CERTIFICATION OF CHARTER OR AMENDMENT
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case In Re Robinson (2005)
Most recently applied in the Board of Trustees of the Houston Firefighters' Relief and Retirement Fund v. the City of Houston, Texas (January 2015)
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff
(a) As soon as practicable after a municipality adopts a charter or charter amendment, the mayor or chief executive officer of the municipality shall certify to the secretary of state an authenticated copy of the charter or amendment under the municipality's seal showing the approval by the voters of the municipality.
(b) The secretary of state shall file and record the certification in his office in a book kept for that purpose.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.