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Chapter 51 - General Powers of Municipalities
Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 51.001. Ordinance, Rule, or Regulation Necessary to Carry Out Other Powers - Sec. 51.001. ORDINANCE, RULE, OR REGULATION NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT...
Section 51.003. Municipal Act or Proceeding Presumed Valid - Sec. 51.003. MUNICIPAL ACT OR PROCEEDING PRESUMED VALID. (a) A...
Subchapter B. Provisions Applicable to Type a General-Law Municipality
Section 51.011. Subchapter Applicable to Type a General-Law Municipality - Sec. 51.011. SUBCHAPTER APPLICABLE TO TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY. This...
Section 51.012. Ordinances and Regulations - Sec. 51.012. ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS. The municipality may adopt an...
Section 51.013. Authority Relating to Lawsuits - Sec. 51.013. AUTHORITY RELATING TO LAWSUITS. The municipality may sue...
Section 51.014. Authority to Contract - Sec. 51.014. AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT. The municipality may contract with...
Section 51.015. Authority to Hold, Purchase, Lease, or Convey Property - Sec. 51.015. AUTHORITY TO HOLD, PURCHASE, LEASE, OR CONVEY PROPERTY....
Section 51.016. Adoption and Use of Seal - Sec. 51.016. ADOPTION AND USE OF SEAL. The municipality may...
Section 51.017. Continuation of Powers, Duties, Penalties, and Suits After Change to Type a General-Law Municipality - Sec. 51.017. CONTINUATION OF POWERS, DUTIES, PENALTIES, AND SUITS AFTER...
Section 51.018. Ownership and Sale of Property After Change to Type a General-Law Municipality - Sec. 51.018. OWNERSHIP AND SALE OF PROPERTY AFTER CHANGE TO...
Subchapter C. Provisions Applicable to Type B General-Law Municipality
Section 51.031. Subchapter Applicable to Type B General-Law Municipality - Sec. 51.031. SUBCHAPTER APPLICABLE TO TYPE B GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY. This...
Section 51.032. Ordinances and Bylaws - Sec. 51.032. ORDINANCES AND BYLAWS. (a) The governing body of...
Section 51.033. Authority Relating to Lawsuits - Sec. 51.033. AUTHORITY RELATING TO LAWSUITS. The municipality may sue...
Section 51.034. Authority to Hold and Dispose of Property - Sec. 51.034. AUTHORITY TO HOLD AND DISPOSE OF PROPERTY. The...
Section 51.035. Authority, Duties, Privileges - Sec. 51.035. AUTHORITY, DUTIES, PRIVILEGES. A Type B general-law municipality...
Subchapter D. Provisions Applicable to Type C General-Law Municipality
Section 51.051. General Powers of Type C General-Law Municipality - Sec. 51.051. GENERAL POWERS OF TYPE C GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY. (a)...
Section 51.052. Alternative General Powers for Certain Type C General-Law Municipalities - Sec. 51.052. ALTERNATIVE GENERAL POWERS FOR CERTAIN TYPE C GENERAL-LAW...
Subchapter E. Provisions Applicable to Home-Rule Municipality
Section 51.071. Subchapter Applicable to Home-Rule Municipality - Sec. 51.071. SUBCHAPTER APPLICABLE TO HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITY. This subchapter applies...
Section 51.072. Authority of Local Self-Government - Sec. 51.072. AUTHORITY OF LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT. (a) The municipality has...
Section 51.073. Adoption of Charter Does Not Affect Rights and Claims - Sec. 51.073. ADOPTION OF CHARTER DOES NOT AFFECT RIGHTS AND...
Section 51.074. Perpetual Succession - Sec. 51.074. PERPETUAL SUCCESSION. The municipality may act in perpetual...
Section 51.075. Authority Relating to Lawsuits - Sec. 51.075. AUTHORITY RELATING TO LAWSUITS. The municipality may plead...
Section 51.076. Authority Relating to Property - Sec. 51.076. AUTHORITY RELATING TO PROPERTY. (a) The municipality may...
Section 51.077. Liability for Damages - Sec. 51.077. LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES. The municipality may adopt rules,...
Section 51.078. Preservation of Certain Powers Granted Before 1913 - Sec. 51.078. PRESERVATION OF CERTAIN POWERS GRANTED BEFORE 1913. Powers...
Section 51.079. Restrictions Applying to Nonbinding Referendum - Sec. 51.079. RESTRICTIONS APPLYING TO NONBINDING REFERENDUM. (a) A nonbinding...
Chapter 52 - Adoption of Municipal Ordinances
Subchapter A. General Provisions Applicable to Type a General-Law Municipalities
Section 52.001. Subchapter Applicable to Type a General-Law Municipality - Sec. 52.001. SUBCHAPTER APPLICABLE TO TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY. This...
Section 52.002. Style - Sec. 52.002. STYLE. (a) The style of an ordinance of...
Section 52.003. Approval by Mayor and Related Conditions for Ordinance to Take Effect - Sec. 52.003. APPROVAL BY MAYOR AND RELATED CONDITIONS FOR ORDINANCE...
Section 52.004. Official Newspaper - Sec. 52.004. OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER. (a) As soon as practicable after...
Subchapter B. Publication of Ordinances
Section 52.011. Type a General-Law Municipality - Sec. 52.011. TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY. (a) If a Type...
Section 52.012. Type B General-Law Municipality - Sec. 52.012. TYPE B GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY. (a) Before an ordinance...
Section 52.013. Home-Rule Municipalities - Sec. 52.013. HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITIES. (a) The governing body of a...
