HB2024 - Relating to the release of certain areas from a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction by petition or election.

  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.