By: Burns H.B. No. 3514
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of a municipality to annex property in
certain water districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 43.071(e), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(e) Subsections (b)-(d) do not apply to the annexation of:
(1) an area within a water or sewer district if:
(A) the governing body of the district consents
to the annexation;
(B) the owners in fee simple of the area to be
annexed consent to the annexation; and
(C) the annexed area does not exceed 525 feet in
width at its widest point;
(2) a water or sewer district that has a noncontiguous
part that is not within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the
municipality; [or]
(3) a part of a special utility district created or
operating under Chapter 65, Water Code; or
(4) property by a municipality with a population of
3,000 or less if the governing body of the district consents to the
annexation.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.