{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-71.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 71.001","heading":"CORPORATE AND POLITICAL BODY.","body":"A county is a corporate and political body.\nActs 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 3. ORGANIZATION OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT","SUBTITLE A. ORGANIZATION OF COUNTIES","CHAPTER 71. CREATION OF COUNTIES","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.71.htm#71.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"bab270f1a2b0319476a009387f508a684b9a56c5cacf090918a3fd77a6369db4","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-62.204","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-71.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}