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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the release of extraterritorial jurisdiction by certain |
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municipalities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 42, Local Government Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 42.0252 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 42.0252. RELEASE OF EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION |
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EXTENDING ACROSS SHIP CHANNEL. (a) A municipality with an |
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extraterritorial jurisdiction of five miles that extends across a |
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ship channel shall release from its extraterritorial jurisdiction |
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any strip of land less than one mile in width that lies entirely |
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between the edge of the ship channel and the municipal boundary of a |
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second municipality whose extraterritorial jurisdiction would |
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include the strip if not for its inclusion in the first |
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municipality's jurisdiction. |
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(b) On the release from the extraterritorial jurisdiction |
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of a municipality under Subsection (a), the released area becomes |
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part of the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the second |
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municipality to the extent described by Section 42.021. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |