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Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 5.005

SPECIAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY

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

(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.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.