Tex. Local Gov't Code Section 5.005
Special-law Municipality

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

Source: Section 5.005 — Special-law Municipality, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.­5.­htm#5.­005 (accessed May 18, 2024).

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