{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-24.053","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 24.053","heading":"ABOLITION OF MUNICIPAL OFFICE; DISCHARGE OF OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE.","body":"At any time, the governing body of the municipality may abolish an office that it creates and may discharge an officer, clerk, or employee that it appoints.\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 24. COMMISSION FORM OF GOVERNMENT IN GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY","SUBCHAPTER C. OTHER MUNICIPAL OFFICERS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.24.htm#24.053","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"59cf4fc8d45d00f9c95d205541019ab1cffea3c4411fa9d7a64fb6af546d9778","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-24.052","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-24.071"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}