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Tex. Local Government Code § 62.201: PETITION FOR ABOLITION.
Where this section sits in the code
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE
- TITLE 2. ORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
- SUBTITLE E. CONSOLIDATION AND ABOLITION OF MUNICIPALITIES
- CHAPTER 62. ABOLITION OF MUNICIPALITIES
- SUBCHAPTER F. ABOLITION OF MUNICIPALITY CEASING TO HAVE RESIDENTS
After the 120th day after the date a municipality ceases to have any persons residing within its boundaries, the owners of a majority of the land within the municipality may file a petition with a district court of the county in which all or a majority of the land in the municipality is located requesting the court to abolish the municipality.
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 8(a), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.
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