Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 26.047 · Subchapter C. MUNICIPAL OFFICERS
FILLING VACANCY IN OFFICE OF MAYOR.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Unless otherwise provided by the charter of the municipality or this chapter, a person serving as a member of the governing body of the municipality is not, because of that service, ineligible to be appointed to fill a vacancy in the office of mayor of the municipality, but the person may not vote on the person's own appointment.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 513 (S.B. 653), Sec. 4, eff. June 16, 2007.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.26.htm
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- 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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