TITLE: Relating to the extraterritorial jurisdiction of certain municipalities in coastal border counties.

SUMMARY: Relating to the extraterritorial jurisdiction of certain municipalities in coastal border counties.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the extraterritorial jurisdiction of certain municipalities in coastal border counties. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 42.0235, Local Government Code, is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: (a) Notwithstanding Section 42.021, and except as provided by Subsection (d), the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality with a population of more than 175,000 located in a county that contains an international border and borders the Gulf of Mexico terminates two miles from the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a neighboring municipality if extension of the extraterritorial jurisdiction beyond that limit would: (1) completely surround the corporate boundaries or extraterritorial jurisdiction of the neighboring municipality; and (2) limit the growth of the neighboring municipality by precluding the expansion of the neighboring municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction. (d) Extraterritorial jurisdiction for a municipality subject to this section is determined under Section 42.021 if the governing body of the municipality and the governing body of the neighboring municipality each adopt, on or after June 1, 2017, resolutions stating that the determination of extraterritorial jurisdiction under Section 42.0235(a) is not in the best interest of the municipality. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.