{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-42.151","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 42.151","heading":"APPLICABILITY.","body":"This subchapter does not apply to an area located:\n(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;\n(2) in an area that was voluntarily annexed into the extraterritorial jurisdiction that is located in a county:\n(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\n(B) that has a population greater than 240,000;\n(3) within the portion of the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality with a population of more than 1.4 million that is:\n(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\n(B) in a county with a population of more than two million;\n(4) in an area designated as an industrial district under Section 42.044;\n(5) in an area subject to a strategic partnership agreement entered into under Section 43.0751; or\n(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:\n(A) in an area subject to an active development agreement entered into under Section 212.172 with the municipality;\n(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\n(C) within a platted subdivision of 25 or more lots if the area is a single lot.\nAdded by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 106 (S.B. 2038), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.\nAmended by:\nActs 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1041 (H.B. 2512), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2025.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. ORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT","SUBTITLE C. MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES AND ANNEXATION","CHAPTER 42. EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF MUNICIPALITIES","SUBCHAPTER E. RELEASE OF AREA BY ELECTION FROM EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.42.htm#42.151","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"59ca30f8adfda83935062017edb42f7f4ed76e655d51c714bc13f0c141f9f02f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-42.105","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-42.152"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}