Sec. 370.0311.  CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES.  (a)  This section applies to a municipality:
(1)  with a population of 5,000 or less; and
(2)  in which a ferry system that is a part of the state highway system is located.
(b)  A municipality has the same authority as a county under this chapter to create and participate in an authority.
(c)  A municipality that creates or participates in an authority has the same powers and duties as a county that creates or participates in an authority under this chapter.
(d)  The governing body of a municipality that creates or participates in an authority has the same powers and duties as a commissioners court of a county that creates or participates in an authority under this chapter.
(e)  An elected member of the governing body of a municipality that creates or participates in an authority has the same powers and duties as a commissioner of a county that creates or participates in an authority under this chapter.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 877 (S.B. 1131), Sec. 5, eff. June 17, 2005.