Tex. Local Government Code § 51.052
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 51.052, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 51.052. ALTERNATIVE GENERAL POWERS FOR CERTAIN TYPE C GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITIES.
Official statutory text
(a) A municipality that is incorporated as a Type C general-law municipality and that has $500,000 or more of assessed valuation for taxable purposes, according to its most recently approved tax rolls, may adopt the powers of a Type A general-law municipality regardless of any limitation prescribed by Section 51.051. On adoption of the powers, the municipality has the same rights, powers, privileges, immunities, and franchises as a Type A general-law municipality.
(b) For a municipality to adopt the powers:
(1) at least two-thirds of the governing body of the municipality at a regular meeting must vote to make the change and the vote must be recorded in the journal of the governing body's proceedings;
(2) a copy of the record of the proceedings must be signed by the mayor;
(3) a copy of the record of the proceedings must be attested by the municipality's clerk or secretary under the corporate seal; and
(4) a copy of the record of the proceedings must be filed and recorded in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the municipality is located.
(b) For a municipality to adopt the powers:
(1) at least two-thirds of the governing body of the municipality at a regular meeting must vote to make the change and the vote must be recorded in the journal of the governing body's proceedings;
(2) a copy of the record of the proceedings must be signed by the mayor;
(3) a copy of the record of the proceedings must be attested by the municipality's clerk or secretary under the corporate seal; and
(4) a copy of the record of the proceedings must be filed and recorded in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the municipality is located.
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