{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-51.072","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 51.072","heading":"AUTHORITY OF LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT.","body":"(a) The municipality has full power of local self-government.\n(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.\nActs 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. ORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT","SUBTITLE D. GENERAL POWERS OF MUNICIPALITIES","CHAPTER 51. GENERAL POWERS OF MUNICIPALITIES","SUBCHAPTER E. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.51.htm#51.072","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"4e58e728a7fed37dbb1fa216123f61ba0fc852176ca61c45524fe701585d4d0f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-51.071","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-51.073"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}