84R5355 SCL-F
By: Kuempel H.B. No. 1610
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to authority of certain general-law municipalities to
annex an area without consent.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 43.034, Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 43.034. AUTHORITY OF GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY TO ANNEX
AREA; CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES. A general-law municipality may
annex adjacent territory without the consent of any of the
residents or voters of the area and without the consent of any of
the owners of land in the area if:
(1) the municipality:
(A) has a population of 1,762-1,770, part of
whose boundary is part of the shoreline of a lake whose normal
surface area is 75,000 acres or greater and which is located
completely within the State of Texas; or
(B) has a population of 550-750 and is located in
a county adjacent to a county that:
(i) has a population of more than 1.5
million; and
(ii) contains a municipality in which at
least 75 percent of the county's population resides;
(2) the procedural rules prescribed by this chapter
are met;
(3) the service plan requires that police and fire
protection at a level consistent with protection provided within
the municipality must be provided to the area within 10 days after
the effective date of the annexation; and
(4) the municipality and the affected landowners have
not entered an agreement to not annex the area for a certain period.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.