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AN ACT
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relating to the authority to consolidate municipalities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 61.001, Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 61.001. AUTHORITY TO CONSOLIDATE. The following |
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municipalities [Two or more contiguous municipalities in the same
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county] may consolidate under one government in the manner provided |
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by this chapter: |
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(1) two or more contiguous municipalities in the same |
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county; or |
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(2) two noncontiguous municipalities located in the |
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same county if: |
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(A) the distance between the municipalities is |
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less than 2.5 miles; and |
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(B) each municipality is located within one mile |
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of an international boundary. |
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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. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2212 was passed by the House on April |
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13, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2212 was passed by the Senate on May |
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17, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |