By: Bell of Kaufman, et al. H.B. No. 3383
(Senate Sponsor - Nichols)
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2019;
April 30, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
Intergovernmental Relations; May 17, 2019, reported favorably by
the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 17, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the definition of a tier 1 county for purposes of
municipal annexation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 43.001(2), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(2) "Tier 1 county" means a county:
(A) with a population of less than 500,000; and
(B) that is not:
(i) a county that contains a freshwater
fisheries center operated by the [Texas] Parks and Wildlife
Department; or
(ii) a county with a population of less than
125,000:
(a) that is adjacent to a county with
a population of more than 2.2 million;
(b) that contains any portion of the
extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality with a population
of more than 1.1 million; and
(c) in which more than one municipal
utility district registered with the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality as being active is located.
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, 2019.
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