Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 8.001 · Subchapter A. INCORPORATION AS TYPE C GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY
AUTHORITY TO INCORPORATE AS TYPE C GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A community may incorporate under this subchapter as a Type C general-law municipality if it:
(1) constitutes an unincorporated city, town, or village;
(2) contains 201 to 4,999 inhabitants; and
(3) meets the territorial requirements prescribed by Section 5.901.
(b) A community incorporating as a Type C general-law municipality adopts the commission form of government.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.8.htm
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