Texas Local Government Code
§ 42.024 — TRANSFER OF EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION BETWEEN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES
LG § 42.024Title 2. ORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT · Part C. MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES AND ANNEXATION · Ch. 42. EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF MUNICIPALITIES · Art. B. DETERMINATION OF EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION
Statute text
View on source(a)In this section:
(1)"Adopting municipality" means a home-rule municipality with a population of less than 25,000 that purchases and appropriates raw water for its water utility through a transbasin diversion permit from one or two river authorities in which the municipality has territory.
(2)"Releasing municipality" means a home-rule municipality with a population of more than 450,000 that owns an electric utility, that has a charter provision allowing for limited-purpose annexation, and that has annexed territory for a limited purpose.
(b)The governing body of an adopting municipality may by resolution include in its extraterritorial jurisdiction an area that is in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a releasing municipality if:
(1)the releasing municipality does not provide water, sewer services, and electricity to the released area;
(2)the owners of a majority of the land within the released area request that the adopting municipality include in its extraterritorial jurisdiction the released area;
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Legislative history
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 986 (S.B. 766), Sec. 30, eff. September 1, 2025. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 986 (S.B. 766), Sec. 31, eff. September 1, 2025.