(a) This section applies only to:
(1) a county:
(A) in which three or more locations of a joint military base are located; and
(B) with a population of more than 1.7 million;
(2) a county that is adjacent to a county described by Subdivision (1); and
(3) a municipality located in a county described by Subdivision (1) or (2).
(b) One or more municipalities with extraterritorial jurisdiction located within five miles of the boundary line of a military installation and one or more counties with unincorporated area located within five miles of the boundary of a military installation may agree by order, ordinance, or other means to establish and fund a regional military sustainability commission under this subchapter with respect to the military installation.

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Terms Used In Texas Local Government Code 397A.052

  • 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
  • Population: means the population shown by the most recent federal decennial census. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.

(c) A commission’s territory consists of the area:
(1) located outside the military installation’s boundaries and:
(A) within two miles of the boundary line of a military installation, except as provided by Paragraph (B); or
(B) for a commission established for a military installation engaged in flight training at the time the commission is established, within a rectangle bounded by lines located no farther than 1-1/2 statute miles from the centerline of a runway of the installation and lines located no farther than five statute miles from each end of the paved surface of a runway of the installation;
(2) located in:
(A) the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a participating municipality; or
(B) the unincorporated area of a participating county; and
(3) designated as the commission’s territory when the commission is established.
(d) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 765 , Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2015.
(e) This subchapter shall be narrowly construed in conformity with the findings and purposes under Section 397A.001.

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