{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-6.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 6.003","heading":"EFFECTIVE DATE OF INCORPORATION.","body":"The incorporation of the community as a municipality is effective on the date the county judge makes the entry, under Section 7.007, in the records of the commissioners court.\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 6. TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY","SUBCHAPTER A. INCORPORATION AS TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.6.htm#6.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"9d0b497b0cbc0064d88d035a8982b9d3bd21fff5ef5a5b78ca40fc3eba3496c0","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-6.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-6.011"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}