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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the reduction of a municipality's extraterritorial |
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jurisdiction. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 42.023, Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 42.023. REDUCTION OF EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION. |
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The extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality may not be |
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reduced unless the governing body of the municipality gives its |
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written consent by ordinance or resolution, except: |
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(1) in cases of judicial apportionment of overlapping |
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extraterritorial jurisdictions under Section 42.901; |
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(2) in accordance with an agreement under Section |
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42.022(d); or |
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(3) as necessary to comply with Section 42.0235, |
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42.105, or 42.155. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the |
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legislative session. |