Sec. 382.002.  APPLICABILITY.  This chapter applies only to:
(1)  a county with a population of 1.5 million or more, other than a county that:
(A)  borders on the Gulf of Mexico or a bay or inlet of the gulf; or
(B)  has two municipalities located wholly or partly in its boundaries each having a population of 225,000 or more; or
(2)  a county with a population of 70,000 or more that is adjacent to a county described by Subdivision (1) in which a municipality with a population of 90,000 or more is primarily situated and includes all or a part of the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality with a population of 1.1 million or more.
Transferred from Local Government Code, Subchapter C, Chapter 372 and amended by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 15.009, eff. September 1, 2009.
Amended by: 
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 846 (H.B. 3597), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1163 (H.B. 2702), Sec. 98, eff. September 1, 2011.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 644 (H.B. 4559), Sec. 190, eff. September 1, 2023.