Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 51.078 · Subchapter E. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITY
PRESERVATION OF CERTAIN POWERS GRANTED BEFORE 1913.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Powers granted before July 1, 1913, to a municipality by general law or special law continue to be powers of the municipality after it adopts a home-rule charter if the powers are made a part of the charter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.51.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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