{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-43.902","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 43.902","heading":"ANNEXATION, EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION, AND EMINENT DOMAIN ON INACCESSIBLE GULF ISLAND.","body":"(a) Land on an island bordering the Gulf of Mexico that is not accessible by a public road or common carrier ferry facility may not be annexed by a municipality without the consent of the owners of the land.\n(b) The extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality does not include land on the island unless the owners of the land consent.\n(c) A municipality may not take property on the island through eminent domain.\nActs 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. ORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT","SUBTITLE C. MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES AND ANNEXATION","CHAPTER 43. MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION","SUBCHAPTER Z. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.43.htm#43.902","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"b4de3f3128f2902ebd7b78ad134ccbc59833e61ed464ad084a273db553c5eb24","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-43.901","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-43.903"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}