Texas Local Government Code

§ 53.001 — ADOPTION OF CODE

LG § 53.001Title 2. ORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT · Part D. GENERAL POWERS OF MUNICIPALITIES · Ch. 53. CODE OF MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES

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(a)A municipality may adopt by ordinance a codification of its civil and criminal ordinances, together with appropriate penalties for the violation of the ordinances.

(b)On the adoption of the code, the secretary of the municipality shall record the code in the municipality's ordinance records.

(c)The code is effective on its adoption.

Legislative history

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.