Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. (b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a defunding municipality may not annex an area during the period beginning on the date that the criminal justice division of the governor's office issues the written determination that the municipality is a defunding municipality and ending on the 10th anniversary of the date on which the criminal justice division of the governor's office issues a written determination in accordance with Section 109.005 finding that the defunding municipality has reversed the reduction described by Section 109.003(1). Jul 12, 2013 @ 12:50pm . (a) In this section, "military base" means a presently functioning federally owned or operated military installation or facility. SUBCHAPTER H. ALTERATION OF ANNEXATION STATUS. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 1, eff. 2.14, eff. 6), Sec. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 43.141. 423 (S.B. 43.124. 155 (H.B. CALHOUN, John C. Served as Secretary of State in the Cabinet of President John Tyler, 1844-1845, and participated in the annexation negotiations. Sept. 1, 1991. 149, Sec. 1, Sec. ENFORCEMENT OF CHAPTER. 43.0545. May 24, 2019. (d) The municipality may annex the area even if part of the area is outside the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction or is narrower than the minimum width prescribed by Section 43.054. 1, Sec. May 1, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 6 (S.B. 43.905. 1, eff. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. Sept. 1, 1987. June 17, 1997. (b) On receipt of the district's petition, the governing body of the municipality shall enter into negotiations with the district for an agreement to alter the status of annexation that must: (1) specify the period, which may not be less than 10 years beginning on January 1 of the year following the date of the agreement, in which limited-purpose annexation is in effect; (2) provide that, at the expiration of the period, the district's annexation status will automatically revert to full-purpose annexation without following procedures provided by Section 43.014 or any procedural requirement for annexation not in effect on January 1, 1995; and. endobj
The notice for each hearing must be posted on the municipality's Internet website on or after the 20th day but before the 10th day before the date of the hearing and must remain posted until the date of the hearing. Transferred, redesignated and amended from Local Government Code, Section 43.035 by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6), Sec. The annexation of Texas to the United States became a topic of political and diplomatic discussion after the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and became a matter of international concern between 1836 and 1845, when Texas was a republic. 3, eff. Upon dissolution of the district, all property and obligations of a dissolved district become the responsibility of the municipality. 43.0663. May 24, 2019. 43.081. 593 (S.B. Before the 30th day before the date of the first hearing required under Section 43.063, a municipality shall give written notice of its intent to annex the area to: (1) each property owner in an area proposed for annexation, as indicated by the appraisal records furnished by the appraisal district for each county in which the area is located; (2) each public entity or private entity that provides services in the area proposed for annexation, including each: (A) municipality, county, fire protection service provider, including a volunteer fire department, and emergency medical services provider, including a volunteer emergency medical services provider; and, (B) municipal utility district, water control and improvement district, or other district created under Section 52, Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and. 43.123. (a) In this section: (1) "District" means a conservation and reclamation district operating under Chapter 49, Water Code. That operating contract may extend for a period, not to exceed 30 years, stipulated in the contract and is subject to amendment, renewal, or termination by the mutual consent of the governing bodies. 6 (S.B. 55(b), eff. The governing body of the smaller municipality shall adopt the ordinance if it receives a petition to do so signed by a number of qualified voters of the municipality equal to at least 10 percent of the number of voters of the municipality who voted in the most recent general election. Refunding bonds must bear interest at the same rate or at a lower rate than that borne by the refunded obligations unless it is shown mathematically that a different rate results in a savings in the total amount of interest to be paid. 43.054. (c) If the area withdraws from a municipality as provided by this section and if, at the time of the withdrawal, the municipality owes any debts, by bond or otherwise, the area is not released from its pro rata share of that indebtedness. 1064, Sec. (d) A provision of a development agreement described by Subsection (b)(1) that restricts or otherwise limits the annexation of all or part of the area that is the subject of the agreement is void if the landowner files any type of subdivision plat or related development document for the area with a governmental entity that has jurisdiction over the area, regardless of how the area is appraised for ad valorem tax purposes. 1900), Sec. 6 (S.B. 43.129. (2) one percent each month after the 210th day after the date the area is disannexed. (e) The municipality shall have no responsibility to reimburse the developer of the district or its successors for more than reasonable and actual engineering and construction costs to design and build internal water treatment and distribution facilities, wastewater treatment and collection facilities, or drainage facilities, whether temporary or permanent, installed after September 1, 1995. The agreement must be recorded in the deed records of any county in which any land in the district is located. (7) a regulation relating to the sale and use of fireworks. 