80R9391 HLT-F
 
  By: Bonnen H.B. No. 1312
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the annexation by certain municipalities of land owned
by a navigation district.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 43, Local Government Code,
is amended by adding Section 43.082 to read as follows:
       Sec. 43.082.  ANNEXATION BY CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES OF LAND
OWNED BY NAVIGATION DISTRICT.  A municipality with a population of
less than 30,000 that borders the Gulf of Mexico and that seeks to
annex land owned by a navigation district operating under Section
59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, must have the consent of the
district to annex the land.
       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, 2007.