Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 9.005 · Chapter 9. HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITY
ADOPTION OF CHARTER OR AMENDMENT.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A proposed charter for a municipality or a proposed amendment to a municipality's charter is adopted if it is approved by a majority of the qualified voters of the municipality who vote at an election held for that purpose.
(b) A charter or an amendment does not take effect until the governing body of the municipality enters an order in the records of the municipality declaring that the charter or amendment is adopted.
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.9.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 3d8b9f9e6090c86d873fb5def1d17c9dd5931300a2bd1c47d9aa8c4b625d120d
- 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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