87R4497 SGM-D
By: Sanford, King of Parker, Holland H.B. No. 1897
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to disclosure requirements for agreements consenting to
municipal annexation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 43, Local Government Code,
is amended by adding Section 43.004 to read as follows:
Sec. 43.004. REQUIRED DISCLOSURE BEFORE ANNEXATION
AGREEMENT. (a) At the time a municipality makes an offer to a
landowner to enter into an agreement in which the landowner
consents to annexation, the municipality must provide the landowner
with the written disclosure described by Section 212.172(b-1).
(b) An annexation agreement for which a disclosure is not
provided in accordance with Subsection (a) is void.
SECTION 2. Section 212.172, Local Government Code, is
amended by adding Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) to read as follows:
(b-1) At the time a municipality makes an offer to a
landowner to enter into an agreement under this subchapter, the
municipality must provide the landowner with a written disclosure
that includes:
(1) a statement that the landowner is not required to
enter into the agreement;
(2) the authority under which the municipality may
annex the land with references to relevant law;
(3) a plain-language description of the annexation
procedures applicable to the land; and
(4) whether the procedures require the landowner's
consent.
(b-2) An agreement for which a disclosure is not provided in
accordance with Subsection (b-1) is void.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.