{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-212.044","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 212.044","heading":"PLANS, RULES, AND ORDINANCES.","body":"After a public hearing on the matter, the municipality may adopt general plans, rules, or ordinances governing development plats of land within the limits and in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the municipality to promote the health, safety, morals, or general welfare of the municipality and the safe, orderly, and healthful development of the municipality.\nActs 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 7. REGULATION OF LAND USE, STRUCTURES, BUSINESSES, AND RELATED ACTIVITIES","SUBTITLE A. MUNICIPAL REGULATORY AUTHORITY","CHAPTER 212. MUNICIPAL REGULATION OF SUBDIVISIONS AND PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT","SUBCHAPTER B. REGULATION OF PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.212.htm#212.044","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"178607457d7ebf5a06554bafabe4d8a8eb78426b3c704b03ccb3364766b0da82","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-212.043","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-212.045"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}