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| 1 | 1 | By: Lucio S.B. No. 508 | |
| 2 | 2 | (Lozano, Oliveira) | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the extent of extraterritorial jurisdiction of certain | |
| 8 | 8 | less populous municipalities located on a barrier island. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 42.021, Local Government Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to | |
| 12 | 12 | read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (b) Regardless of Subsection (a), the extraterritorial | |
| 14 | 14 | jurisdiction of a municipality is the unincorporated area that is | |
| 15 | 15 | contiguous to the corporate boundaries of the municipality and that | |
| 16 | 16 | is located: | |
| 17 | 17 | (1) within five miles of those boundaries on a [the] | |
| 18 | 18 | barrier island; or | |
| 19 | 19 | (2) within one-half mile of those boundaries off a | |
| 20 | 20 | barrier island. | |
| 21 | 21 | (c) Subsection (b) applies to a [if the] municipality that | |
| 22 | 22 | has: | |
| 23 | 23 | (1) a population of 2,000 or more; and | |
| 24 | 24 | (2) territory located: | |
| 25 | 25 | (A) entirely on a barrier island in the Gulf of | |
| 26 | 26 | Mexico; and | |
| 27 | 27 | (B) within 30 miles of an international border. | |
| 28 | 28 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 29 | 29 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 30 | 30 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 31 | 31 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 32 | 32 | Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |