DFW is home to the nation’s fastest-growing cities. But some landowners are opting out thanks to a new law.

CELINA, Texas — Two of North Texas’ fastest-growing cities have a big asset driving development: They have room to expand.

However, a law passed in 2023 is now reshaping the future growth of North Texas’s boomtowns.

Senate Bill 2038 allows landowners with property outside of an incorporated city to leave that city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ). The ETJ is the unincorporated area surrounding a city. Here, state law allows the local government to have limited authority…

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