HBA-EVB C.S.H.B. 3809 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisC.S.H.B. 3809 By: Lewis, Ron Land & Resource Management 4/24/1999 Committee Report (Substituted) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Currently, the extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) of certain home-rule municipalities may extend across a navigable stream, as defined by Section 21.001 (Definitions), Natural Resources Code. C.S.H.B. 3809 limits the ETJ of certain home-rule municipalities. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Subchapter B, Chapter 42, Local Government Code, by adding Section 42.026, as follows: Sec. 42.026. LIMITATION ON EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES. (a) Defines "navigable stream." (b) Provides that this section applies only to a home-rule municipality located in whole or in part in a county with a population of 240,000 or less. (c) Provides that the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the municipality does not include territory located outside the county in which a majority of the land area of the municipality is located, and separated from the municipality's corporate boundaries by a navigable stream. SECTION 2. Emergency clause. Effective date: 90 days after adjournment. COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE C.S.H.B. 3809 differs from the original bill in the caption by deleting reference to revenue sharing between municipalities following annexations. C.S.H.B. 3809 differs from the original bill by deleting SECTION 2, which related to revenuesharing agreements required for certain annexations, and SECTION 3, which made application of such revenue-sharing agreements retroactive, as well as prospective. SECTION 2 (emergency clause) of the substitute is redesignated from SECTION 4 of the original bill.