Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 212.001 · Subchapter A. REGULATION OF SUBDIVISIONS
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this subchapter:
(1) "Extraterritorial jurisdiction" means a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction as determined under Chapter 42, except that for a municipality that has a population of 5,000 or more and is located in a county bordering the Rio Grande River, "extraterritorial jurisdiction" means the area outside the municipal limits but within five miles of those limits.
(2) "Plat" includes a preliminary plat, final plat, and replat.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 46(b), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 951 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1125 (H.B. 3699), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.212.htm
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Local Government Code
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 242.001REGULATION OF SUBDIVISIONS IN EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION GENERALLY.Printed as Section 212.001
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 242.002REGULATION OF SUBDIVISIONS IN POPULOUS COUNTIES OR CONTIGUOUS COUNTIES.Printed as Section 212.001
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 242.003AUTHORITY OF CERTAIN BORDER COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES TO REGULATE SUBDIVISIONS IN EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION BY AGREEMENT.Printed as Section 212.001
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 247.001DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 212.001
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