Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 9.008 · Chapter 9. HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITY
REGISTRATION OF CHARTER OR AMENDMENT; EFFECT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The secretary or other officer of a municipality performing functions similar to those of a secretary shall record in the secretary's or other officer's office a charter or charter amendment adopted by the voters of the municipality. If a charter or amendment is not recorded on microfilm, as may be permitted under another law, it shall be recorded in a book kept for that purpose.
(b) Recorded charters or amendments are public acts. Courts shall take judicial notice of them, and no proof is required of their provisions.
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
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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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