(a) The board may provide for an extension or improvement to a utility system.
(b) The board may not provide for the extension of service to an area within the boundaries or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality or within a conservation and reclamation district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, without the consent of the governing body of the municipality or district.

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Terms Used In Texas Local Government Code 563.063

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Municipality: means a general-law municipality, home-rule municipality, or special-law municipality. See Texas Local Government Code 1.005

(c) The service area of the board may not include territory that on June 6, 1993, was served by another utility under a certificate of public convenience and necessity unless the certificate ceases to be effective.