89R6233 SCL-F By: Turner H.B. No. 2024 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the release of certain areas from a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction by petition or election. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 42.101, Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 42.101. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter does not apply to an area [located]: (1) located within five miles of the boundary of a military base, as defined by Section 43.0117, at which an active training program is conducted; (2) located in an area that was voluntarily annexed into the extraterritorial jurisdiction that is located in a county: (A) in which the population grew by more than 50 percent from the previous federal decennial census in the federal decennial census conducted in 2020; and (B) that has a population greater than 240,000; (3) located within the portion of the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality with a population of more than 1.4 million that is: (A) within 15 miles of the boundary of a military base, as defined by Section 43.0117, at which an active training program is conducted; and (B) in a county with a population of more than two million; (4) located in an area designated as an industrial district under Section 42.044; [or] (5) [in an area] subject to a strategic partnership agreement entered into under Section 43.0751; (6) for which the release from a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction would result in the municipality's remaining extraterritorial jurisdiction not being contiguous; or (7) for which a municipality has spent at least $1 million to develop. SECTION 2. Section 42.151, Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 42.151. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter does not apply to an area [located]: (1) located within five miles of the boundary of a military base, as defined by Section 43.0117, at which an active training program is conducted; (2) located in an area that was voluntarily annexed into the extraterritorial jurisdiction that is located in a county: (A) in which the population grew by more than 50 percent from the previous federal decennial census in the federal decennial census conducted in 2020; and (B) that has a population greater than 240,000; (3) located within the portion of the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality with a population of more than 1.4 million that is: (A) within 15 miles of the boundary of a military base, as defined by Section 43.0117, at which an active training program is conducted; and (B) in a county with a population of more than two million; (4) located in an area designated as an industrial district under Section 42.044; [or] (5) [in an area] subject to a strategic partnership agreement entered into under Section 43.0751; (6) for which the release from a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction would result in the municipality's remaining extraterritorial jurisdiction not being contiguous; or (7) for which a municipality has spent at least $1 million to develop. SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to the eligibility of an area to be released from a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction as the result of a petition filed under Subchapter D, Chapter 42, Local Government Code, or an election requested under Subchapter E of that chapter, as applicable, on or after the effective date of this Act. SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.