{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-8.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 8.001","heading":"AUTHORITY TO INCORPORATE AS TYPE C GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY.","body":"(a) A community may incorporate under this subchapter as a Type C general-law municipality if it:\n(1) constitutes an unincorporated city, town, or village;\n(2) contains 201 to 4,999 inhabitants; and\n(3) meets the territorial requirements prescribed by Section 5.901.\n(b) A community incorporating as a Type C general-law municipality adopts the commission form of government.\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 8. TYPE C GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY","SUBCHAPTER A. INCORPORATION AS TYPE C GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.8.htm#8.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"b2177ee17f1f8d238899e9040ef6cc2c253d84f18566d62351d6223d1747825c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-7.008","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-8.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}