By Hamric H.B. No. 1009 76R1875 CAG-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to voter approval of certain municipal annexations. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 43, Local Government Code, 1-5 is amended by adding Section 43.0215 to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 43.0215. VOTER APPROVAL OF ANNEXATION REQUIRED IN 1-7 CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES. (a) This section applies only to a 1-8 municipality with a population of 1.6 million or more. 1-9 (b) The municipality may not annex an area for full or 1-10 limited purposes unless: 1-11 (1) the municipality holds in the area an election, at 1-12 which the qualified voters of the area may vote, on the question of 1-13 the annexation; and 1-14 (2) a majority of the votes received at the election 1-15 approve the annexation. 1-16 (c) This section does not apply to an annexation of an area 1-17 if: 1-18 (1) no qualified voters reside in the area; or 1-19 (2) the annexation is authorized by or subject to 1-20 another section of this chapter, other than Section 43.021. 1-21 (d) The municipality shall pay for the cost of holding the 1-22 election. 1-23 SECTION 2. The changes in law made by Section 43.0215, Local 1-24 Government Code, as added by this Act, apply only to an annexation 2-1 proceeding that is in process on, or that begins on or after, 2-2 September 1, 1999. 2-3 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-4 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-5 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-6 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-7 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.