Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 43.902 - Annexation, Extraterritorial Jurisdiction, and Eminent Domain on Inaccessible Gulf Island(a) Land on an island bordering the Gulf of Mexico that is not accessible by a public road or common carrier ferry facility may not be annexed by a municipality without the consent of the owners of the land.(b) The extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality does not include land on the island unless the owners of the land consent.(c) A municipality may not take property on the island through eminent domain.Tex. Loc. Gov't. Code § 43.902
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1987.