83R7887 JTS-D
By: Oliveira H.B. No. 3552
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the release of extraterritorial jurisdiction by certain
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 42.0252 to read as follows:
Sec. 42.0252. RELEASE OF EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION
EXTENDING ACROSS SHIP CHANNEL. (a) A municipality with an
extraterritorial jurisdiction of five miles that extends across a
ship channel shall release from its extraterritorial jurisdiction
any strip of land less than one mile in width that lies entirely
between the edge of the ship channel and the municipal boundary of a
second municipality whose extraterritorial jurisdiction would
include the strip if not for its inclusion in the first
municipality's jurisdiction.
(b) On the release from the extraterritorial jurisdiction
of a municipality under Subsection (a), the released area becomes
part of the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the second
municipality to the extent described by Section 42.021.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.