Texas § LG.42.151 - APPLICABILITY

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§ LG.42.151. APPLICABILITY

APPLICABILITY. This subchapter does not apply to an area located: (1) 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) 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) 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) in an area designated as an industrial district under Section 42.044 ; (5) in an area subject to a strategic partnership agreement entered into under Section 43.0751 ; or (6) for the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality located in four or more counties, one of which has a population of 2.1 million or more and is adjacent to a county with a population of 2.6 million or more: (A) in an area subject to an active development agreement entered into under Section 212.172 with the municipality; (B) in a platted or unplatted lot of less than 12 acres unless included with the other land in a petition for release under Section 42.152 ; or (C) within a platted subdivision of 25 or more lots if the area is a single lot. Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 106 (S.B. 2038 ), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023. Amended by: Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1041 (H.B. 2512 ), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2025.

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Section LG.42.151 ("APPLICABILITY") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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