Bill Text: TX SB508 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the extent of extraterritorial jurisdiction of certain less populous municipalities located on a barrier island.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [SB508 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB508-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 508 |
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relating to the extent of extraterritorial jurisdiction of certain | ||
less populous municipalities located on a barrier island. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 42.021, Local Government Code, is | ||
amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) Regardless of Subsection (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 five miles of those boundaries on a [ |
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barrier island; or | ||
(2) within one-half mile of those boundaries off a | ||
barrier island. | ||
(c) Subsection (b) applies to a [ |
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has: | ||
(1) a population of 2,000 or more; and | ||
(2) territory located: | ||
(A) entirely on a barrier island in the Gulf of | ||
Mexico; and | ||
(B) within 30 miles of an international border. | ||
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, 2011. | ||
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President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 508 passed the Senate on | ||
March 17, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 508 passed the House on | ||
May 19, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 2, one | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |