Sec. 397A.102. CREATION OF REGIONAL MILITARY SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION  


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  • (a) A county with a population of 60,000 or less and a municipality that, with respect to the same active 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) A commission's territory consists of the unincorporated area located within five miles of the boundary line of a military installation designated as the commission's territory when the commission is established.

    (d) 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.