Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 52.002 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITIES
STYLE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The style of an ordinance of the municipality must be: "Be it ordained by the _____________ (insert the name by which the governing body of the municipality is known, such as city council, board of aldermen, or city commission) of the ______________ (insert the type of entity that the municipality is known as, such as city, town, or village) of (insert the name of the municipality)."
(b) The style may be omitted when the ordinance is published in a book or pamphlet.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 402, Sec. 7, 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.52.htm
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- sha256 83c8b2718805444395cceeb26d1218ef22dbff7d83a540fa37aa3cec55170968
- 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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