79R3122 MXM-F

By:  Goolsby                                                      H.B. No. 1623



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the jurisdiction of certain home-rule municipalities on 
a barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 43, Local Government Code, 
is amended by adding Section 43.904 to read as follows:
	Sec. 43.904.  JURISDICTION OF CERTAIN HOME-RULE 
MUNICIPALITIES OVER BARRIER ISLANDS.  (a)  In this section, 
"barrier island" means an island bordering on the Gulf of Mexico.
	(b)  This section applies only to a home-rule municipality 
that has a population of less than 50,000 and is not predominantly 
located on a barrier island.
	(c)  The home-rule municipality may not:                                
		(1)  extend its corporate limits to or have its 
extraterritorial jurisdiction on a barrier island on which a 
municipality incorporated before September 1, 2005, exists; or
		(2)  annex land on the island.                                         
	(d)  An agreement by which a home-rule municipality pledges, 
directly or indirectly, taxes or other revenue from or attributable 
to territory located on a barrier island does not create an 
enforceable right to prevent the reformation of the municipality's 
boundary under Subsection (e).
	(e)  The boundary of a home-rule municipality is void to the 
extent that it violates Subsection (c), and the boundary is 
reformed on September 1, 2005, to exclude the territory on the 
barrier island.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.