Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 71.001 : LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE — ORGANIZATION OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT — ORGANIZATION OF COUNTIES — CREATION OF COUNTIES — GENERAL PROVISIONS — Corporate and Political Body
A county is a corporate and political body.
Tex. Loc. Gov't. Code § 71.001
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1987.