Tex. Local Government Code § 8.001: AUTHORITY TO INCORPORATE AS TYPE C GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY.

(a) A community may incorporate under this subchapter as a Type C general-law municipality if it:

(1) constitutes an unincorporated city, town, or village;

(2) contains 201 to 4,999 inhabitants; and

(3) meets the territorial requirements prescribed by Section 5.901.

(b) A community incorporating as a Type C general-law municipality adopts the commission form of government.

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