Bill Text: TX HB1153 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a Type A or Type B general-law municipality to change to a Type C general-law municipality.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-01 - Referred to Local Government [HB1153 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB1153-Engrossed.html

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88R5647 MZM-D
By: Vasut H.B. No. 1153

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of a Type A or Type B general-law
municipality to change to a Type C general-law municipality.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 8.021(a), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) A Type A general-law municipality containing [501 to]
4,999 or fewer inhabitants or a Type B general-law municipality
containing [501 to] 999 or fewer inhabitants may change to a Type C
general-law municipality.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2023.