Texas Local Government Code 377.002 – Scope
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(a) A municipality may create a district as provided in this chapter in:
(1) all or part of the boundaries of the municipality;
(2) all or part of the boundaries of the municipality and all or part of the boundaries of the municipality’s extraterritorial jurisdiction; or
(3) all or part of the municipality’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.
(b) The municipality may include territory outside of the municipality only to the extent that territory is in the municipality’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.
Terms Used In Texas Local Government Code 377.002
- 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