| 1 | 1 | | H.B. No. 3514 |
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| 4 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 5 | | relating to the authority of a municipality to annex property in |
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| 6 | 6 | | certain water districts. |
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| 7 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Section 43.071(e), Local Government Code, is |
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| 9 | 9 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | (e) Subsections (b)-(d) do not apply to the annexation of: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (1) an area within a water or sewer district if: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (A) the governing body of the district consents |
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| 13 | 13 | | to the annexation; |
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| 14 | 14 | | (B) the owners in fee simple of the area to be |
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| 15 | 15 | | annexed consent to the annexation; and |
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| 16 | 16 | | (C) the annexed area does not exceed 525 feet in |
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| 17 | 17 | | width at its widest point; |
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| 18 | 18 | | (2) a water or sewer district that has a noncontiguous |
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| 19 | 19 | | part that is not within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the |
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| 20 | 20 | | municipality; [or] |
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| 21 | 21 | | (3) a part of a special utility district created or |
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| 22 | 22 | | operating under Chapter 65, Water Code; or |
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| 23 | 23 | | (4) a property by a municipality with a population of |
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| 24 | 24 | | less than 3,000 if the governing body of a water or sewer district |
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| 25 | 25 | | the boundaries of which include the property consents to the |
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| 26 | 26 | | annexation. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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| 28 | 28 | | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 29 | 29 | | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 30 | 30 | | I certify that H.B. No. 3514 was passed by the House on April |
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| 31 | 31 | | 20, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 117, Nays 29, 2 present, not |
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| 32 | 32 | | voting. |
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| 33 | 33 | | ______________________________ |
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| 34 | 34 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 35 | 35 | | I certify that H.B. No. 3514 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 36 | 36 | | 16, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3. |
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| 37 | 37 | | ______________________________ |
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| 38 | 38 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 39 | 39 | | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 40 | 40 | | Date |
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| 41 | 41 | | _____________________ |
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| 42 | 42 | | Governor |
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