Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 62.201 · Subchapter F. ABOLITION OF MUNICIPALITY CEASING TO HAVE RESIDENTS
PETITION FOR ABOLITION.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
After the 120th day after the date a municipality ceases to have any persons residing within its boundaries, the owners of a majority of the land within the municipality may file a petition with a district court of the county in which all or a majority of the land in the municipality is located requesting the court to abolish the municipality.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 8(a), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.62.htm
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- 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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