A newly elected municipal officer may exercise the duties of office beginning on the fifth day after the date of the election, excluding Sundays.
Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 22.006
DATE ON WHICH OFFICERS BEGIN TO PERFORM DUTIES
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff
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