{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-51.078","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 51.078","heading":"PRESERVATION OF CERTAIN POWERS GRANTED BEFORE 1913.","body":"Powers granted before July 1, 1913, to a municipality by general law or special law continue to be powers of the municipality after it adopts a home-rule charter if the powers are made a part of the charter.\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#51.078","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"73c0ba63c9d00f3f7c5c40b076c1d44d9d323f3e90997e0a7ded0276b93de73c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-51.077","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-51.079"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}