Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 21.002 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
REFERENCES TO MUNICIPAL GOVERNING BODY AND TO MEMBERS OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNING BODY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A reference in this code or another statute:
(1) to a member of the governing body of a municipality includes each member of that body regardless of the name, including alderman, commissioner, or council member, used by a statute, municipal charter, or municipal ordinance to refer to the member; or
(2) to the governing body of a municipality includes a municipal governing body regardless of the name, including board of aldermen, city commission, or city council, used by a statute, municipal charter, or municipal ordinance to refer to the governing body.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 402, Sec. 1(b), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.21.htm
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- sha256 5838a4eb3628328ac13cca55967b2f736ca1f592588886e5775cc67c697cf35a
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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