Amend HB 2215 by adding a new Section 2 to the bill to read
as follows and by renumbering the existing Section 2 appropriately:
      SECTION 2. Subchapter G, Chapter 43, Local Government Code,
is amended by adding Section 43.150 to read as follows:
      Sec. 43.150.  DISANNEXATION BY PETITION FOLLOWING FAILURE TO
PROVIDE SERVICES.  (a)  In this section, "full municipal services"
means water and wastewater services and other services listed in
Section 43.056(b).
      (b)  This section applies only to an area that:
            (1)  was annexed by a general-law municipality before
June 1, 1980;
            (2)  includes at least 200 contiguous acres;
            (3)  is uninhabited or contains fewer than one occupied
residence or business structure for every two acres and fewer than
three occupied residences or business structures on any one acre;
and
            (4)  has not been provided full municipal services
since the date of the annexation.
      (c)  The governing body of the municipality shall adopt an
ordinance disannexing the area, or any part of the area, from the
municipality if the governing body receives a petition from the
owners of the area, or the part of the area, requesting the
disannexation.  The ordinance must be adopted before the 45th day
after the date the petition is received.  The disannexation takes
effect on the date the ordinance is adopted.
      (d)  The petition must:
            (1)  include a statement requesting the disannexation
and include a legal description of the area to be disannexed;
            (2)  contain the printed name, signature, residence or
business address, and date of signing of each owner of the area to
be disannexed; and
            (3)  be signed by each owner during the 120 days before
the date the petition is filed with the governing body.
      (e)  If the governing body fails to adopt the ordinance as
required by this section, an owner who signed the petition may file
suit in a district court in the county in which the area to be
disannexed is located.  In the suit, the owner may seek a writ of
mandamus compelling the governing body to adopt the required
ordinance.  The court shall award an owner who prevails in the suit
any attorney's fees, court costs, and other expenses reasonably
incurred in connection with the suit.