{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-23.022","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 23.022","heading":"INITIAL MAYOR.","body":"Immediately after election returns for the initial election for municipal officers have been made, the county judge shall commission the candidate who received the highest number of votes for the office of mayor.\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 23. ALDERMANIC FORM OF GOVERNMENT IN TYPE B GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY","SUBCHAPTER B. GOVERNING BODY AND MARSHAL"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.23.htm#23.022","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"bae5269cc8dc50702006233884fb1ddc1665c7005f3b977c160ed34a1747b3ef","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-23.021","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-23.023"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}