Voluntary Release

Tex. Local Government Code § 42.156, under Extraterritorial Jurisdiction of Municipalities.

Tex. Local Government Code § 42.156

Sec. 42.156. VOLUNTARY RELEASE. Instead of holding an election under Section 42.153, the municipality may voluntarily release the area for which the election is to be held from the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction before the date on which the election would have been held under Section 42.153(a). Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 106 (S.B. 2038), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.