{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-5.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 5.003","heading":"TYPE C GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY.","body":"A municipality is a Type C general-law municipality if it:\n(1) has incorporated as a Type C general-law municipality under Subchapter A of Chapter 8 and has not acted to change to another type of municipality;\n(2) has changed to a Type C general-law municipality under Subchapter B of Chapter 8 and has not acted to change to another type of municipality; or\n(3) operated, immediately preceding September 1, 1987, under Chapter 12, Title 28, Revised Statutes, and has not acted to change to another type of municipality.\nActs 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. ORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT","SUBTITLE A. TYPES OF MUNICIPALITIES","CHAPTER 5. TYPES OF MUNICIPALITIES IN GENERAL","SUBCHAPTER A. TYPES OF MUNICIPALITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.5.htm#5.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"7f07883a0b0657f84176b3ef13ca01e41d4e398696a3903c53dd442c47cdf67a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-5.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-5.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}