81R12280 JTS-D
By: Lucio S.B. No. 1963
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a limitation on annexation by certain municipalities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 43, Local Government Code,
is amended by adding Section 43.908 to read as follows:
Sec. 43.908. RESTRICTED ANNEXATION BY CERTAIN
MUNICIPALITIES. A municipality in a county that contains an
international border and borders the Gulf of Mexico may not annex
area other than an unincorporated area that is entirely surrounded
by the incorporated territory of the municipality until all of the
unincorporated areas that are entirely surrounded by the
incorporated territory have been annexed.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.