82R17446 JTS-F
By: Zerwas H.B. No. 2902
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2902:
By: Kleinschmidt C.S.H.B. No. 2902
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the release of extraterritorial jurisdiction by certain
general-law municipalities.
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 42.0251 to read as follows:
Sec. 42.0251. RELEASE OF EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION BY
CERTAIN GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITIES. (a) This section applies only
to a general-law municipality:
(1) that has a population of less than 3,000;
(2) that is located in a county with a population of
more than 500,000 that is adjacent to a county with a population of
more than four million; and
(3) in which at least two-thirds of the residents
reside within a gated community.
(b) A municipality shall release an area from its
extraterritorial jurisdiction not later than the 10th day after the
date the municipality receives a petition requesting that the area
be released that is signed by at least 80 percent of the owners of
real property located in the area requesting release.
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.