Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 22.005 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
OATH FOR ELECTED OR APPOINTED OFFICER.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person who is elected or appointed to a municipal office under this code must take and sign the official oath of office before beginning to perform the duties of the office.
(b) The governing body of the municipality by ordinance may require a municipal officer to take any additional oath that the governing body considers best calculated to secure the faithful performance of the officer's duties.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.22.htm
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- sha256 338da9eacdecf06bbec84fc4cdbe02f928928655e2cfb17c0fae6dc45ca5a30d
- 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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