§ 5.005. SPECIAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY. (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. (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. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

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