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By: Cook (Senate Sponsor - Birdwell) |
H.B. No. 91 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 26, 2011; |
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April 29, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Intergovernmental Relations; May 19, 2011, reported favorably by |
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the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 19, 2011, sent to |
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printer.) |
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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, Local Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) 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 three miles of those boundaries if the |
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municipality: |
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(1) has a population of not less than 20,000 or more |
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than 29,000; and |
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(2) is located in a county that has a population of |
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45,000 or more and borders the Trinity River. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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