S.B. No. 468         AN ACT   relating to the extraterritorial jurisdiction of certain   municipalities in coastal border counties.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 42.0235, Local Government Code, is   amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d) to   read as follows:          (a)  Notwithstanding Section 42.021, and except as provided   by Subsection (d), the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a   municipality with a population of more than 175,000 located in a   county that contains an international border and borders the Gulf   of Mexico terminates two miles from the extraterritorial   jurisdiction of a neighboring municipality if extension of the   extraterritorial jurisdiction beyond that limit would:                (1)  completely surround the corporate boundaries or   extraterritorial jurisdiction of the neighboring municipality; and                (2)  limit the growth of the neighboring municipality   by precluding the expansion of the neighboring municipality's   extraterritorial jurisdiction.          (d)  Extraterritorial jurisdiction for a municipality   subject to this section is determined under Section 42.021 if the   governing body of the municipality and the governing body of the   neighboring municipality each adopt, on or after June 1, 2017,   resolutions stating that the determination of extraterritorial   jurisdiction under Section 42.0235(a) is not in the best interest   of the municipality.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.             ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 468 passed the Senate on   April 25, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that   the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 27, 2017, by the   following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.       ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate                I hereby certify that S.B. No. 468 passed the House, with   amendment, on May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 146,   Nays 0, one present not voting.       ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House            Approved:     ______________________________                Date       ______________________________              Governor