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Relating to the authority of a Type A or Type B general-law municipality to change to a Type C general-law municipality, the official text

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H.B. No. 303

AN ACT

relating to the authority of a Type A or Type B general-law

municipality to change to a Type C general-law municipality.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 8.021(a), Local Government Code, is

amended to read as follows:

(a) A Type A general-law municipality containing [501 to]

4,999 or fewer inhabitants or a Type B general-law municipality

containing [501 to] 999 or fewer inhabitants may change to a Type C

general-law municipality.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

______________________________
______________________________

President of the Senate
Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 303 was passed by the House on April

30, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, 2 present, not

voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 303 was passed by the Senate on May

16, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: _____________________

Date

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Governor
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