Bill Text: TX SB1545 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the maximum size of a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-16 - Referred to Local Government [SB1545 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1545-Introduced.html
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By: Bettencourt | S.B. No. 1545 |
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relating to the maximum size of a municipality's extraterritorial | ||
jurisdiction. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 42.021, Local Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
(e) Regardless of Subsection (a), the total gross acreage of | ||
the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality may not exceed | ||
50 percent of the gross acreage of the municipality. A municipality | ||
shall release extraterritorial jurisdiction as necessary to comply | ||
with this subsection. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |