Texas Water Code 54.0163 – Option of Selection of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction for Certain Districts
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(a) The board of a district that is located in the extraterritorial jurisdictions of more than one municipality by resolution may select the municipality that may exercise authority within the district as a whole. The resolution must state the effective date.
(b) As soon as practicable, the board shall file with each affected municipality and in the real property records of each county in which the district is located a certified copy of the resolution.
Terms Used In Texas Water Code 54.0163
- 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.
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
(c) On the effective date of the resolution, the district is contained wholly in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the municipality selected by the resolution for all purposes. No action or approval by a municipality not selected is required.
(d) A board that has made a selection of extraterritorial jurisdiction under § 54.0162 may confirm the selection by the adoption of a resolution under this section. If the selection under § 54.0162 is confirmed under this subsection, the selection is effective from the date of the original selection.
(e) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 248, Sec. 57.