H.B. No. 3591
AN ACT
relating to authorizing the strip annexation of certain property by
certain municipalities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 43.054, Local Government Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a municipality with a
population of 21,000 or more located in a county with a population
of 100,000 or more may annex a publicly owned strip or similar area
following the course of a road or highway for the purpose of
annexing territory contiguous to the strip or area if the territory
contiguous to the strip or area was formerly used or was to be used
in connection with or by a superconducting super collider
high-energy research facility.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3591 was passed by the House on May
10, 2003, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3591 was passed by the Senate on May
28, 2003, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor