Section 9.004. Charter Amendments - Sec. 9.004. CHARTER AMENDMENTS. (a) The governing body of a...

Section 9.005. Adoption of Charter or Amendment - Sec. 9.005. ADOPTION OF CHARTER OR AMENDMENT. (a) A proposed...

Section 9.006. Concurrent Elections - Sec. 9.006. CONCURRENT ELECTIONS. This chapter does not prevent the...

Section 9.007. Certification of Charter or Amendment - Sec. 9.007. CERTIFICATION OF CHARTER OR AMENDMENT. (a) As soon...

Section 9.008. Registration of Charter or Amendment; Effect - Sec. 9.008. REGISTRATION OF CHARTER OR AMENDMENT; EFFECT. (a) The...

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Texas Statutes Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government Subtitle A - Types of Municipalities

Texas Statutes
Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government
Subtitle A - Types of Municipalities