Amend CSSB 89 by inserting the following appropriately
numbered sections and renumbering the remaining sections
accordingly:
      SECTION     . Subchapter 43, Local Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 43.0215 to read as follows:
      Sec. 43.0215. VOTER APPROVAL OF ANNEXATION REQUIRED IN
CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES. (a) This section applies only to a
municipality with a population of 1.6 million or more.
      (b)The municipality may not annex an area for full or limited
purposes unless:
            (1)  the municipality holds in the area an election, at
which the qualified voters of the area may vote, on the question of
the annexation; and
            (2)  a majority of the votes received at the election
approve the annexation.
      (c)  This section does not apply to an annexation of an area
if:
            (1)  no qualified voters reside in the area;
            (2)  the annexation is authorized by or subject to
another section of this chapter, other than Section 43.021; or
            (3)  the annexation is initiated by the municipality in
response to a petition under Section 43.041.
      (d)  The municipality shall pay for the cost of holding the
election.
      SECTION     . The changes in law made by this Act by the
addition of Section 43.0215, Local Government Code, apply only to
an annexation for which the first hearing notice required by
Section 43.052, Local Government Code, is published on or after
September 1, 1999. An annexation for which the first hearing notice
is published before that date is governed by the law in effect at
the time the notice is published, and the prior law is continued in
effect for that purpose.