Bill Text: TX SB456 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Relating to establishing a uniform one-half mile extraterritorial jurisdiction limit for municipalities.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-09 - Referred to Intergovernmental Relations [SB456 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-SB456-Introduced.html

---

84R6481 PAM-D
By: Burton S.B. No. 456

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to establishing a uniform one-half mile extraterritorial
jurisdiction limit for municipalities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.021(a), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality is
the unincorporated area that is contiguous to the corporate
boundaries of the municipality and that is located[:
[(1)] within one-half mile of those boundaries[, in
the case of a municipality with fewer than 5,000 inhabitants;
[(2) within one mile of those boundaries, in the case
of a municipality with 5,000 to 24,999 inhabitants;
[(3) within two miles of those boundaries, in the case
of a municipality with 25,000 to 49,999 inhabitants;
[(4) within 3-1/2 miles of those boundaries, in the
case of a municipality with 50,000 to 99,999 inhabitants; or
[(5) within five miles of those boundaries, in the
case of a municipality with 100,000 or more inhabitants].
SECTION 2. Section 42.903(b), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(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-half [one]
mile of those boundaries. The authority granted by this section is
subject to the limitation provided by Section 26.178, Water Code.
SECTION 3. Section 212.001(1), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(1) "Extraterritorial jurisdiction" means a
municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction as determined under
Chapter 42[, except that for a municipality that has a population of
5,000 or more and is located in a county bordering the Rio Grande
River, "extraterritorial jurisdiction" means the area outside the
municipal limits but within five miles of those limits].
SECTION 4. Sections 42.021(b), (c), and (d), Local
Government Code, are repealed.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.