HB 1901
AN ACT relating to the release of certain areas from a municipality's
89th Regular Session
Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended
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What This Bill Does
Modifies the rules for how certain areas can be released from a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ), creating new conditions based on population size, proximity to military bases, and municipal planning. The bill allows areas to be potentially removed from a municipality's ETJ if they are identified in the city's long-range master plans for land use, infrastructure, or roadways, giving property owners and local governments more flexibility in defining municipal boundaries. The changes will apply to petitions and elections filed on or after September 1, 2025, affecting municipalities of various population sizes and their surrounding territorial jurisdictions.
Subject Areas
Bill Text
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 Sec. 42.101. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter does not apply (A) one-quarter mile of the corporate boundaries of a municipality with a population of less than 5,000; (B) one-half mile of the corporate boundaries of a municipality with a population of 5,000 to 24,999; (C) one mile of the corporate boundaries of a municipality with a population of 25,000 to 49,999; (D) 1-1/2 miles of the corporate boundaries of a municipality with a population of 50,000 to 99,999; or (E) 2-1/2 miles of the corporate boundaries of a municipality with a population of 100,000 or more; (2) within five miles of the boundary of a military base, as defined by Section 43.0117, at which an active training (3) [(2)] 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; (4) [(3)] within the portion of the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality with a population of more than 1.4 (A) within 15 miles of the boundary of a military base, as defined by Section 43.0117, at which an active training (B) in a county with a population of more than two (5) [(4)] in an area designated as an industrial district under Section 42.044; [or] (6) [(5)] in an area subject to a strategic partnership agreement entered into under Section 43.0751; or (7) in an area identified in a municipality's long-range master plan for land use, water infrastructure, wastewater infrastructure, or roadways. SECTION 2. Section 42.151, Local Government Code, is Sec. 42.151. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter does not apply (A) one-quarter mile of the corporate boundaries of a municipality with a population of less than 5,000; (B) one-half mile of the corporate boundaries of a municipality with a population of 5,000 to 24,999; (C) one mile of the corporate boundaries of a municipality with a population of 25,000 to 49,999; (D) 1-1/2 miles of the corporate boundaries of a municipality with a population of 50,000 to 99,999; or (E) 2-1/2 miles of the corporate boundaries of a municipality with a population of 100,000 or more; (2) within five miles of the boundary of a military base, as defined by Section 43.0117, at which an active training (3) [(2)] 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; (4) [(3)] within the portion of the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality with a population of more than 1.4 (A) within 15 miles of the boundary of a military base, as defined by Section 43.0117, at which an active training (B) in a county with a population of more than two (5) [(4)] in an area designated as an industrial district under Section 42.044; [or] (6) [(5)] in an area subject to a strategic partnership agreement entered into under Section 43.0751; or (7) in an area identified in a municipality's long-range master plan for land use, water infrastructure, wastewater infrastructure, or roadways. 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.
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