(a) The municipality has full power of local self-government.
(b) The grant of powers to the municipality by this code does not prevent, by implication or otherwise, the municipality from exercising the authority incident to local self-government.
Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 51.072
AUTHORITY OF LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Zarnow v. City of Wichita Falls (2010)
Most recently applied in Duarte v. City of Lewisville (September 2015)
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff
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Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.