Tex. Local Gov't Code Section 42.904
Extraterritorial Jurisdiction and Voting Rights in Certain Municipalities

(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 Section 212.003 (Extension of Rules to Extraterritorial Jurisdiction).

(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.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 172, Sec. 1, eff. May 17, 1993.

Source: Section 42.904 — Extraterritorial Jurisdiction and Voting Rights in Certain Municipalities, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.­42.­htm#42.­904 (accessed May 26, 2025).

42.001
Purpose of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction 42.021
Extent of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction 42.022
Expansion of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction 42.023
Reduction of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction 42.024
Transfer of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Between Certain Municipalities 42.025
Release of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction by Certain Municipalities 42.026
Limitation on Extraterritorial Jurisdiction of Certain Municipalities 42.041
Municipal Incorporation in Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Generally 42.042
Creation of Political Subdivision to Supply Water or Sewer Services, Roadways, or Drainage Facilities in Extraterritorial Jurisdiction 42.043
Requirements Applying to Petition 42.044
Creation of Industrial District in Extraterritorial Jurisdiction 42.045
Creation of Political Subdivision in Industrial District 42.046
Designation of a Planned Unit Development District in Extraterritorial Jurisdiction 42.047
Creation of a Political Subdivision in an Area Proposed for a Planned Unit Development District 42.049
Authority of Wells Branch Municipal Utility District 42.101
Applicability 42.102
Authority to File Petition for Release 42.103
Applicability of Other Law 42.104
Petition Requirements 42.105
Results of Petition 42.151
Applicability 42.152
Authority to Request Election for Release 42.153
Election 42.154
Results of Election 42.155
Release of Area as Result of Election 42.156
Voluntary Release 42.0225
Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Around Certain Municipally Owned Property 42.0235
Limitation on Extraterritorial Jurisdiction of Certain Municipalities 42.0251
Release of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction by Certain General-law Municipalities 42.0411
Municipal Incorporation in Extraterritorial Jurisdiction of Certain Municipalities 42.0425
Addition of Land in Extraterritorial Jurisdiction of Municipality to Certain Political Subdivisions 42.902
Restriction Against Imposing Tax in Extraterritorial Jurisdiction 42.903
Extraterritorial Jurisdiction of Certain Type B or C General-law Municipalities 42.904
Extraterritorial Jurisdiction and Voting Rights in Certain Municipalities 42.9025
Restriction on Imposing Fine or Fee in Certain Areas in Extraterritorial Jurisdiction
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May 26, 2025

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