By: Geren H.B. No. 2512
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to release of an area from a municipality's
  extraterritorial jurisdiction by petition or election.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.   Section 42.101, Local Government Code, is
  amended by amending Subdivisions (1), (4), and (5) and adding
  Subdivision (6) to read as follows:
               (1)  within [five] fifteen miles of the boundary of a
  military base, as defined by Section 43.0117, at which an active
  training program is conducted;
               (4)  in an area designated as an industrial district
  under Subsection 42.044; [or]
               (5)  in an area subject to a strategic partnership
  agreement entered into under Section 43.0751, or any other
  agreement, including a development agreement entered into under
  Section 212.172; or [.]
               (6)  in an area within a municipality’s certificate of
  convenience and necessity issued in accordance with Chapter 13,
  Subchapter G, Water Code.
         SECTION 2.  Section 42.151, Local Government Code, is
  amended by amending Subdivisions (1), (4), and (5) and adding
  Subdivision (6) to read as follows:
               (1)  within [five] fifteen miles of the boundary of a
  military base, as defined by Section 43.0117, at which an active
  training program is conducted;
               (4)  in an area designated as an industrial district
  under Section 42.044; [or]
               (5)  in an area subject to a strategic partnership
  agreement entered into under Section 43.0751, or any other
  agreement, including a development agreement entered into under
  Section 212.172; or [.]
               (6)  in an area within a municipality’s certificate of
  convenience and necessity issued in accordance with Chapter 13,
  Subchapter G, Water Code.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2025.