SLC H.B. 2203 75(R)BILL ANALYSIS LAND & RESOURCE MANAGEMENT H.B. 2203 By: Bosse 4-18-97 Committee Report (Unamended) BACKGROUND Texas law provides cities with certain powers in an area extending beyond the city limits called extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ). Land owners within the ETJ are subject to certain restrictions on their property rights. These include prohibition against subdivision, development and incorporation without approval from the city. Currently cities are required to keep a public record of the city limits, but not of the ETJ. In situations in which two cities have ETJ's which overlap, agreements are made between the cities as to where the boundaries lie for each city. This creates a problem for people who own land in areas that are between two cities. Since there is no required public record, these land owners have no way to determine what ETJ their property lies in, or if it is within an ETJ. PURPOSE HB 2203 would require cities to maintain a map of the ETJ on file with the secretary or the clerk of the municipality. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 41.001, Local Government Code, MAP OF MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES, by adding AND EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION to the caption, as well as amending subsection (a) and adding subsection (c): Sec. 41.001. MAP OF MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES AND EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION. This section requires that a municipality prepare and maintain a map for public record that shows the boundaries of the municipality and of its ETJ. (a) requires municipalities to maintain a public record of the boundaries and the ETJ on file with the clerk or the secretary of the municipality. (b) requires that the map shall be immediately corrected to include annexed territory. (c) requires the city to post a revised map of the ETJ immediately upon changes to the ETJ. The map must be annotated to indicate the date which the change occurred, the number of the ordinance or resolution by which the change was made, and a reference to the records in which the ordinance or resolution is recorded in full. SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 1997. SECTION 3. Emergency clause.