Sec. 370.0311. CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES. (a) This section applies to a municipality:
(1) with a population of 5,000 or less; and
(2) in which a ferry system that is a part of the state highway system is located.
(b) A municipality has the same authority as a county under this chapter to create and participate in an authority.
(c) A municipality that creates or participates in an authority has the same powers and duties as a county that creates or participates in an authority under this chapter.
(d) The governing body of a municipality that creates or participates in an authority has the same powers and duties as a commissioners court of a county that creates or participates in an authority under this chapter.
(e) An elected member of the governing body of a municipality that creates or participates in an authority has the same powers and duties as a commissioner of a county that creates or participates in an authority under this chapter.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 877 (S.B. 1131), Sec. 5, eff. June 17, 2005.
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