Bill Text: TX HB375 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 375 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the release and inclusion of extraterritorial jurisdiction by a municipality involving certain areas.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-23 - Referred to Land & Resource Management [HB375 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB375-Introduced.html

	88R1969 DRS-D

	By: Bell of Montgomery	H.B. No. 375



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the release and inclusion of extraterritorial
	jurisdiction by a municipality involving certain areas.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 42, Local Government Code,
	is amended by adding Section 42.0253 to read as follows:
	Sec. 42.0253. RELEASE AND INCLUSION OF EXTRATERRITORIAL
	JURISDICTION: CERTAIN AREAS. (a) This section applies only to an
	area that is located in:
	(1) the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a
	municipality; and
	(2) a county with a population of less than 75,000 that
	is adjacent to three counties with populations of more than
	450,000.
	(b) A majority of the registered voters in an area subject
	to this section may petition the municipality to release the area
	from the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction. The
	petition must be filed with the secretary or clerk of the
	municipality.
	(c) Not later than the 10th day after the date the secretary
	or clerk receives a petition under Subsection (b), the secretary or
	clerk shall determine whether the petition is valid. If the
	petition is determined valid, the governing body of the
	municipality shall immediately enter in the minutes or records of
	the municipality an order releasing the area from the
	municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction.
	(d) An area released under Subsection (c) becomes an
	unincorporated area of the county. A municipality may include the
	area in the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction if:
	(1) the municipality is otherwise eligible to include
	the area in its extraterritorial jurisdiction under this chapter;
	and
	(2) the municipality receives a petition signed by a
	majority of the registered voters of the area requesting inclusion.
	SECTION 2. 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, 2023.