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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to establishing a uniform one-half mile extraterritorial |
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jurisdiction limit for 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
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the case of a municipality with fewer than 5,000 inhabitants;
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[(2)
within one mile of those boundaries, in the case
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of 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
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case of a municipality with 100,000 or more inhabitants]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 42.903(b), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The governing body of the municipality by resolution or |
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ordinance may adopt an extraterritorial jurisdiction for all or |
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part of the unincorporated area contiguous to the corporate |
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boundaries of the municipality and located within one-half [one] |
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mile of those boundaries. The authority granted by this section is |
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subject to the limitation provided by Section 26.178, Water Code. |
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SECTION 3. Section 212.001(1), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(1) "Extraterritorial jurisdiction" means a |
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municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction as determined under |
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Chapter 42[, except that for a municipality that has a population of
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5,000 or more and is located in a county bordering the Rio Grande
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River, "extraterritorial jurisdiction" means the area outside the
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municipal limits but within five miles of those limits]. |
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SECTION 4. Sections 42.021(b), (c), and (d), Local |
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Government Code, are repealed. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |