Tex. Local Government Code § 24.022
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 24.022, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 24.022. INITIAL ELECTION OF GOVERNING BODY OF MUNICIPALITY CHANGING TO TYPE C GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY; INITIAL TERM.
Official statutory text
(a) The mayor of a municipality that votes to change to a Type C general-law municipality continues to hold office for the term for which the mayor was elected.
(b) At the election at which a municipality votes to change to a Type C general-law municipality, two commissioners shall be elected. The commissioners serve until the date of the first regular election for municipal officers.
(c) After the initial commissioners elected under Subsection (b) have qualified for office, the offices of the former governing body of the municipality are abolished and the mayor and the commissioners constitute the governing body of the municipality.
(b) At the election at which a municipality votes to change to a Type C general-law municipality, two commissioners shall be elected. The commissioners serve until the date of the first regular election for municipal officers.
(c) After the initial commissioners elected under Subsection (b) have qualified for office, the offices of the former governing body of the municipality are abolished and the mayor and the commissioners constitute the governing body of the municipality.
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