Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2024 Compare Versions

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1	1	89R6233 SCL-F
2	2	By: Turner H.B. No. 2024
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the release of certain areas from a municipality's
10	10	extraterritorial jurisdiction by petition or election.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 42.101, Local Government Code, is
13	13	amended to read as follows:
14	14	Sec. 42.101. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter does not apply
15	15	to an area [located]:
16	16	(1) located within five miles of the boundary of a
17	17	military base, as defined by Section 43.0117, at which an active
18	18	training program is conducted;
19	19	(2) located in an area that was voluntarily annexed
20	20	into the extraterritorial jurisdiction that is located in a county:
21	21	(A) in which the population grew by more than 50
22	22	percent from the previous federal decennial census in the federal
23	23	decennial census conducted in 2020; and
24	24	(B) that has a population greater than 240,000;
25	25	(3) located within the portion of the extraterritorial
26	26	jurisdiction of a municipality with a population of more than 1.4
27	27	million that is:
28	28	(A) within 15 miles of the boundary of a military
29	29	base, as defined by Section 43.0117, at which an active training
30	30	program is conducted; and
31	31	(B) in a county with a population of more than two
32	32	million;
33	33	(4) located in an area designated as an industrial
34	34	district under Section 42.044; [or]
35	35	(5) [in an area] subject to a strategic partnership
36	36	agreement entered into under Section 43.0751;
37	37	(6) for which the release from a municipality's
38	38	extraterritorial jurisdiction would result in the municipality's
39	39	remaining extraterritorial jurisdiction not being contiguous; or
40	40	(7) for which a municipality has spent at least $1
41	41	million to develop.
42	42	SECTION 2. Section 42.151, Local Government Code, is
43	43	amended to read as follows:
44	44	Sec. 42.151. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter does not apply
45	45	to an area [located]:
46	46	(1) located within five miles of the boundary of a
47	47	military base, as defined by Section 43.0117, at which an active
48	48	training program is conducted;
49	49	(2) located in an area that was voluntarily annexed
50	50	into the extraterritorial jurisdiction that is located in a county:
51	51	(A) in which the population grew by more than 50
52	52	percent from the previous federal decennial census in the federal
53	53	decennial census conducted in 2020; and
54	54	(B) that has a population greater than 240,000;
55	55	(3) located within the portion of the extraterritorial
56	56	jurisdiction of a municipality with a population of more than 1.4
57	57	million that is:
58	58	(A) within 15 miles of the boundary of a military
59	59	base, as defined by Section 43.0117, at which an active training
60	60	program is conducted; and
61	61	(B) in a county with a population of more than two
62	62	million;
63	63	(4) located in an area designated as an industrial
64	64	district under Section 42.044; [or]
65	65	(5) [in an area] subject to a strategic partnership
66	66	agreement entered into under Section 43.0751;
67	67	(6) for which the release from a municipality's
68	68	extraterritorial jurisdiction would result in the municipality's
69	69	remaining extraterritorial jurisdiction not being contiguous; or
70	70	(7) for which a municipality has spent at least $1
71	71	million to develop.
72	72	SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
73	73	the eligibility of an area to be released from a municipality's
74	74	extraterritorial jurisdiction as the result of a petition filed
75	75	under Subchapter D, Chapter 42, Local Government Code, or an
76	76	election requested under Subchapter E of that chapter, as
77	77	applicable, on or after the effective date of this Act.
78	78	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.