Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 51.072 : LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE — ORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT — GENERAL POWERS OF MUNICIPALITIES — GENERAL POWERS OF MUNICIPALITIES — PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITY — Authority of Local Self-Government TEXT PDF (a) The municipality has full power of local self-government. (b) The grant of powers to the municipality by this code does not prevent, by implication or otherwise, the municipality from exercising the authority incident to local self-government. Tex. Loc. Gov't. Code § 51.072 Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1987.