Texas Special District Local Laws Code 3854.005 – Effect of District Creation On Municipal Powers
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(a) The creation of the district does not:
(1) affect the power of a municipality in whose extraterritorial jurisdiction the district or a part of the district lies to designate all or part of the district as an industrial district;
(2) limit a power under Chapter 42, Local Government Code, of a municipality described by Subdivision (1); or
(3) affect the power of a municipality to provide municipal services to any area in the municipality or the municipality’s extraterritorial jurisdiction that is in the district.
(b) A municipality described by Subsection (a)(3) has the same power to extend or provide municipal services after the creation of the district as the municipality had before the district’s creation.
Terms Used In Texas Special District Local Laws Code 3854.005
- 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.