6 (S.B. 43.061. i. Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 55(a), eff. September 1, 2011. 3(k), eff. If a proposed annexation would cause an area to be entirely surrounded by the annexing municipality but would not include the area within the municipality, the governing body of the municipality must find, before completing the annexation, that surrounding the area is in the public interest. Sept. 1, 1999. (n-1) At the conclusion of the term of an agreement between a municipality and a district under Subsection (n), the district and the municipality may extend the agreement for a period not to exceed 10 years. Sec. 1015), Sec. (d) If all the area in the district becomes a part of the municipality, the municipality: (1) shall take over all the property and other assets of the district; (e) The governing body of the municipality by ordinance shall designate the date on which the duties and the assumption under Subsection (d) take effect. 3 0 obj
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(e) If the district is composed of two or more tracts, at least one of which is not contiguous to the home-rule municipality, the fact that the annexation will result in one or more parts of the home-rule municipality being not contiguous to the rest of the municipality does not affect the municipality's authority to annex the district. Pafford Tract 2021 Voluntary Annexation completed 04/13/2021. 43.055. 1082), Sec. (c) A municipality required to refund money under this section shall refund the money to current landowners in the area not later than the 180th day after the date the area is disannexed. 6 (S.B. 21, eff. (h) If a majority of the voters voting in an election under Subsection (c)(2) or (4) approve the proposition submitted on the form of local government, the county judge of the county in which the municipality or alternate form of local government is located shall order an election for the governing body of the municipality or alternate form of local government to be held on a date that complies with the provisions of the Election Code, except that Section 41.001(a), Election Code, does not apply. 1, eff. Sec. Transferred and redesignated from Local Government Code, Section 43.037 by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 149, Sec. (7) be presented to the secretary of the municipality. PROHIBITION AGAINST ANNEXATION TO SURROUND MUNICIPALITY IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. (g) In any election ordered under Subsection (c), the governing body of the district may also submit to the voters voting in the election any other measure the governing body considers necessary and convenient to effectuate the transition to a municipal or alternate form of local government, including a measure on the question of whether, on incorporation as a municipality or establishment of an alternate form of local government, any rights, powers, privileges, duties, purposes, functions, or responsibilities of the district or the district's authority to issue bonds and impose a tax is transferred to the municipality or alternate form of local government. The section on Additional Phase gives the declarant the right to annex any additional land to the terms of the CCRs without the consent of any party of the existing HOA. Sec. 1, eff. The law still allows for annexation at the request of a property owner. 347), Sec. APPLICABILITY. Sec. (2) "Eligible municipality" means a municipality: (A) that has a population of 1.5 million or more and that includes in its extraterritorial jurisdiction at least 90 percent by area of the territory of a district; (B) that includes in its extraterritorial jurisdiction not more than 10 percent of the territory of a district that has entered into a regional participation agreement under this section with another eligible municipality described by Paragraph (A); or. 347), Sec. Related Pages. PROCEDURES APPLICABLE. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a municipality that is annexing an area under Subchapter C-3, C-4, C-5, or D may also annex with the area the right-of-way of a street, highway, alley, or other public way or of a railway line, spur, or roadbed, that is: (1) contiguous and runs parallel to the municipality's boundaries; and. Sec. (c) A municipality that holds an election under this section may not hold another election on the question of annexation before the corresponding uniform election date of the following year. 4059), Sec. 155 (H.B. While this was a big win for Texans, there remains more work to do. (b) If the municipality annexes all the area in the district, the municipality: (1) shall take over the property and other assets of the district; (2) assumes all the debts, liabilities, and obligations of the district; and. June 18, 2003. December 1, 2017. (c) If before the effective date of the ordinance or if within 30 days after the effective date or the date of the publication of the ordinance, a petition that is signed and verified by a number of qualified voters of the municipality equal to at least 10 percent of the total votes cast at the most recent election for municipal officers is filed with the secretary of the municipality protesting the enactment or enforcement of the ordinance, the ordinance is suspended and any action taken under the ordinance is void. September 1, 2011. 1, eff. 1, eff. 99), Sec. The municipality may, with the consent of the district, construct and maintain drainage facilities in the district that are consistent with the reclamation plan of the district. 155 (H.B. 1217 (S.B. 6), Sec. 2.10, eff. The ballot in an election held under Subsection (c) shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "Authorizing the (specify the incorporation of or the adoption of an alternate form of local government for) (insert name of local government) and the adoption of an initial property tax rate of not more than (specify the maximum rate determined).". 6 (S.B. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. (a) A district existing on September 1, 1997, that, within 10 years after the date of its creation, has not provided water and sanitary sewer utility service from its facilities to all household users in its territory shall: (1) provide water and sanitary sewer utility service from its facilities to all household users in its territory not later than September 1, 1998; or. PROVISION OF CERTAIN SERVICES TO ANNEXED AREA. <>
