78R7496 AKH-D


By:  Callegari                                                    H.B. No. 2475



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to an area that is subject to annexation for limited 
purposes by certain municipalities.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 43.123, Local Government Code, is 
amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
	(e)  The deadline imposed by Subsection (d)(2) does not apply 
to an area that:
		(1)  is owned by the United States, this state, or a 
political subdivision of this state;
		(2)  is located outside the boundaries of a water 
control and improvement district or a municipal utility district; 
and
		(3)  is annexed for limited purposes in connection with 
a strategic partnership agreement under Section 43.0751.
	SECTION 2.  Section 43.127(a), Local Government Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  Except as provided by Section 43.123(e), on [On] or 
before the date prescribed by the regulatory plan under Section 
43.123(d)(2), the municipality must annex the area for full 
purposes. This requirement may be waived and the date for 
full-purpose annexation postponed by written agreement between the 
municipality and a majority of the affected landowners.  A written 
agreement to waive the municipality's obligation to annex the area 
for full purposes binds all future owners of land annexed for 
limited purposes pursuant to that waiver.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003, and 
applies to an area described by Section 43.123(e), Local Government 
Code, as added by this Act, that is annexed for limited purposes in 
connection with a strategic partnership agreement before, on, or 
after that date.