By: Thierry (Senate Sponsor - Huffman) H.B. No. 2018
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2019;
May 10, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
Intergovernmental Relations; May 16, 2019, reported favorably by
the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 16, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to required notice for municipal management districts that
annex or exclude territory.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 375.043, Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 375.043. ANNEXATION; NOTICE OF BOUNDARIES. (a) A
district may annex land as provided by Section 49.301 and Chapter
54, Water Code, subject to the approval of the governing body of the
municipality.
(b) Not later than the 90th day after the date a district
annexes land under Subsection (a), the district shall provide a
description of the metes and bounds of the district, as of the date
the annexation takes effect, to each municipality that, on the date
the annexation takes effect:
(1) has territory that overlaps with the district's
territory; or
(2) is adjacent to the district.
(c) The district is not required to provide the description
of the metes and bounds required under Subsection (b) to a
municipality that has waived in writing the municipality's right to
the description.
SECTION 2. The heading to Section 375.044, Local Government
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 375.044. EXCLUDING TERRITORY; NOTICE OF BOUNDARIES.
SECTION 3. Section 375.044, Local Government Code, is
amended by adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows:
(c) Not later than the 90th day after the date a district
excludes land under this section, the district shall provide a
description of the metes and bounds of the district, as of the date
the exclusion takes effect, to each municipality that, on the date
the exclusion takes effect:
(1) has territory that overlaps with the district's
territory; or
(2) is adjacent to the district.
(d) The district is not required to provide the description
of the metes and bounds required under Subsection (c) to a
municipality that has waived in writing the municipality's right to
the description.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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