Tex. Local Government Code § 53.004
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 53.004, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 53.004. CHANGE OR REPEAL OF ORDINANCE.
Official statutory text
If a change in a municipality's form of government and designation of offices and officers necessitates the change or repeal of an ordinance or part of an ordinance being codified, the municipality may amend, omit, or repeal the ordinance in the codification to conform it to the municipality's present form of government without separately reenacting, repealing, or amending the source ordinance.
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