Chapter 53 - Code of Municipal Ordinances
Section 53.001. Adoption of Code - Sec. 53.001. ADOPTION OF CODE. (a) A municipality may adopt...
Section 53.002. Publication of Adoption Ordinance - Sec. 53.002. PUBLICATION OF ADOPTION ORDINANCE. (a) Except as provided...
Section 53.003. Subdivision of Code - Sec. 53.003. SUBDIVISION OF CODE. A code of municipal ordinances...
Section 53.004. Change or Repeal of Ordinance - Sec. 53.004. CHANGE OR REPEAL OF ORDINANCE. If a change...
Section 53.005. Effect of Codification - Sec. 53.005. EFFECT OF CODIFICATION. (a) A municipal code of...
Section 53.006. Printed Code as Evidence - Sec. 53.006. PRINTED CODE AS EVIDENCE. (a) A municipality may...
Chapter 54 - Enforcement of Municipal Ordinances
Section 54.001. General Enforcement Authority of Municipalities; Penalty - Sec. 54.001. GENERAL ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY OF MUNICIPALITIES; PENALTY. (a) The...
Section 54.002. Imposition of Fine in Type B General-Law Municipality - Sec. 54.002. IMPOSITION OF FINE IN TYPE B GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY....
Section 54.003. Remission of Fine by Type a General-Law Municipality - Sec. 54.003. REMISSION OF FINE BY TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY....
Section 54.004. Preservation of Health, Property, Good Government, and Order in Home-Rule Municipality - Sec. 54.004. PRESERVATION OF HEALTH, PROPERTY, GOOD GOVERNMENT, AND ORDER...
Section 54.005. Notices to Certain Property Owners - Sec. 54.005. NOTICES TO CERTAIN PROPERTY OWNERS. (a) A governmental...
Section 54.006. Nonseverability of Certain Consolidated Offenses - Sec. 54.006. NONSEVERABILITY OF CERTAIN CONSOLIDATED OFFENSES. Section 3.04(a), Penal...
Subchapter B. Municipal Health and Safety Ordinances
Section 54.012. Civil Action - Sec. 54.012. CIVIL ACTION. A municipality may bring a civil...
Section 54.013. Jurisdiction; Venue - Sec. 54.013. JURISDICTION; VENUE. Jurisdiction and venue of an action...
Section 54.014. Preferential Setting - Sec. 54.014. PREFERENTIAL SETTING. If the municipality submits to the...
Section 54.015. Procedure - Sec. 54.015. PROCEDURE. (a) The only allegations required to be...
Section 54.0155. Expedited Proceedings for Certain Civil Actions - Sec. 54.0155. EXPEDITED PROCEEDINGS FOR CERTAIN CIVIL ACTIONS. (a) A...
Section 54.016. Injunction - Sec. 54.016. INJUNCTION. (a) On a showing of substantial danger...
Section 54.017. Civil Penalty - Sec. 54.017. CIVIL PENALTY. (a) In a suit against the...
Section 54.018. Action for Repair or Demolition of Structure - Sec. 54.018. ACTION FOR REPAIR OR DEMOLITION OF STRUCTURE. (a)...
Section 54.019. Imprisonment; Contempt - Sec. 54.019. IMPRISONMENT; CONTEMPT. (a) A person is not subject...
Section 54.020. Abatement of Floodplain Violation in Municipalities; Lien - Sec. 54.020. ABATEMENT OF FLOODPLAIN VIOLATION IN MUNICIPALITIES; LIEN. (a)...
Subchapter C. Quasi-Judicial Enforcement of Health and Safety Ordinances
Section 54.031. Subchapter Applicable to Certain Municipalities - Sec. 54.031. SUBCHAPTER APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES. This subchapter applies...
Section 54.032. Ordinances Subject to Quasi-Judicial Enforcement - Sec. 54.032. ORDINANCES SUBJECT TO QUASI-JUDICIAL ENFORCEMENT. This subchapter applies...
Section 54.033. Building and Standards Commission - Sec. 54.033. BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION. (a) The governing body...
Section 54.034. Proceedings of Commission Panels - Sec. 54.034. PROCEEDINGS OF COMMISSION PANELS. (a) All cases to...
Section 54.035. Notice - Sec. 54.035. NOTICE. (a) Except as provided by Subsections (a-1)...
Section 54.036. Functions - Sec. 54.036. FUNCTIONS. A commission panel may: (1) order the...
Section 54.037. Civil Penalty - Sec. 54.037. CIVIL PENALTY. (a) A determination made under Section...
Section 54.038. Vote - Sec. 54.038. VOTE. A majority vote of the members voting...
Section 54.039. Judicial Review - Sec. 54.039. JUDICIAL REVIEW. (a) Any owner, lienholder, or mortgagee...
Section 54.040. Lien; Abstract - Sec. 54.040. LIEN; ABSTRACT. (a) An order issued under Section...
Section 54.041. Commission Panel Decision Final - Sec. 54.041. COMMISSION PANEL DECISION FINAL. If no appeals are...
Section 54.042. Municipal Court Proceeding Not Affected - Sec. 54.042. MUNICIPAL COURT PROCEEDING NOT AFFECTED. This subchapter does...
Section 54.043. Alternative Adjudication Processes - Sec. 54.043. ALTERNATIVE ADJUDICATION PROCESSES. A municipality by ordinance may...
Section 54.044. Alternative Procedure for Administrative Hearing - Sec. 54.044. ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING. (a) As an...