Texas Local Government Code
§ 26.044 — ELECTION FROM SINGLE-MEMBER AND AT-LARGE DISTRICTS; LIMITATION ON YEARS OF SERVICE
LG § 26.044Title 2. ORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT · Part B. MUNICIPAL FORM OF GOVERNMENT · Ch. 26. FORM OF GOVERNMENT IN HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITY · Art. C. MUNICIPAL OFFICERS
Statute text
View on source(a)The governing body of a municipality with a population of 1.5 million or more must consist of one mayor elected at large, 16 members elected from single-member districts, and six members elected at large. Each member representing a single-member district must reside in the district.
(b)This section supersedes any charter provision or ordinance adopted before January 1, 1992. The municipality may adopt a different composition or organization of its governing body in a manner provided by its charter on or after January 1, 1992.
(c)The municipality may provide for the members of the governing body to serve staggered terms.
(d)After each redistricting, the terms of the members of the governing body representing single-member districts expire, and an election shall be held in each new district to fill the position for that district.
(e)The districts must be compact and contiguous and as equal as practicable in population.
(f)A municipality having the population provided by Subsection (a) according to the 1980 federal decennial census and covered by Subsection (a) under the 1990 federal decennial census must comply with Subsection (a) not later than May 1, 1992. Before that date, the governing body of the municipality may implement the transition to a governing body that complies with Subsection (a) as it determines appropriate.
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 666, Sec. 1, eff. June 16, 1991. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 919, Sec. 2, eff. Aug. 30, 1993.