Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 51.001 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
ORDINANCE, RULE, OR REGULATION NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT OTHER POWERS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The governing body of a municipality may adopt, publish, amend, or repeal an ordinance, rule, or police regulation that:
(1) is for the good government, peace, or order of the municipality or for the trade and commerce of the municipality; and
(2) is necessary or proper for carrying out a power granted by law to the municipality or to an office or department of the municipality.
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.51.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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