Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 150.021 · Subchapter B. RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS
RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A municipality may not require residency within the municipal limits as a condition of employment with the municipality. A municipality may require residency within the United States as a condition of employment.
(b) The prohibition under Subsection (a) does not apply to residency requirements for:
(1) candidates for or holders of a municipal office, including a position on the governing body of the municipality; or
(2) municipal department heads appointed by the mayor or governing body of the municipality.
(c) The governing body of a municipality may prescribe reasonable standards with respect to the time within which municipal employees who reside outside the municipal limits must respond to a civil emergency. The standards may not be imposed retroactively on any person in the employ of the municipality at the time the standards are adopted.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 35(a), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.150.htm
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