Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 42.9025 · Subchapter Z. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
RESTRICTION ON IMPOSING FINE OR FEE IN CERTAIN AREAS IN EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This section applies only to an area that is located in a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction and:
(1) that has been disannexed from the municipality under Subchapter G, Chapter 43; or
(2) for which the municipality has attempted and failed to obtain consent for annexation under Subchapter C-4 or C-5, Chapter 43.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a municipality may not impose under a municipal ordinance a fine or fee on a person on the basis of:
(1) an activity that occurs wholly in an area described by Subsection (a); or
(2) the management or ownership of property located wholly in an area described by Subsection (a).
(c) This section does not limit a municipality, including a municipally owned retail water, wastewater, or drainage utility, from imposing in an area described by Subsection (a) a fine or fee, including through the adoption and enforcement of rates, for water, sewer, drainage, or other related utility services.
(d) This section does not apply to development or redevelopment in an area in which an election was held under Section 43.0117.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 386 (S.B. 1168), Sec. 1, eff. June 7, 2021.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.42.htm
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