{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-552.061","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 552.061","heading":"APPLICATION OF SUBCHAPTER TO CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES.","body":"To exercise authority under this subchapter, a municipality must:\n(1) have all or a major part of its territory in a county with a population of more than 25,000; or\n(2) be located in a county in which at least 60 percent of the total area is regularly covered by water and in which is located the majority of the total area of a wildlife refuge for species of wildlife on the federal endangered species list.\nActs 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 83(b), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.\nRenumbered from Local Government Code, Section 402.061 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 3.76(a)(2), eff. April 1, 2009.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 13. WATER AND UTILITIES","SUBTITLE A. MUNICIPAL WATER AND UTILITIES","CHAPTER 552. MUNICIPAL UTILITIES","SUBCHAPTER D. IMPROVEMENTS TO WATER AND SEWER SYSTEMS IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.552.htm#552.061","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"85450c7d9d7d7312a946643aab25577674cfbfaa0514318f7efb8dcc82c19083","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-552.054","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-552.062"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}