Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 5.901 · Subchapter Z. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS AFFECTING TYPES OF MUNICIPALITIES
TERRITORIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR INCORPORATION AS GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A community may not incorporate as a general-law municipality unless it meets the following territorial requirements:
(1) a community with fewer than 2,000 inhabitants must have not more than two square miles of surface area;
(2) a community with 2,001 to 4,999 inhabitants must have not more than four square miles of surface area; and
(3) a community with 5,001 to 9,999 inhabitants must have not more than nine square miles of surface area.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
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.5.htm
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Cited by 4 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 5.901. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Local Government Code
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 6.001AUTHORITY TO INCORPORATE AS TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY.Printed as Section 5.901
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 7.001AUTHORITY TO INCORPORATE AS TYPE B GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY.Printed as Section 5.901
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 8.001AUTHORITY TO INCORPORATE AS TYPE C GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY.Printed as Section 5.901
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 43.0755PROCEDURES FOR INCORPORATION OR ESTABLISHMENT OF ANOTHER FORM OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOR CERTAIN AREAS SUBJECT TO REGIONAL PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT.Printed as Section 5.901, 6.001, 7.001, or 8.001
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