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| 1 | 1 | 89R14874 SCL-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Richardson H.B. No. 3978 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to municipal authority to annex certain areas by petition. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Section 43.0681, Local Government Code, is | |
| 12 | 12 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | Sec. 43.0681. AUTHORITY TO ANNEX. (a) Subject to | |
| 14 | 14 | Subsection (b), a [A] municipality may annex an area with a | |
| 15 | 15 | population of less than 200 only if the following conditions are | |
| 16 | 16 | met, as applicable: | |
| 17 | 17 | (1) the municipality obtains consent to annex the area | |
| 18 | 18 | through a petition signed by more than 50 percent of the registered | |
| 19 | 19 | voters of the area; and | |
| 20 | 20 | (2) if the registered voters of the area do not own | |
| 21 | 21 | more than 50 percent of the land in the area, the petition described | |
| 22 | 22 | by Subdivision (1) is signed by more than 50 percent of the owners | |
| 23 | 23 | of land in the area. | |
| 24 | 24 | (b) A municipality may only annex one area under this | |
| 25 | 25 | subchapter per calendar year. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 27 | 27 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 28 | 28 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 29 | 29 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 30 | 30 | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |