LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE

CHAPTER 6. TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY

SUBCHAPTER A. INCORPORATION AS TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY


	§ 6.001.  AUTHORITY TO INCORPORATE AS TYPE A GENERAL-LAW 
MUNICIPALITY.  A community may incorporate under this subchapter 
as a Type A general-law municipality if it:
		(1)  constitutes an unincorporated city or town;                              
		(2)  contains 600 or more inhabitants;  and                                   
		(3)  meets the territorial requirements prescribed by 
Section 5.901.        

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.                    


	§ 6.002.  INCORPORATION PROCEDURE.  The procedure for 
incorporating as a Type A general-law municipality is the same as 
that prescribed for incorporating as a Type B general-law 
municipality.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.  Amended 
by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, § 13.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.


	§ 6.003.  EFFECTIVE DATE OF INCORPORATION.  The 
incorporation of the community as a municipality is effective on 
the date the county judge makes the entry, under Section 7.007, in 
the records of the commissioners court.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.                    

SUBCHAPTER B. CHANGE FROM ANOTHER MUNICIPAL TYPE TO TYPE A 
GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY


	§ 6.011.  AUTHORITY TO CHANGE TO TYPE A GENERAL-LAW 
MUNICIPALITY.  (a)  A municipality incorporated in any manner 
other than as a Type A general-law municipality may change to a Type 
A general-law municipality if the municipality:
		(1)  has 600 or more inhabitants;                                             
		(2)  contains one or more manufacturing establishments 
within its corporate limits;  or
		(3)  is incorporated under any law of the Republic of 
Texas.                
	(b)  A municipality that makes the change shall operate under 
the law applying to a Type A general-law municipality instead of 
operating under any charter or law that previously governed the 
municipality.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.                    


	§ 6.012.  PROCEDURE FOR CHANGE.  If a municipality wishes 
to change to a Type A general-law municipality:
		(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.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.                    


	§ 6.013.  REPEAL OF LOCAL LAW AFTER CHANGE.  Any local 
law that incorporated a municipality that changes to a Type A 
general-law municipality under this subchapter is repealed on the 
date on which the copy of the record of the proceedings is filed.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.                    


	§ 6.014.  CHANGE DOES NOT AFFECT PRIOR NAME OR STATUS AS 
BODY CORPORATE.  A municipality that changes to a Type A 
general-law municipality retains the prior name by which it was 
known and continues to be a body corporate with perpetual 
succession.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.