{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-22.006","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 22.006","heading":"DATE ON WHICH OFFICERS BEGIN TO PERFORM DUTIES.","body":"A newly elected municipal officer may exercise the duties of office beginning on the fifth day after the date of the election, excluding Sundays.\nActs 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. ORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT","SUBTITLE B. MUNICIPAL FORM OF GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 22. ALDERMANIC FORM OF GOVERNMENT IN TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.22.htm#22.006","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"cb64fdc3df6c08a70095de95726b75a94c99418e22a7d5ad79fc25d6a409ee01","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-22.005","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-22.007"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}