{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-5.005","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 5.005","heading":"SPECIAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY.","body":"(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.\n(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.\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#5.005","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"4f971226cc9c9524ab030c3b97fb1b0133f48f2dacb789994804cef20f8b063a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-5.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-5.901"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}