88R10078 SCL-F
By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 1545
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the maximum size of a municipality's extraterritorial
jurisdiction.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.021, Local Government Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) Regardless of Subsection (a), the total gross acreage of
the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality may not exceed
50 percent of the gross acreage of the municipality. A municipality
shall release extraterritorial jurisdiction as necessary to comply
with this subsection.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.