{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-212.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 212.001","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this subchapter:\n(1) \"Extraterritorial jurisdiction\" means a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction as determined under Chapter 42, except that for a municipality that has a population of 5,000 or more and is located in a county bordering the Rio Grande River, \"extraterritorial jurisdiction\" means the area outside the municipal limits but within five miles of those limits.\n(2) \"Plat\" includes a preliminary plat, final plat, and replat.\nActs 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 46(b), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.\nAmended by:\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 951 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1125 (H.B. 3699), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 7. REGULATION OF LAND USE, STRUCTURES, BUSINESSES, AND RELATED ACTIVITIES","SUBTITLE A. MUNICIPAL REGULATORY AUTHORITY","CHAPTER 212. MUNICIPAL REGULATION OF SUBDIVISIONS AND PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT","SUBCHAPTER A. REGULATION OF SUBDIVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.212.htm#212.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"a17096b81b0f57276157a6f3805d3b63ffa00f7c52e793637af5ae2a7c8e2461","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-211.058","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-212.0015"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}