2009 Texas Code
LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE
TITLE 2. ORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
CHAPTER 53. CODE OF MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES  

LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE

TITLE 2. ORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT

SUBTITLE D. GENERAL POWERS OF MUNICIPALITIES

CHAPTER 53. CODE OF MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES

Sec. 53.001. ADOPTION OF CODE. (a) A municipality may adopt by

ordinance a codification of its civil and criminal ordinances,

together with appropriate penalties for the violation of the

ordinances.

(b) On the adoption of the code, the secretary of the

municipality shall record the code in the municipality's

ordinance records.

(c) The code is effective on its adoption.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

Sec. 53.002. PUBLICATION OF ADOPTION ORDINANCE. (a) Except as

provided by Subsection (b), the ordinance adopting a code of

municipal ordinances shall be published in the official

publication of the municipality or in a newspaper published in

the municipality or county as provided by law.

(b) If the municipality is a special-law municipality and its

charter provides for the publication of both civil and criminal

ordinances, the municipality shall publish the ordinance in

compliance with its charter.

(c) It is not necessary to publish the code itself.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 87(d), eff. Aug. 28,

1989.

Sec. 53.003. SUBDIVISION OF CODE. A code of municipal

ordinances may be subdivided into chapters, titles, articles, or

sections at the discretion of the governing body of the

municipality.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

Sec. 53.004. CHANGE OR REPEAL OF ORDINANCE. If a change in a

municipality's form of government and designation of offices and

officers necessitates the change or repeal of an ordinance or

part of an ordinance being codified, the municipality may amend,

omit, or repeal the ordinance in the codification to conform it

to the municipality's present form of government without

separately reenacting, repealing, or amending the source

ordinance.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

Sec. 53.005. EFFECT OF CODIFICATION. (a) A municipal code of

ordinances has the force and effect of an ordinance regularly

adopted in accordance with law.

(b) The record of the code in the municipality's ordinance

records is a record of the codified ordinances and establishes

the content of those ordinances.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

Sec. 53.006. PRINTED CODE AS EVIDENCE. (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.

(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.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.