Texas 2023 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1153 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/03/2023

                    88R5647 MZM-D
 By: Vasut H.B. No. 1153


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the authority of a Type A or Type B general-law
 municipality to change to a Type C general-law municipality.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 8.021(a), Local Government Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (a)  A Type A general-law municipality containing [501 to]
 4,999 or fewer inhabitants or a Type B general-law municipality
 containing [501 to] 999 or fewer inhabitants may change to a Type C
 general-law municipality.
 SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
 Act takes effect September 1, 2023.