Tex. Water Code § 54.0163 · Subchapter B. CREATION OR EXPANSION OF DISTRICT; CONVERSION OF DISTRICT
OPTION OF SELECTION OF EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION FOR CERTAIN DISTRICTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The board of a district that is located in the extraterritorial jurisdictions of more than one municipality by resolution may select the municipality that may exercise authority within the district as a whole. The resolution must state the effective date.
(b) As soon as practicable, the board shall file with each affected municipality and in the real property records of each county in which the district is located a certified copy of the resolution.
(c) On the effective date of the resolution, the district is contained wholly in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the municipality selected by the resolution for all purposes. No action or approval by a municipality not selected is required.
(d) A board that has made a selection of extraterritorial jurisdiction under Section 54.0162 may confirm the selection by the adoption of a resolution under this section. If the selection under Section 54.0162 is confirmed under this subsection, the selection is effective from the date of the original selection.
(e) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 248, Sec. 57.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1188, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 1997. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 248, Sec. 57(1), eff. June 18, 2003.
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Special District Local Laws Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 3891.008INAPPLICABILITY OF OPTION TO SELECT EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.Printed as Section 54.0163, Water Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 8324.106SELECTION OF EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.Printed as Section 54.0163, Water Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 8325.106SELECTION OF EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.Printed as Section 54.0163, Water Code
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