SPECIAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY.
Tex. LOC. GOV'T Code § 5.005.
in effect(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.
SUBCHAPTER Z. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS AFFECTING TYPES OF MUNICIPALITIES
