{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-5.004","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 5.004","heading":"HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITY.","body":"A municipality is a home-rule municipality if it operates under a municipal charter that has been adopted or amended as authorized by Article XI, Section 5, of the Texas Constitution.\nActs 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. ORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT","SUBTITLE A. TYPES OF MUNICIPALITIES","CHAPTER 5. TYPES OF MUNICIPALITIES IN GENERAL","SUBCHAPTER A. TYPES OF MUNICIPALITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.5.htm#5.004","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"6aa2468358891fd25bf90627accae67b14a023d361cc23e7ac09ba64865a1292","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-5.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-5.005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}