Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 7.002 · Chapter 7. TYPE B GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY
APPLICATION TO INCORPORATE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The residents of a community may initiate an attempt to incorporate the community under this chapter by filing with the county judge of the county in which the community is located an application to incorporate signed by at least 50 qualified voters who are residents of the community.
(b) The application must state the proposed boundaries and name of the municipality, and it must be accompanied by a plat of the proposed municipality that contains only the territory to be used strictly for municipal purposes.
(c) If a community is located in two counties, the application to incorporate may be filed with the county judge of either county.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 65, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 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.7.htm
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- sha256 1a41aace5c2d909a967dfd58e0689710f52cb1bf1416de1413a30db01cf7abc8
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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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