S.B. No. 468
AN ACT
relating to the extraterritorial jurisdiction of certain
municipalities in coastal border counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.0235, Local Government Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d) to
read as follows:
(a) Notwithstanding Section 42.021, and except as provided
by Subsection (d), the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a
municipality with a population of more than 175,000 located in a
county that contains an international border and borders the Gulf
of Mexico terminates two miles from the extraterritorial
jurisdiction of a neighboring municipality if extension of the
extraterritorial jurisdiction beyond that limit would:
(1) completely surround the corporate boundaries or
extraterritorial jurisdiction of the neighboring municipality; and
(2) limit the growth of the neighboring municipality
by precluding the expansion of the neighboring municipality's
extraterritorial jurisdiction.
(d) Extraterritorial jurisdiction for a municipality
subject to this section is determined under Section 42.021 if the
governing body of the municipality and the governing body of the
neighboring municipality each adopt, on or after June 1, 2017,
resolutions stating that the determination of extraterritorial
jurisdiction under Section 42.0235(a) is not in the best interest
of the municipality.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 468 passed the Senate on
April 25, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 27, 2017, by the
following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 468 passed the House, with
amendment, on May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 146,
Nays 0, one present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor