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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of a municipality to annex area qualified |
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for agricultural or wildlife management use or as timberland. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 43.016(b), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) A municipality may not annex an area to which this |
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section applies without the written consent of each owner of the |
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area being annexed [unless: |
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[(1) the municipality offers to make a development |
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agreement with the landowner under Section 212.172 that would: |
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[(A) guarantee the continuation of the |
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extraterritorial status of the area; and |
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[(B) authorize the enforcement of all |
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regulations and planning authority of the municipality that do not |
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interfere with the use of the area for agriculture, wildlife |
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management, or timber; and |
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[(2) the landowner declines to make the agreement |
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described by Subdivision (1)]. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 43.016(c), (d), and (e), Local |
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Government Code, are repealed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |