{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-42.156","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 42.156","heading":"VOLUNTARY RELEASE.","body":"Instead of holding an election under Section 42.153, the municipality may voluntarily release the area for which the election is to be held from the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction before the date on which the election would have been held under Section 42.153(a).\nAdded by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 106 (S.B. 2038), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.","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#42.156","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"3d602020761614fad5e1e465beabe11189e7043e36aa5d7d49f4e81f256c493b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-42.155","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-42.157"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}