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Texas Local Government Code - LOC GOV'T § 397A.052. Creation of Regional Military Sustainability Commission

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) This section applies only to:

(1) a county:

(A) in which three or more locations of a joint military base are located; and

(B) with a population of more than 1.7 million;

(2) a county that is adjacent to a county described by Subdivision (1); and

(3) a municipality located in a county described by Subdivision (1) or (2).

(b) One or more municipalities with extraterritorial jurisdiction located within five miles of the boundary line of a military installation and one or more counties with unincorporated area located within five miles of the boundary of a military installation may agree by order, ordinance, or other means to establish and fund a regional military sustainability commission under this subchapter with respect to the military installation.

(c) A commission's territory consists of the area:

(1) located outside the military installation's boundaries and:

(A) within two miles of the boundary line of a military installation, except as provided by Paragraph (B); or

(B) for a commission established for a military installation engaged in flight training at the time the commission is established, within a rectangle bounded by lines located no farther than 1-1/2 statute miles from the centerline of a runway of the installation and lines located no farther than five statute miles from each end of the paved surface of a runway of the installation;

(2) located in:

(A) the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a participating municipality; or

(B) the unincorporated area of a participating county; and

(3) designated as the commission's territory when the commission is established.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., ch. 765 (H.B. 2232), § 2.

(e) This subchapter shall be narrowly construed in conformity with the findings and purposes under Section 397A.001.

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