Texas Local Government Code

§ 42.026 — LIMITATION ON EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES

LG § 42.026Title 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, "navigable stream" has the meaning assigned by Section 21.001, Natural Resources Code.

(b)This section applies only to an area that is:

(1)located in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a home-rule municipality that has a population of 60,000 or less and is located in whole or in part in a county with a population of 240,000 or less;

(2)located outside the county in which a majority of the land area of the municipality is located; and

(3)separated from the municipality's corporate boundaries by a navigable stream.

(c)A municipality that, on August 31, 1999, includes that area in its extraterritorial jurisdiction shall, before January 1, 2000:

…

Legislative history

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1494, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1999.