Texas § LG.6.011 - AUTHORITY TO CHANGE TO TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY
Full text of Texas The Texas Constitution § LG.6.011 — AUTHORITY TO CHANGE TO TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ LG.6.011. AUTHORITY TO CHANGE TO TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY
AUTHORITY TO CHANGE TO TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY. (a) A municipality incorporated in any manner other than as a Type A general-law municipality may change to a Type A general-law municipality if the municipality: (1) has 600 or more inhabitants; (2) contains one or more manufacturing establishments within its corporate limits; or (3) is incorporated under any law of the Republic of Texas. (b) A municipality that makes the change shall operate under the law applying to a Type A general-law municipality instead of operating under any charter or law that previously governed the municipality. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
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