Texas Statutes

§ 42.157 — OPT OUT OF REMOVAL.

Texas § 42.157

JurisdictionTexas

Code LGLocal Government Code

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Bluebook

Tex. Local Government Code Code Ann. § 42.157 (2026).

Text

Sec. 42.157. OPT OUT OF REMOVAL. Before an area is released from a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction under this subchapter, a landowner in the area to be released must be provided the opportunity to have the landowner's property remain within the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction.
SUBCHAPTER Z. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

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Legislative History

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1041 (H.B. 2512 ), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2025.

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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