Turner Bill Bars Release Of Land A City Spent $1M Developing

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89R6233 SCL-F

By: Turner
H.B. No. 2024

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the release of certain areas from a municipality's

extraterritorial jurisdiction by petition or election.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 42.101, Local Government Code, is

amended to read as follows:

Sec. 42.101. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter does not apply

to an area [ located ]:

(1) located within five miles of the boundary of a

military base, as defined by Section 43.0117, at which an active

training program is conducted;

(2) located in an area that was voluntarily annexed

into the extraterritorial jurisdiction that is located in a county:

(A) in which the population grew by more than 50

percent from the previous federal decennial census in the federal

decennial census conducted in 2020; and

(B) that has a population greater than 240,000;

(3) located within the portion of the extraterritorial

jurisdiction of a municipality with a population of more than 1.4

million that is:

(A) within 15 miles of the boundary of a military

base, as defined by Section 43.0117, at which an active training

program is conducted; and

(B) in a county with a population of more than two

million;

(4) located in an area designated as an industrial

district under Section 42.044; [ or ]

(5) [ in an area ] subject to a strategic partnership

agreement entered into under Section 43.0751 ;

(6) for which the release from a municipality's

extraterritorial jurisdiction would result in the municipality's

remaining extraterritorial jurisdiction not being contiguous; or

(7) for which a municipality has spent at least $1

million to develop .

SECTION 2. Section 42.151, Local Government Code, is

amended to read as follows:

Sec. 42.151. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter does not apply

to an area [ located ]:

(1) located within five miles of the boundary of a

military base, as defined by Section 43.0117, at which an active

training program is conducted;

(2) located in an area that was voluntarily annexed

into the extraterritorial jurisdiction that is located in a county:

(A) in which the population grew by more than 50

percent from the previous federal decennial census in the federal

decennial census conducted in 2020; and

(B) that has a population greater than 240,000;

(3) located within the portion of the extraterritorial

jurisdiction of a municipality with a population of more than 1.4

million that is:

(A) within 15 miles of the boundary of a military

base, as defined by Section 43.0117, at which an active training

program is conducted; and

(B) in a county with a population of more than two

million;

(4) located in an area designated as an industrial

district under Section 42.044; [ or ]

(5) [ in an area ] subject to a strategic partnership

agreement entered into under Section 43.0751 ;

(6) for which the release from a municipality's

extraterritorial jurisdiction would result in the municipality's

remaining extraterritorial jurisdiction not being contiguous; or

(7) for which a municipality has spent at least $1

million to develop .

SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to

the eligibility of an area to be released from a municipality's

extraterritorial jurisdiction as the result of a petition filed

under Subchapter D, Chapter 42, Local Government Code, or an

election requested under Subchapter E of that chapter, as

applicable, on or after the effective date of this Act.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.