Amend HB 610 (Senate committee printing) by adding the
following appropriately numbered sections to the bill and
renumbering subsequent sections of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 43.052, Local Government Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (k) to read as follows:
(k) Notwithstanding the restrictions imposed by Subsections
(e) and (g), under an agreement described by Section 43.0563 a
municipality may annex an area for full or limited purposes at any
time on petition of the owner of the area for the annexation if the
area:
(1) is in the municipality's annexation plan; or
(2) was previously in the municipality's annexation
plan but removed under Subsection (e).
SECTION ____. Section 43.0563, Local Government Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to
read as follows:
(a) The governing body of a municipality with a population
of less than 1.6 million may negotiate and enter into a written
agreement [with representatives designated under Section
43.0562(b)] for the provision of services and the funding of the
services in an [the] area with:
(1) representatives designated under Section
43.0562(b), if the area is included in the municipality's
annexation plan; or
(2) an owner of an area within the extraterritorial
jurisdiction of the municipality if the area is not included in the
municipality's annexation plan.
(a-1) An [The] agreement under this section may also include
an agreement related to permissible land uses and compliance with
municipal ordinances.
SECTION ____. Section 43.0564(a), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) If the municipality and the representatives of the area
proposed for annexation cannot reach an agreement for the provision
of services under Section 43.0562 or if the municipality and the
property owner representatives described by Section 43.0563(a)(1)
cannot reach an agreement for the provision of services in lieu of
annexation under Section 43.0563, either party by majority decision
of the party's representatives may request the appointment of an
arbitrator to resolve the service plan issues in dispute. The
request must be made in writing to the other party before the 60th
day after the date the service plan is completed under Section
43.056. The municipality may not annex the area under another
section of this chapter during the pendency of the arbitration
proceeding or an appeal from the arbitrator's decision.