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Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 26.046

SIZE OF GOVERNING BODY: CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1179, Sec. 1, eff

(a) This section applies only to a municipality with a population of 1.1 million or more that elects each member of its governing body other than the mayor from fewer than 14 single-member districts.

(b) Notwithstanding a charter provision to the contrary, the municipality may provide by ordinance for the number of districts used to elect members to the municipality's governing body. The ordinance may not provide for more than 14 districts.

(c) This section does not affect a mayor who, under a charter provision, is elected in a municipality at large.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.