Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 11.017 · Subchapter B. TERRITORY AND BOUNDARIES OF THE STATE
CHAMIZAL AREA.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The State of Texas accepts as part of its territory and assumes civil and criminal jurisdiction over the tract of land lying adjacent to the State of Texas which was acquired by the United States of America from the United Mexican States under the Convention for the Solution of the Problem of the Chamizal, signed August 29, 1963, and ceded to Texas by Act of Congress.
(b) The territory shall be a part of El Paso County.
(c) None of the provisions of this section affect the ownership of the land.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2351, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.11.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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