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.