Sec. 43.851. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
(1) "Affected county" means Jasper County, Newton County, or Orange County.
(2) "Affected municipality" means a municipality the boundaries of which are located in whole or in part in an affected county.
(2-a) "Affected unincorporated area" means the unincorporated area located within the circumference of a circle, the center of which is the intersection of State Highways 87 and 12 in Newton County, and the radius of which is six miles.
(3) "Extraterritorial jurisdiction" means extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality as determined under Chapter 42.
(4) "Mauriceville boundary" means the circumference of a circle, the center of which is the intersection of the rights-of-way of Texas State Highway 62 and Texas State Highway 12, and the radius of which is 2-1/2 miles.
(5) "Mauriceville community" means the area in the affected counties consisting of the unincorporated community known as Mauriceville.
(6) "Municipal annexation plan" means an annexation plan adopted or amended by an affected municipality under Section 43.052.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1123, Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2001. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 12.001, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1083 (H.B. 1812), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2005.
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