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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN /></P><P><SPAN /></P><P><SPAN /></P><P><SPAN><SPAN>Downloaded : 02/04/2026</SPAN></SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P><P /><P><SPAN>Collin County GIS Data - Extraterritorial Jurisdictions</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Link: http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/LG/htm/LG.42.htm</SPAN><SPAN /><SPAN /><SPAN /></P><P><SPAN>LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE</SPAN></P><P><SPAN /><SPAN>TITLE 2. ORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT</SPAN></P><P><SPAN /><SPAN>SUBTITLE C. MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES AND ANNEXATION</SPAN></P><P><SPAN /><SPAN>CHAPTER 42. EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF MUNICIPALITIES</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:7 0 7 0;"><SPAN>SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:7 0 7 0;"><SPAN>Sec. 42.001. PURPOSE OF EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION. The legislature declares it the policy of the state to designate certain areas as the extraterritorial jurisdiction of municipalities to promote and protect the general health, safety, and welfare of persons residing in and adjacent to the municipalities.</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:7 0 7 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P /><P STYLE="margin:7 0 7 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>SUBCHAPTER B. DETERMINATION OF EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION</SPAN></SPAN></P><P /><P STYLE="margin:7 0 7 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>Sec. 42.021. EXTENT OF EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION. (a) The extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality is the unincorporated area that is contiguous to the corporate boundaries of the municipality and that is located:</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:7 0 7 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>(1) within one-half mile of those boundaries, in the case of a municipality with fewer than 5,000 inhabitants;</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:7 0 7 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>(2) within one mile of those boundaries, in the case of a municipality with 5,000 to 24,999 inhabitants;</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:7 0 7 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>(3) within two miles of those boundaries, in the case of a municipality with 25,000 to 49,999 inhabitants;</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:7 0 7 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>(4) within 3-1/2 miles of those boundaries, in the case of a municipality with 50,000 to 99,999 inhabitants; or</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:7 0 7 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>(5) within five miles of those boundaries, in the case of a municipality with 100,000 or more inhabitants.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:7 0 7 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>(b) Regardless of Subsection (a), the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality is the unincorporated area that is contiguous to the corporate boundaries of the municipality and that is located:</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:7 0 7 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>(1) within five miles of those boundaries on a barrier island; or</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:7 0 7 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>(2) within one-half mile of those boundaries off a barrier island.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Updated Texas legislation concerning ETJ releases (added here 3/20/24):</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><A href="https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02038S.htm"><SPAN><SPAN>https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02038S.htm</SPAN></SPAN></A></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><A href="https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/analysis/html/SB02038H.htm"><SPAN><SPAN>https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/analysis/html/SB02038H.htm#:~:text=other%20municipality's%20ETJ.-,S.B.,election%20would%20have%20been%20held</SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN>.</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN /></P><P STYLE="font-weight:bold;margin:0 0 0 0;"><A href="https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/pdf/SB02038F.pdf"><SPAN><SPAN>https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/pdf/SB02038F.pdf#navpanes=0</SPAN></SPAN></A></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>... </SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>Moreover, starting from January 1, 2023, the law prevents automatic ETJ expansion due to annexation. Instead, ETJ expansion can only occur if property owners who would be included in the city’s ETJ request their area to be included in the ETJ when an area is annexed. The bill requires a city to release ETJ acquired from an annexation commenced after January 1, 2023 to comply with this new limitation on ETJ expansion through annexation.</SPAN><SPAN /><SPAN /></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN /><SPAN /></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>S.B. 2038 may also impact agreements between cities and counties regarding the regulation of subdivisions in the ETJ under Chapter 242 of the Local Government Code. If an area that is subject to an agreement between the city and county relating to platting or subdivision authority is removed from the city’s ETJ, the city retains no authority over that property and the county is the entity authorized to regulate subdivisions in the removed area.</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN /></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN /></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>The release of areas from the ETJ under the new legislation will impact the applicability of city regulations outside the city limits. Though cities have limited authority to regulate in the ETJ as it is, S.B. 2038 will potentially disrupt the uniform application of those limited regulations. Most notably, released areas will no longer be subject to applicable subdivision and platting regulations or sign regulations. Cities also will lose the ability to participate in the establishment of certain special purpose districts, like municipal utility districts, in areas that are released from the ETJ.</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>...</SPAN><SPAN /></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN /></P><P><SPAN /><SPAN /></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |