Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 42.151 · Subchapter E. RELEASE OF AREA BY ELECTION FROM EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION
APPLICABILITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
This subchapter does not apply to an area located:
(1) 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) 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) 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) in an area designated as an industrial district under Section 42.044;
(5) in an area subject to a strategic partnership agreement entered into under Section 43.0751; or
(6) for the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality located in four or more counties, one of which has a population of 2.1 million or more and is adjacent to a county with a population of 2.6 million or more:
(A) in an area subject to an active development agreement entered into under Section 212.172 with the municipality;
(B) in a platted or unplatted lot of less than 12 acres unless included with the other land in a petition for release under Section 42.152; or
(C) within a platted subdivision of 25 or more lots if the area is a single lot.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 106 (S.B. 2038), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1041 (H.B. 2512), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2025.
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.42.htm
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This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Local Government Code
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 42.044CREATION OF INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT IN EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.Printed as Section 42.044
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 42.152AUTHORITY TO REQUEST ELECTION FOR RELEASE.Printed as Section 42.152
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 43.0117AUTHORITY OF MUNICIPALITY TO ANNEX AREA NEAR MILITARY BASE.Printed as Section 43.0117
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 43.0751STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS FOR CONTINUATION OF CERTAIN DISTRICTS.Printed as Section 43.0751
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 212.172DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.Printed as Section 212.172
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