{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-51.012","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 51.012","heading":"ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS.","body":"The municipality may adopt an ordinance, act, law, or regulation, not inconsistent with state law, that is necessary for the government, interest, welfare, or good order of the municipality as a body politic.\nActs 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. ORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT","SUBTITLE D. GENERAL POWERS OF MUNICIPALITIES","CHAPTER 51. GENERAL POWERS OF MUNICIPALITIES","SUBCHAPTER B. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.51.htm#51.012","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"9fe8d2c42324e5b2a67a23cacba24be8bd8427176ec36d696b1b056c0038fcc6","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-51.011","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-51.013"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}