{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-377.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 377.002","heading":"SCOPE.","body":"(a) A municipality may create a district as provided in this chapter in:\n(1) all or part of the boundaries of the municipality;\n(2) all or part of the boundaries of the municipality and all or part of the boundaries of the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction; or\n(3) all or part of the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction.\n(b) The municipality may include territory outside of the municipality only to the extent that territory is in the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 529, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. May 1, 2001.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 232 (S.B. 466), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2005.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 12. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT","SUBTITLE A. MUNICIPAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT","CHAPTER 377. MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.377.htm#377.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"4caf1fb99e0be863ce50eb8ca79816fd56f1b1bf599bbf0c7e9ea9bf626c7158","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-377.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-377.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}