Texas Local Government Code 42.904 – Extraterritorial Jurisdiction and Voting Rights in Certain Municipalities
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(a) This section applies only to a municipality that has disannexed territory under Section 43.133 that it had previously annexed for limited purposes and that has extended rules to its extraterritorial jurisdiction under § 212.003.
(b) The municipality shall allow all qualified voters residing in the municipality’s extraterritorial jurisdiction to vote on any proposition that is submitted to the voters of the municipality and that involves:
(1) an adoption of or change to an ordinance or charter provision that would apply to the municipality’s extraterritorial jurisdiction; or
(2) a nonbinding referendum that, if binding, would apply to the municipality’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.
Terms Used In Texas Local Government Code 42.904
- 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