TITLE: Relating to certain development agreements that guarantee the continuation of the extraterritorial status of the area subject to the agreement for municipal annexation purposes.

SUMMARY: Relating to certain development agreements that guarantee the continuation of the extraterritorial status of the area subject to the agreement for municipal annexation purposes.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to certain development agreements that guarantee the continuation of the extraterritorial status of the area subject to the agreement for municipal annexation purposes. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 43.035, Local Government Code, is amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (c-1) and (c-2) to read as follows: (c) Subject to Subsections (c-1) and (c-2), for [For] purposes of Section 43.021(2) or another law, including a municipal charter or ordinance, relating to municipal authority to annex an area adjacent to the municipality, an area adjacent or contiguous to an area that is the subject of a development agreement described by Subsection (b)(1) is considered adjacent or contiguous to the municipality. (c-1) The execution of a development agreement described by Subsection (b)(1) does not extend the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the municipality that is a party to the agreement. (c-2) An area subject to a development agreement described by Subsection (b)(1) may not be considered for the purposes of calculating the width of an area under Section 43.054 or municipal territory under Section 43.0545. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.