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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 for 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(a), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality is |
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the unincorporated area that is contiguous to the corporate |
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boundaries 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 three [two] miles of those boundaries, in |
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the case 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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SECTION 2. Subchapter Z, Chapter 42, Local Government Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 42.9011 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 42.9011. APPORTIONMENT OF EXTRATERRITORIAL |
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JURISDICTIONS OF CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES THAT OVERLAPPED ON |
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SEPTEMBER 1, 2011. (a) If, on September 1, 2011, the expanded |
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extraterritorial jurisdiction that a municipality received under |
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Section 42.021(a)(3) overlapped the expanded extraterritorial |
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jurisdiction that one or more other municipalities received on that |
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date under Section 42.021(a)(3), the governing bodies of the |
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affected municipalities may apportion the overlapped area in the |
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same manner as provided by Section 42.901. |
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(b) The expansion of the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a |
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municipality under Section 42.021(a)(3) may not include any area in |
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the existing extraterritorial jurisdiction of another |
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municipality. |
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(c) In applying Section 42.901(c) for purposes of this |
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section, the date of September 1, 2011, is substituted for August |
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23, 1963. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |