Sec. 397A.052. CREATION OF REGIONAL MILITARY SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION  


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  • (a) A county with unincorporated area located within five miles of the boundary line of a military installation, and a municipality with a population of 1.1 million or more and with extraterritorial jurisdiction located within five miles of the boundary line of a military installation, each of which, with respect to the same military installation, constitutes a defense community as defined by Section 397.001, may agree by order, ordinance, or other means to establish and fund a regional military sustainability commission under this subchapter in an area that is located:

    (1) in the same county as the active military installation; and

    (2) in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the municipality.

    (b) Defense communities may not establish more than one commission in a county.

    (c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), a commission's territory consists of the unincorporated area located within two miles of the boundary line of a military installation designated as the commission's territory when the commission is established.

    (d) If a military installation is engaged in flight training at the time a commission is established under this section, the commission's territory consists of the unincorporated area located within three miles of the boundary line of the military installation.

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

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1320 , Sec. 3, eff. June 19, 2009.