CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE
TITLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 1.001. PURPOSE OF CODE. (a) This code is enacted as a
part of the state's continuing statutory revision program, begun
by the Texas Legislative Council in 1963 as directed by the
legislature in the law codified as Chapter 323 of the Government
Code. The program contemplates a topic-by-topic revision of the
state's general and permanent statute law without substantive
change.
(b) Consistent with the objectives of the statutory revision
program, the purpose of this code is to make the law encompassed
by this code more accessible and understandable, by:
(1) rearranging the statutes into a more logical order;
(2) employing a format and numbering system designed to
facilitate citation of the law and to accommodate future
expansion of the law;
(3) eliminating repealed, duplicative, unconstitutional,
expired, executed, and other ineffective provisions; and
(4) restating the law in modern American English to the greatest
extent possible.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Sec. 1.002. CONSTRUCTION OF CODE. The Code Construction Act
(Chapter 311 of the Government Code) applies to the construction
of each provision in this code except as otherwise expressly
provided by this code.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Sec. 1.003. INTERNAL REFERENCES. In this code:
(1) a reference to a title, chapter, or section without further
identification is a reference to a title, chapter, or section of
this code; and
(2) a reference to a subtitle, subchapter, subsection,
subdivision, paragraph, or other numbered or lettered unit
without further identification is a reference to a unit of the
next larger unit of this code in which the reference appears.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Sec. 1.004. REFERENCE IN LAW TO STATUTE REVISED BY CODE. A
reference in a law to a statute or a part of a statute revised by
this code is considered to be a reference to the part of this
code that revises that statute or part of the statute.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Sec. 1.005. DEFINITIONS. In this code:
(1) "General-law municipality" means a municipality designated
by Chapter 5 as a Type A general-law municipality, Type B
general-law municipality, or Type C general-law municipality.
(2) "Home-rule municipality" means a municipality designated by
Chapter 5 as a home-rule municipality.
(3) "Municipality" means a general-law municipality, home-rule
municipality, or special-law municipality.
(4) "Special-law municipality" means a municipality designated
by Chapter 5 as a special-law municipality.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.