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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the extent of extraterritorial jurisdiction of certain |
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municipalities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 42.021, Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 42.021. EXTENT OF EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION. (a) |
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The extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality is the |
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unincorporated area that is contiguous to the corporate boundaries |
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of the municipality and that is located: |
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(1) within one-half mile of those boundaries, in the |
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case of a municipality with fewer than 5,000 inhabitants; |
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(2) within one mile of those boundaries, in the case of |
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a municipality with 5,000 to 24,999 inhabitants; |
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(3) within two miles of those boundaries, in the case |
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of a municipality with 25,000 to 49,999 inhabitants; |
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(4) within 3-1/2 miles of those boundaries, in the |
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case of a municipality with 50,000 to 99,999 inhabitants; or |
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(5) within five miles of those boundaries, in the case |
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of a municipality with 100,000 or more inhabitants. |
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(b) Regardless of Subsection (a), the extraterritorial |
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jurisdiction of a municipality is the unincorporated area that is |
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contiguous to the corporate boundaries of the municipality and that |
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is located within five miles of those boundaries on the barrier |
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island if the municipality has: |
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(1) a population of 2,000 or more; and |
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(2) territory located: |
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(A) entirely on a barrier island in the Gulf of |
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Mexico; and |
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(B) within 30 miles of an international border. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |