88S40079 KBB-F
By: Tepper H.B. No. 11
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the reduction of a municipality's extraterritorial
jurisdiction.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.023, Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 42.023. REDUCTION OF EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.
The extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality may not be
reduced unless the governing body of the municipality gives its
written consent by ordinance or resolution, except:
(1) in cases of judicial apportionment of overlapping
extraterritorial jurisdictions under Section 42.901;
(2) in accordance with an agreement under Section
42.022(d); or
(3) as necessary to comply with Section 42.0235,
42.105, or 42.155.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the
legislative session.