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| 1 | 1 | By: Cook (Senate Sponsor - Birdwell) H.B. No. 91 | |
| 2 | 2 | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 26, 2011; | |
| 3 | 3 | April 29, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on | |
| 4 | 4 | Intergovernmental Relations; May 19, 2011, reported favorably by | |
| 5 | 5 | the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 19, 2011, sent to | |
| 6 | 6 | printer.) | |
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| 9 | 9 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 10 | 10 | AN ACT | |
| 11 | 11 | relating to the extent of extraterritorial jurisdiction for certain | |
| 12 | 12 | municipalities. | |
| 13 | 13 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 14 | 14 | SECTION 1. Section 42.021, Local Government Code, is | |
| 15 | 15 | amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | |
| 16 | 16 | (c) Regardless of Subsection (a), the extraterritorial | |
| 17 | 17 | jurisdiction of a municipality is the unincorporated area that is | |
| 18 | 18 | contiguous to the corporate boundaries of the municipality and that | |
| 19 | 19 | is located within three miles of those boundaries if the | |
| 20 | 20 | municipality: | |
| 21 | 21 | (1) has a population of not less than 20,000 or more | |
| 22 | 22 | than 29,000; and | |
| 23 | 23 | (2) is located in a county that has a population of | |
| 24 | 24 | 45,000 or more and borders the Trinity River. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | |
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