87R19679 SCL-D
By: Wilson H.B. No. 4350
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4350:
By: Holland C.S.H.B. No. 4350
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the incorporation of Type B general-law municipalities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 7.001, Local Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 7.001. AUTHORITY TO INCORPORATE AS TYPE B GENERAL-LAW
MUNICIPALITY. A community may incorporate under this chapter as a
Type B general-law municipality if it:
(1) has proximity and contiguity between its dwellings
[constitutes an unincorporated town or village];
(2) contains 201 to 9,999 inhabitants; [and]
(3) meets the territorial requirements prescribed by
Section 5.901; and
(4) has a population density of at least 100
inhabitants per square mile.
SECTION 2. Section 7.002(b), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The application must:
(1) state the proposed boundaries and name of the
proposed municipality; [,] and
(2) [it must] be accompanied by a plat of the proposed
municipality that contains:
(A) [only] the territory to be used strictly for
municipal purposes; and
(B) the dwellings located in the territory
described by Paragraph (A).
SECTION 3. Section 7.003, Local Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 7.003. ELECTION ORDER. If satisfactory proof is made
that a community [that] has filed an application to incorporate
under this chapter that complies with this chapter [contains the
requisite number of inhabitants], the county judge shall order an
incorporation election to be held on a specified date and at a
designated place in the community.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.