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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the consent required for a municipality to annex a water |
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or sewer district. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 43.071, Local Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: |
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(g) For an annexation of an area in a water or sewer district |
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that is wholly or partly in the overlapping extraterritorial |
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jurisdiction of two or more municipalities, any one of those |
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municipalities is not required to obtain under Section 42.023 the |
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written consent of any of the other municipalities in order to annex |
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the area if: |
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(1) the area contains less than 100 acres; |
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(2) the annexing municipality, before June 1, 2005, |
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annexed more than 50 percent of the territory of the water or sewer |
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district, as the district existed on the date of its creation; and |
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(3) the entire water or sewer district would be |
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contained in the annexing municipality after completion of the |
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annexation. |
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SECTION 2. Section 43.071(g), Local Government Code, as |
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added by this Act, applies only to the annexation of an area for |
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which all parts of the statutory annexation process are begun on or |
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after the effective date of this Act. The annexation of an area for |
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which any part of the statutory annexation process was begun before |
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the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect |
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immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the former |
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law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |