Texas Local Government Code 43.013 – Authority of Municipality to Annex Navigable Stream
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Terms Used In Texas Local Government Code 43.013
- 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
The governing body of a municipality by ordinance may annex any navigable stream adjacent to the municipality and within the municipality’s extraterritorial jurisdiction under the procedures prescribed by Subchapter C-1.