Texas Natural Resources Code - Section 11.013. Gulfward Boundaries Of Counties, Cities, Towns, Or Villages
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§ 11.013. GULFWARD BOUNDARIES OF COUNTIES, CITIES, TOWNS,
OR VILLAGES. (a) The gulfward boundary of each county located on
the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico is the Three Marine League line
as determined by the United States Supreme Court.
(b) The area in the extended boundaries of the counties as
provided in this section becomes a part of the public free school
land and is subject to the constitutional and statutory provisions
of this state pertaining to the use, distribution, sale, and lease
of public free school land in this state.
(c) The gulfward boundaries of any city, town, or village
created and operating under the general laws of the State of Texas
shall not be established or extended by incorporation or annexation
more than 5,280 feet gulfward beyond the coastline. The governing
body of such a city, town, or village may, by ordinance, extend the
municipal boundaries up to 5,280 feet gulfward. Any inclusion of
territory in any such city, town, or village more than 5,280 feet
gulfward beyond the coastline is void. The term "coastline" as used
in this subsection means the line of mean low tide along that
portion of the coast which is in direct contact with the open Gulf
of Mexico. The term "city, town, or village created and operating
under the general laws of the State of Texas" shall not include any
city operating under a home-rule charter.
If any such general-law city, town, or village has heretofore
been established by incorporation or attempted incorporation more
than 5,280 feet gulfward beyond the coastline, the corporate
existence of such general-law city, town, or village is in all
things validated, ratified, approved, and confirmed.
The boundaries of such general-law city, town, or village,
including the gulfward boundaries to the extent of 5,280 feet
gulfward beyond the coastline, are in all things validated,
ratified, approved, and confirmed and shall not be held invalid by
reason of the inclusion of more territory than is expressly
authorized in Article 971, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, 1925,
as amended, or by reason of the inclusion of territory other than
that which is intended to be used for strictly town or city purposes
as required by Section 7.002, Local Government Code or by reason of
not constituting a city, town, or village.
Neither this Act nor the general laws nor the special laws of
the state shall have the effect of validating, ratifying,
approving, or confirming the inclusion of territory in any such
general-law city, town, or village more than 5,280 feet gulfward
beyond the coastline.
If for any reason it should be determined by any court of
competent jurisdiction that any such general-law city, town, or
village has heretofore been incorporated in violation of the laws
of the state in effect as of the date of such incorporation or is
invalid, the corporate boundaries of any such general-law city,
town, or village shall be revised and reformed to exclude all
territory more than 5,280 feet gulfward of the coastline.
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2349, ch. 871, art. I, § 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1977. Amended by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 2165, ch. 828, § 1,
eff. June 14, 1979; Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, § 24, eff.
Sept. 1, 1987.
Section: 1.001 1.002 11.001 11.011 11.0111 11.012 11.013 11.0131 11.014 11.015 11.016 11.017 11.018 11.041 11.042
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