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Amend CSSB 1012 (committee printing) in SECTION 1 of the bill,
in added Section 43.0754, Local Government Code, by striking
Subsection (m) (page 3, line 54, through page 4, line 8) and
substituting the following:
"(m) Notwithstanding any defect, ambiguity, discrepancy,
invalidity, or unenforceability of a regional participation
agreement that has been voluntarily entered into and fully executed
by the parties, or any contrary law, common law doctrine, or
municipal charter provision, and for the duration of any annexation
deferral period established in the agreement during which a
district continues to perform its obligations under the agreement:
(1) Section 42.023 and any other law or municipal
charter provision relating to the reduction of the extraterritorial
jurisdiction of an eligible municipality that is a party do not
apply, and Sections 42.041(b)-(e) do not apply to any land or owner
of land within a district that is a party;
(2) the governing body of an eligible municipality
that is a party may not initiate or continue an annexation
proceeding relating to that area but may include the area covered by
the agreement in a municipal annexation plan; and
(3) any area of a district that is a party to be
released from the extraterritorial jurisdiction of an eligible
municipality that is a party under an agreement, or that is to be
incorporated or included within an alternate form of government
with the consent of a municipality that is a party under an
agreement, shall, by operation of law and without further action by
a party or its governing body, be released from the
extraterritorial jurisdiction, or consent of the municipality to
the incorporation or adoption of an alternate form of government
shall be deemed to have been given, at the time or upon the
occurrence of the events specified in the agreement.".