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Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 42.0251

RELEASE OF EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION BY CERTAIN GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITIES

Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 337 (H.B. 2902), Sec. 3, eff

(a) This section applies only to a general-law municipality:

(1) that has a population of less than 4,000;

(2) that is located in a county with a population of more than 800,000 that is adjacent to a county with a population of more than four million; and

(3) in which at least two-thirds of the residents reside within a gated community.

(b) A municipality shall release an area from its extraterritorial jurisdiction not later than the 10th day after the date the municipality receives a petition requesting that the area be released that is signed by at least 80 percent of the owners of real property located in the area requesting release.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.