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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the requirement that certain municipalities and |
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counties regulate subdivisions in the extraterritorial |
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jurisdiction of the municipality by agreement. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 242.001, Local Government Code, is |
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amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c-1) to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) This section applies only to a county operating under |
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Sections 232.001-232.005 or Subchapter B, C, or E, Chapter 232, and |
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a municipality that has extraterritorial jurisdiction in that |
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county. Subsections (b)-(g) do not apply: |
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(1) within a county that contains extraterritorial |
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jurisdiction of a municipality with a population of 1.9 million or |
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more; |
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(2) within a county with a population of less than |
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800,000 within 50 miles of an international border, or to which |
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Subchapter C, Chapter 232, applies; or |
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(3) to a tract of land subject to a development |
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agreement under Subchapter G, Chapter 212, or other provisions of |
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this code. |
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(c-1) A county with a population of more than 800,000 |
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located within 50 miles of an international border to which this |
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section applies shall enter into an agreement with a municipality |
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as required by this section not later than April 1, 2014. If an |
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agreement is not in effect on or before January 1, 2014, the county |
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and municipality must enter into arbitration in the manner required |
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by Subsection (f) and Section 242.0015. This subsection expires |
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September 1, 2015. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |