83R7370 JTS-D
By: Lucio S.B. No. 1698
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 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, 2013.