Immediately after election returns for the initial election for municipal officers have been made, the county judge shall commission the candidate who received the highest number of votes for the office of mayor.
Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 23.022
INITIAL MAYOR
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff
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