Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 5.904 · Subchapter Z. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS AFFECTING TYPES OF MUNICIPALITIES
MUNICIPALITY NOT GOVERNED BY CORPORATE LAW.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A municipality may not be considered a corporation under a state statute governing corporations unless the statute extends its application to a municipality by express use of the term "municipal corporation," "municipality," "city," "town," or "village."
(b) It is the intent of the legislature that the limitation provided by this section apply regardless of whether the municipality is acting in a governmental or proprietary function.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 2(a), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.5.htm
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