By: Truitt H.B. No. 3175
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to authority to annex a water or sewer district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 43, Local Government Code, Section
43.071, is amended by adding a new Subsection (g), to read as
follows:
Section 43.071(g):
(g) Annexation of area under this section is exempt from the
provisions of this chapter that prohibit reduction of the
extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality without the
written consent of that municipality's governing body if:
(1) the area is less than 100 acres; and
(2) upon completion of the annexation, all of the water or
sewer district will be within the boundaries of the annexing
municipality.
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, 2005.