Tex. Local Government Code § 53.006: PRINTED CODE AS EVIDENCE.

(a) A municipality may have printed, under the direction of the governing body of the municipality, a copy of the code that is authenticated and approved by the mayor's signature and attested by the secretary of the municipality.

(b) In a court, the printed code is prima facie evidence of the existence and regular enactment of the ordinance adopting the code. A court shall admit the printed code in evidence without further proof.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.