1420, Sec. Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. (e) A municipality that, as a result of the annexation, provides utility services to a school district facility may charge the district for utility services at: (1) the same rate that the district was paying before the annexation; or. December 1, 2017. 1338), Sec. (c) If the district is located wholly in two or more municipalities, the district may be abolished by agreement among the district and the municipalities in which the district is located. For an annexation occurring prior to the effective date of the changes in law made by this Act in amending Subsection (b), a delinquent sum begins incurring a penalty on the first day of the eighth month following the month in which the municipality enacted its annexation ordinance. If a court issues a writ under this subsection, the court: (1) must provide the municipality the option of disannexing the area within a reasonable period specified by the court; (2) may require the municipality to comply with the service plan in question before a reasonable date specified by the court if the municipality does not disannex the area within the period prescribed by the court under Subdivision (1); (3) may require the municipality to refund to the landowners of the annexed area money collected by the municipality from those landowners for services to the area that were not provided; (4) may assess a civil penalty against the municipality, to be paid to the state in an amount as justice may require, for the period in which the municipality is not in compliance with the service plan; (5) may require the parties to participate in mediation; and. May 24, 2019. (l) An agreement or a decision made under this section and an action taken under the agreement by the parties to the agreement are not subject to approval or an appeal brought under the Water Code unless it is an appeal of a utility rate charged by a municipality to customers outside the corporate boundaries of the municipality. 669, Sec. The municipality may issue refunding bonds or warrants to refund bonds, warrants, or other obligations, including unpaid earned interest on them, that is assumed by the municipality. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. (f) After the adoption of the ordinance extending the municipal boundaries, the municipality may fully regulate navigation, wharfage, including wharfage rates, and all facilities, conveniences, and aids to navigation or wharfage. 103 (S.B. December 1, 2017. (2) the special district shall resume the use of the utilities acquired and paid for by the municipality and shall thereafter acquire the utilities from the municipality and reimburse the municipality for amounts the municipality paid the developer. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. However, under the program if the municipality provides any of the following services within the corporate boundaries of the municipality before annexation, the municipality must provide those services in the area proposed for annexation on the effective date of the annexation of the area: (4) solid waste collection, except as provided by Subsection (o); (5) operation and maintenance of water and wastewater facilities in the annexed area that are not within the service area of another water or wastewater utility; (6) operation and maintenance of roads and streets, including road and street lighting; (7) operation and maintenance of parks, playgrounds, and swimming pools; and. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. December 1, 2017. (3) all the area of the district is annexed. 6), Sec. (c) A municipality carrying over an allocation may not annex in a calendar year a total area greater than 30 percent of the incorporated area of the municipality as of January 1 of that year. June 15, 2007. Notwithstanding Subchapter C-4 or C-5, a municipality may annex an area if each owner of land in the area requests the annexation. (2) each municipality in whose extraterritorial jurisdiction the airport is located agrees to the annexation. If a majority of votes are in favor of dissolution, the date of dissolution shall be December 31 of the same year in which the election is held. Sec. ANNEXATION OF COUNTY ROADS REQUIRED IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. The process can be started by either a petition (see below) or by a city council resolution. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1076 (S.B. (l) After due authorization, execution, delivery, and recordation as provided by this section, a regional participation agreement, including any related amendment, supplement, modification, or restatement, and a pledge of funds to make payments under an agreement shall be final and incontestable in any court of this state. (3) reduction of the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality without the written consent of the municipality's governing body. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. (B) contains fewer than one occupied residence or business structure for every two acres and fewer than three occupied residences or business structures on any one acre. 43.004. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. In this chapter: (1) "Extraterritorial jurisdiction" means extraterritorial jurisdiction as determined under Chapter 42. 560 (S.B. 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