Tex. Local Government Code § 7.007
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 7.007, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 7.007. ORDER OF INCORPORATION.
Official statutory text
(a) Within 20 days after the date the county judge receives the returns of an incorporation election, the judge shall, if a majority of the votes cast are for incorporation, make an entry in the records of the commissioners court that the community is incorporated. The judge shall include the boundaries of the municipality in the entry. The incorporation of the community as a municipality is effective on the date the entry is made.
(b) A certified copy of the entry and a plat of the municipality shall be recorded in the deed records of the county in which the municipality is located.
(b) A certified copy of the entry and a plat of the municipality shall be recorded in the deed records of the county in which the municipality is located.
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