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Tex. Local Government Code § 54.002: IMPOSITION OF FINE IN TYPE B GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY.
Where this section sits in the code
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE
- TITLE 2. ORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
- SUBTITLE D. GENERAL POWERS OF MUNICIPALITIES
- CHAPTER 54. ENFORCEMENT OF MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES
- SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
(a) The governing body of a Type B general-law municipality may prescribe the fine for the violation of a municipal bylaw or ordinance.
(b) If a defendant in a Type B general-law municipality demands a jury trial, the fine may be imposed only on the verdict of a jury.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
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