Tex. Spec. Dist. Code § 9501.103
The commission, in the performance of functions under this chapter, has the same powers granted to a county under Subchapter C, Chapter 262, and Chapter 271, Local Government Code, and is subject to the same requirements imposed on a county under those provisions.
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2005.