78R12009 PAM-D

By:  Pitts                                                        H.B. No. 3591



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

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.