HB 2512
AN ACT relating to release of an area from a municipality's
89th Regular Session
Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended
Awaiting Committee Assignment
Bill filed, pending referral to House committee
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Fiscal Note
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What This Bill Does
Modifies the rules for removing an area from a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ), expanding the conditions under which land can be released from municipal control. Specifically, the bill increases the distance near military bases from five to fifteen miles and adds new exceptions for areas within industrial districts, those under strategic partnership agreements, and areas within a municipality's certificate of convenience and necessity. The changes provide more flexibility for landowners and local governments in managing territorial boundaries and land use near military installations and specific designated areas.
Subject Areas
Bill Text
relating to release of an area 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 by amending Subdivisions (1), (4), and (5) and adding Subdivision (6) to read as follows: (1) within [five] fifteen miles of the boundary of a military base, as defined by Section 43.0117, at which an active (4) in an area designated as an industrial district (5) in an area subject to a strategic partnership agreement entered into under Section 43.0751, or any other agreement, including a development agreement entered into under (6) in an area within a municipality’s certificate of convenience and necessity issued in accordance with Chapter 13, SECTION 2. Section 42.151, Local Government Code, is amended by amending Subdivisions (1), (4), and (5) and adding Subdivision (6) to read as follows: (1) within [five] fifteen miles of the boundary of a military base, as defined by Section 43.0117, at which an active (4) in an area designated as an industrial district (5) in an area subject to a strategic partnership agreement entered into under Section 43.0751, or any other agreement, including a development agreement entered into under (6) in an area within a municipality’s certificate of convenience and necessity issued in accordance with Chapter 13, SECTION 3. 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. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
Bill History
Bill filed: AN ACT relating to release of an area from a municipality's
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