{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-51.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 51.003","heading":"MUNICIPAL ACT OR PROCEEDING PRESUMED VALID.","body":"(a) A governmental act or proceeding of a municipality is conclusively presumed, as of the date it occurred, to be valid and to have occurred in accordance with all applicable statutes and ordinances if:\n(1) the third anniversary of the effective date of the act or proceeding has expired; and\n(2) a lawsuit to annul or invalidate the act or proceeding has not been filed on or before that third anniversary.\n(b) This section does not apply to:\n(1) an act or proceeding that was void at the time it occurred;\n(2) an act or proceeding that, under a statute of this state or the United States, was a misdemeanor or felony at the time the act or proceeding occurred;\n(3) an incorporation or attempted incorporation of a municipality, or an annexation or attempted annexation of territory by a municipality, within the incorporated boundaries or extraterritorial jurisdiction of another municipality that occurred without the consent of the other municipality in violation of Chapter 42 or 43;\n(4) an ordinance that, at the time it was passed, was preempted by a statute of this state or the United States, including Section 1.06 or 109.57, Alcoholic Beverage Code; or\n(5) a matter that on the effective date of this section:\n(A) is involved in litigation if the litigation ultimately results in the matter being held invalid by a final judgment of a court; or\n(B) has been held invalid by a final judgment of a court.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1338, Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 1999.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. ORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT","SUBTITLE D. GENERAL POWERS OF MUNICIPALITIES","CHAPTER 51. GENERAL POWERS OF MUNICIPALITIES","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.51.htm#51.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"0e3f440b15fdb7515f84a10e9f262e241bc3aedc36035436bf188a2edf4174c4","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-51.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-51.011"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}