Texas Local Government Code
§ 5.005 — SPECIAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY
LG § 5.005Title 2. ORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT · Part A. TYPES OF MUNICIPALITIES · Ch. 5. TYPES OF MUNICIPALITIES IN GENERAL · Art. A. TYPES OF MUNICIPALITIES
Statute text
View on source(a)A municipality is a special-law municipality if it operates under a municipal charter granted by a local law enacted by the Congress of the Republic of Texas or by the legislature.
(b)A special-law municipality that has amended its municipal charter as authorized by Article XI, Section 5, of the Texas Constitution is also a home-rule municipality.
Legislative history
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.