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Amend CSHB 1204 as follows:                                                  
	(1)  Immediately following SECTION 19 of the bill (Senate 
committee printing page 7, between lines 60 and 61), insert the 
following new SECTION:
	SECTION 20.  Subchapter B, Chapter 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 1.9 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 42.041.
	(d)  The municipality shall pay for the cost of holding the 
election. 
	(2)  Immediately following SECTION 25 of the bill (Senate 
committee printing page 8, between lines 31 and 32), insert the 
following appropriately numbered SECTION:
	SECTION ____.  Section 43.0215, Local Government Code, as 
added by this Act, applies 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, 2003. 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.
	(3)  Renumber existing SECTIONS of the bill appropriately.