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§ 42.156 — VOLUNTARY RELEASE.

Texas § 42.156
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Tex. Local Government Code Code Ann. § 42.156 (2026).

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Sec. 42.156. VOLUNTARY RELEASE. 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).

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Legislative History

Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 106 (S.B. 2038 ), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.

Nearby Sections

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§ 42.001
PURPOSE OF EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.
§ 42.021
EXTENT OF EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.
§ 42.022
EXPANSION OF EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.
§ 42.0225
EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION AROUND CERTAIN MUNICIPALLY OWNED PROPERTY.
§ 42.023
REDUCTION OF EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.
§ 42.0235
LIMITATION ON EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES.
§ 42.024
TRANSFER OF EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION BETWEEN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES.
§ 42.025
RELEASE OF EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION BY CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES.
§ 42.0251
RELEASE OF EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION BY CERTAIN GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITIES.
§ 42.026
LIMITATION ON EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES.
§ 42.041
MUNICIPAL INCORPORATION IN EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION GENERALLY.
§ 42.0411
MUNICIPAL INCORPORATION IN EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES.
§ 42.042
CREATION OF POLITICAL SUBDIVISION TO SUPPLY WATER OR SEWER SERVICES, ROADWAYS, OR DRAINAGE FACILITIES IN EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.
§ 42.0425
ADDITION OF LAND IN EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF MUNICIPALITY TO CERTAIN POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS.
§ 42.043
REQUIREMENTS APPLYING TO PETITION.
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