Opinion No.

Office of the Attorney General — State of Texas John Cornyn The Honorable Bill G. Carter Chair, Committee on Urban Affairs Texas House of Representatives P.O. Box 2910 Austin, Texas 78768-2910

Re: Whether a municipality may enforce its own sexually oriented business ordinance when the entity to be protected is outside the corporate limits of the municipality (RQ-0446-JC)

Dear Representative Carter:

You ask whether a municipality may enforce a sexually oriented business ordinance when a church is within 1000 feet of the business, but is outside the corporate limits of the city. We read the…