86R12603 SCL-F
By: Campbell S.B. No. 1468
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to annexation by certain municipalities of a special
district under a strategic partnership agreement.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 43.0751(s), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(s) Notwithstanding any other law other than Section
43.083, the procedures prescribed by Subchapters C-3, C-4, and C-5
do not apply to the annexation of an area under this section.
Except as provided by Subsection (h), a municipality shall follow
the procedures established under the strategic partnership
agreement for full-purpose annexation of an area under this
section.
SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 43, Local Government Code,
is amended by adding Section 43.083 to read as follows:
Sec. 43.083. ANNEXATION BY CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES THAT
OPERATE MUNICIPALLY OWNED WATER UTILITY. (a) This section applies
only to a municipality that operates a municipally owned water
utility and uses revenue from the utility partly for general
municipal purposes or other purposes not related to the water
utility.
(b) A municipality annexing a district for full purposes
under a strategic partnership agreement under Section 43.0751 must:
(1) comply with Subchapter C-3, C-4, or C-5, as
applicable; and
(2) annex the district and all of the unincorporated
area served by the district that is located in the municipality's
extraterritorial jurisdiction.
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.