{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-53.006","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 53.006","heading":"PRINTED CODE AS EVIDENCE.","body":"(a) A municipality may have printed, under the direction of the governing body of the municipality, a copy of the code that is authenticated and approved by the mayor's signature and attested by the secretary of the municipality.\n(b) In a court, the printed code is prima facie evidence of the existence and regular enactment of the ordinance adopting the code. A court shall admit the printed code in evidence without further proof.\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 53. CODE OF MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.53.htm#53.006","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"4894db34ede49ef53d10cfd3417752157ebf464ec2782de5e7f19fdc6161fc05","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-53.005","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-54.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}