SRC-JRN C.S.S.B. 1735 75(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   C.S.S.B. 1735
By: Barrientos
Intergovernmental Relations
5-13-97
Committee Report (Substituted)


DIGEST 

Currently, Texas law allows a general-law municipality to annex adjacent
territory without the consent of certain persons.  Some general-law cities
do not provide any of their citizens with water or sewer service because
the citizens of the city may wish to obtain water service from existing
water control and improvement districts.  C.S.S.B. 1735 allows a
general-law city to annex adjacent territory without the consent of
certain persons if the service plan of a city requires the municipality to
provide the area to be annexed with the same level of services available
to citizens currently.  

PURPOSE

As proposed, C.S.S.B. 1735 allows a general-law city to annex adjacent
territory without the consent of certain persons if the service plan of a
city requires the municipality to provide the area to be annexed with the
same level of services available to citizens currently.  

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Chapter 43B, Local Government Code, by adding Section
43.034, as follows: 

Sec. 43.034. AUTHORITY OF GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY TO ANNEX AREA; CERTAIN
MUNICIPALITIES.  Authorizes a Type A general-law municipality to annex an
adjacent area without the consent of any of the residents or voters of the
area and without the consent of any of the owners of land in the area, if
certain conditions apply. 

SECTION 2. Emergency clause.
  Effective date: upon passage.

SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE CHANGES

SECTION 1.

Amends Section 43.034, Local Government Code, by setting forth provisions
regarding Type A general-law municipalities, rather than general-law
municipalities, in adjacent areas, rather than adjacent territories.
Requires the municipality to have a population of 3,000 or less, rather
than a population of more than 700 but less than 1,000.  Authorizes a Type
A generallaw municipality to annex an area if the municipality completely
surrounds the territory in which the area is located, and the municipality
has enacted an ordinance governing zoning, among other provisions.