86R12727 SCL-F
By: Lozano H.B. No. 2589
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to county consent for certain municipal annexations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 43, Local Government Code,
is amended by adding Section 43.035 to read as follows:
Sec. 43.035. COUNTY CONSENT REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN
ANNEXATIONS. A municipality with a population of more than 300,000
may not annex an area located in a county with a population of more
than 50,000 and less than 300,000 without the consent of that
county.
SECTION 2. Section 43.035, Local Government Code, as added
by this Act, applies only to an annexation that is not final on or
after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. 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, 2019.