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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a plan to provide services to an area annexed by a |
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municipality. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 43.056(b), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The service plan, which must be completed in the period |
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provided by Subsection (a) before the annexation, must include a |
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program under which the municipality will provide full municipal |
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services in the annexed area no later than 2-1/2 years after the |
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effective date of the annexation, in accordance with Subsection |
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(e), and include a list of all services required by this section to |
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be provided under the plan. [unless certain services cannot
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reasonably be provided within that period and the municipality
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proposes a schedule for providing those services. If the
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municipality proposes a schedule to extend the period for providing
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certain services, the schedule must provide for the provision of
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full municipal services no later than 4-1/2 years after the
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effective date of the annexation. If the area was annexed after
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December 1, 1998, and before September 1, 1999, the municipality
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shall provide sewer services in the annexed area as provided by this
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subsection, except that, no later than five years after the
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effective date of the annexation, the municipality may not provide
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sewer services in the annexed area by means of a package wastewater
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treatment plant.] However, under the program if the municipality |
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provides any of the following services within the corporate |
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boundaries of the municipality before annexation, the municipality |
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must provide those services in the area proposed for annexation on |
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the effective date of the annexation of the area: |
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(1) police protection; |
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(2) fire protection; |
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(3) emergency medical services; |
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(4) solid waste collection, except as provided by |
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Subsection (o); |
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(5) operation and maintenance of water and wastewater |
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facilities in the annexed area that are not within the service area |
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of another water or wastewater utility; |
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(6) operation and maintenance of roads and streets, |
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including road and street lighting; |
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(7) operation and maintenance of parks, playgrounds, |
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and swimming pools; and |
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(8) operation and maintenance of any other publicly |
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owned facility, building, or service. |
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SECTION 2. 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. |