79R9913 T

By:  Delisi                                                       H.B. No. 3358



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to limitations on the expansion of extraterritorial 
jurisdiction of certain municipalities.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 42.022(b), Local Government Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(b)  The extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality may 
expand beyond the distance limitations imposed by Section 42.021 to 
include an area contiguous to the otherwise existing 
extraterritorial jurisdiction of the municipality if the owners of 
the area request the expansion.  A municipality with fewer than 
5,000 inhabitants may not expand its extraterritorial jurisdiction 
under this subsection beyond the extent of the extraterritorial 
jurisdiction of a municipality with 5,000 to 24,999 inhabitants in 
Section 42.021.
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only 
to an expansion of extraterritorial jurisdiction for which the 
request in expansion required by Section 42.022(b), Local 
Government Code, is provided to the municipality on or after the 
effective date of this Act.  An expansion for which the request is 
provided before that date is governed by the law in effect at the 
time the request is provided, and the former law is continued in 
effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.