{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-62.004","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 62.004","heading":"DECLARATION OF ABOLITION; CERTIFICATION.","body":"If a majority of the votes received in an abolition election are for abolition, the mayor of the municipality shall declare the municipality abolished and certify the abolition to the commissioners court of the county in which the municipality is located. The commissioners court shall enter the abolition order in its minutes, at which time the municipality ceases to exist.\nActs 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. ORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT","SUBTITLE E. CONSOLIDATION AND ABOLITION OF MUNICIPALITIES","CHAPTER 62. ABOLITION OF MUNICIPALITIES","SUBCHAPTER A. AUTHORITY AND PROCEDURE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.62.htm#62.004","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"4535137284a51752d87cea2fed5d1eb6bd6f5820f050ee9ba35627e5353b9cee","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-62.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-62.041"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}