Texas Local Government Code

§ 42.903 — EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF CERTAIN TYPE B OR C GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITIES

LG § 42.903Title 2. ORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT · Part C. MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES AND ANNEXATION · Ch. 42. EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF MUNICIPALITIES · Art. Z. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

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(a)This section applies only to a Type B or C general-law municipality:

(1)that has more than 200 inhabitants;

(2)that is wholly surrounded, at the time of incorporation, by the extraterritorial jurisdiction of another municipality; and

(3)part of which was located, at any time before incorporation, in an area annexed for limited purposes by another municipality.

(b)The governing body of the municipality by resolution or ordinance may adopt an extraterritorial jurisdiction for all or part of the unincorporated area contiguous to the corporate boundaries of the municipality and located within one mile of those boundaries. The authority granted by this section is subject to the limitation provided by Section 26.178, Water Code.

(c)Within 90 days after the date the municipality adopts the resolution or ordinance, an owner of real property in the extraterritorial jurisdiction may petition the municipality to release the owner's property from the extraterritorial jurisdiction. On the presentation of the petition, the property:

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 13.01(a), eff. Aug. 26, 1991.