Texas Local Government Code Title 2, Chapter 42 - Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Of Municipalities

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

SUBCHAPTER B DETERMINATION OF EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION

• Texas Section 42.001 - Purpose Of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction
  The legislature declares it the policy of the state to designate certain areas as the extraterritorial jurisdiction of municipalities to promote and protect the general...
• Texas Section 42.021 - Extent Of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction
  (a) The extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality is the unincorporated area that is contiguous to the corporate boundaries of the municipality and that is located:...
• Texas Section 42.022 - Expansion Of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction
  (a) When a municipality annexes an area, the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the municipality expands with the annexation to comprise, consistent with Section 42.021, the area...
• Texas Section 42.0225 - Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Around Certain Municipally Owned Property
  (a) This section applies only to an area owned by a municipality that is: (1) annexed by the municipality; and (2) not contiguous to other...
• Texas Section 42.023 - Reduction Of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction
  The extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality may not be reduced unless the governing body of the municipality gives its written consent by ordinance or resolution,...
• Texas Section 42.0235 - Limitation On Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Of Certain Municipalities
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 42.021, the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality with a population of more than 175,000 located in a county that contains an international...
• Texas Section 42.024 - Transfer Of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Between Certain Municipalities
  (a) In this section: (1) "Adopting municipality" means a home-rule municipality with a population of less than 25,000 that purchases and appropriates raw water for...
• Texas Section 42.025 - Release Of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction By Certain Municipalities
  (a) In this section, "eligible property" means any portion of a contiguous tract of land: (1) that is located in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a...
• Texas Section 42.0251 - Release Of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction By Certain General-law Municipalities
  (a) This section applies only to a general-law municipality: (1) that has a population of less than 3,000; (2) that is located in a county...

SUBCHAPTER C CREATION OR EXPANSION OF GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES IN EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION

• Texas Section 42.026 - Limitation On Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Of Certain Municipalities
  (a) In this section, "navigable stream" has the meaning assigned by Section 21.001, Natural Resources Code. (b) This section applies only to an area that...
• Texas Section 42.041 - Municipal Incorporation In Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Generally
  (a) A municipality may not be incorporated in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of an existing municipality unless the governing body of the existing municipality gives its...
• Texas Section 42.0411 - Municipal Incorporation In Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Of Certain Municipalities
  (a) This section applies only to: (1) an area located north and east of Interstate Highway 10 that is included in the extraterritorial jurisdiction, or...
• Texas Section 42.042 - Creation Of Political Subdivision To Supply Water Or Sewer Services, Roadways, Or Drainage Facilities In Extraterritorial Jurisdiction
  (a) A political subdivision, one purpose of which is to supply fresh water for domestic or commercial use or to furnish sanitary sewer services, roadways,...
• Texas Section 42.0425 - Addition Of Land In Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Of Municipality To Certain Political Subdivisions
  (a) A political subdivision, one purpose of which is to supply fresh water for domestic or commercial use or to furnish sanitary sewer services, roadways,...
• Texas Section 42.043 - Requirements Applying To Petition
  (a) A petition under Section 42.041 or 42.042 must: (1) be written; (2) request that the area be annexed or that the services be made...
• Texas Section 42.044 - Creation Of Industrial District In Extraterritorial Jurisdiction
  (a) In this section, "industrial district" has the meaning customarily given to the term but also includes any area in which tourist-related businesses and facilities...
• Texas Section 42.045 - Creation Of Political Subdivision In Industrial District
  (a) A political subdivision, one purpose of which is to provide services of a governmental or proprietary nature, may not be created in an industrial...
• Texas Section 42.046 - Designation Of A Planned Unit Development District In Extraterritorial Jurisdiction
  (a) The governing body of a municipality that has disannexed territory previously annexed for limited purposes may designate an area within its extraterritorial jurisdiction as...
• Texas Section 42.047 - Creation Of A Political Subdivision In An Area Proposed For A Planned Unit Development District
  If the governing body of a municipality that has disannexed territory previously annexed for limited purposes refuses to designate a planned unit development district under...

SUBCHAPTER Z MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 42.049 - Authority Of Wells Branch Municipal Utility District
  (a) Wells Branch Municipal Utility district is authorized to contract with a municipality: (1) to provide for payments to be made to the municipality for...
• Texas Section 42.901 - Apportionment Of Extraterritorial Jurisdictions That Overlapped On August 23, 1963
  (a) If, on August 23, 1963, the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality overlapped the extraterritorial jurisdiction of one or more other municipalities, the governing bodies...
• Texas Section 42.902 - Restriction Against Imposing Tax In Extraterritorial Jurisdiction
  The inclusion of an area in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality does not by itself authorize the municipality to impose a tax in the...
• Texas Section 42.903 - Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Of Certain Type B Or C General-law Municipalities
  (a) This section applies only to a Type B or C general-law municipality: (1) that has more than 200 inhabitants; (2) that is wholly surrounded,...
• Texas Section 42.904 - Extraterritorial Jurisdiction And Voting Rights In Certain Municipalities
  (a) This section applies only to a municipality that has disannexed territory under Section 43.133 that it had previously annexed for limited purposes and that...

Last modified: September 28, 2016