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  S.B. No. 468
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the extraterritorial jurisdiction of certain
  municipalities in coastal border counties.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 42.0235, Local Government Code, is
  amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d) to
  read as follows:
         (a)  Notwithstanding Section 42.021, and except as provided
  by Subsection (d), the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a
  municipality with a population of more than 175,000 located in a
  county that contains an international border and borders the Gulf
  of Mexico terminates two miles from the extraterritorial
  jurisdiction of a neighboring municipality if extension of the
  extraterritorial jurisdiction beyond that limit would:
               (1)  completely surround the corporate boundaries or
  extraterritorial jurisdiction of the neighboring municipality; and
               (2)  limit the growth of the neighboring municipality
  by precluding the expansion of the neighboring municipality's
  extraterritorial jurisdiction.
         (d)  Extraterritorial jurisdiction for a municipality
  subject to this section is determined under Section 42.021 if the
  governing body of the municipality and the governing body of the
  neighboring municipality each adopt, on or after June 1, 2017,
  resolutions stating that the determination of extraterritorial
  jurisdiction under Section 42.0235(a) is not in the best interest
  of the municipality.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 468 passed the Senate on
  April 25, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
  the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 27, 2017, by the
  following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 468 passed the House, with
  amendment, on May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 146,
  Nays 0, one present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor