| 1 | 1 | | 87R11852 SCL-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Wilson H.B. No. 3827 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the municipal disannexation of certain areas formerly |
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| 8 | 8 | | designated as a census designated place. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 43, Local Government Code, |
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| 11 | 11 | | is amended by adding Section 43.149 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 43.149. DISANNEXATION OF CERTAIN ANNEXED AREAS |
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| 13 | 13 | | FORMERLY DESIGNATED AS CENSUS DESIGNATED PLACE. (a) This section |
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| 14 | 14 | | applies only to an annexed area that: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1) contains: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (A) an access point to a greenbelt; and |
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| 17 | 17 | | (B) at least 1,200 single-family homes; |
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| 18 | 18 | | (2) is separated from two municipalities other than |
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| 19 | 19 | | the municipality in which the area is located only by a highway; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | (3) before annexation: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (A) was part of a single census designated place; |
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| 22 | 22 | | and |
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| 23 | 23 | | (B) was served by a municipal utility district |
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| 24 | 24 | | that owned a water treatment and storage facility. |
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| 25 | 25 | | (b) A municipality shall disannex an area described by |
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| 26 | 26 | | Subsection (a). |
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| 27 | 27 | | (c) If a water treatment and storage facility described by |
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| 28 | 28 | | Subsection (a)(3) was transferred to the municipality during |
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| 29 | 29 | | annexation, the municipality shall retain ownership of the facility |
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| 30 | 30 | | after disannexation under this section. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 32 | 32 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 33 | 33 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 34 | 34 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 35 | 35 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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