Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 2726	House Author:  Eissler
Effective:  9-1-09	Senate Sponsor:  Williams

            House Bill 2726 amends the Local Government Code to authorize a municipality whose corporate boundaries are contiguous with an eligible district to enter into a regional participation agreement with that district.  The bill permits an agreement to provide or allow for the release of the territory from the extraterritorial jurisdiction of an eligible municipality that is a party to the agreement at a specified time or upon the occurrence of specified events. The bill does not require an agreement to describe the land contained within the boundaries of a party to the agreement, but does require any territory to be released from the extraterritorial jurisdiction of an eligible municipality that is a party under an agreement to be included in the agreement and described in sufficient detail to convey title to land. The bill provides that an agreement binds its legal successor including a municipality, or other form of local government, to the agreement for the term specified in the agreement. The bill provides that an agreement may not require a party to make payments from any funds that are restricted, encumbered, or pledged for the payment of its contractual obligations or indebtedness.