TO: | Honorable Royce West, Chair, Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | SB1606 by Lucio (Relating to the extent of extraterritorial jurisdiction of certain municipalities.), As Introduced |
The bill would amend the Local Government Code to stipulate that the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality with a population of 2,000 or more and in which the territory is located entirely on a barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico and is within 30 miles of an international border includes the unincorporated area that is continguous to the corporate boundaries of the municipality.
The bill would take effect immediately if it were to receive the required two-thirds vote in each house; otherwise, it would take effect September 1, 2007.
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LBB Staff: | JOB, DB
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