Texas Local Government Code
§ 5.901 — TERRITORIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR INCORPORATION AS GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY
LG § 5.901Title 2. ORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT · Part A. TYPES OF MUNICIPALITIES · Ch. 5. TYPES OF MUNICIPALITIES IN GENERAL · Art. Z. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS AFFECTING TYPES OF MUNICIPALITIES
Statute text
View on sourceA community may not incorporate as a general-law municipality unless it meets the following territorial requirements:
(1)a community with fewer than 2,000 inhabitants must have not more than two square miles of surface area;
(2)a community with 2,001 to 4,999 inhabitants must have not more than four square miles of surface area; and
(3)a community with 5,001 to 9,999 inhabitants must have not more than nine square miles of surface area.
Legislative history
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.