Tex. Local Government Code § 42.151
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 42.151, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 42.151. APPLICABILITY.
Official statutory text
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.
(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.
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