By: Strama H.B. No. 3629
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the municipalities that may annex an area for limited
purposes.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Section 43.121, Local Government Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d) to
read as follows:
       (a)  The governing body of a [home-rule] municipality [with
more than 225,000 inhabitants] by ordinance may annex an area for
the limited purposes of applying its planning, zoning, health, and
safety ordinances in the area if the municipality:
             (1)  has a population of more than 225,000; or
             (2)  has any of its incorporated territory located
within 15 miles of a toll project:
                   (A)  that is owned and operated by the Texas
Department of Transportation; and
                   (B)  that was first opened for vehicular traffic
after October 1, 2006, and when completed will be over 25 miles
long.
       (d)  A municipality that qualifies under Subsection (a)(2)
does not lose the authority to annex an area for limited purposes if
the Texas Department of Transportation transfers ownership or
operation of the toll project.
       SECTION 2.  The section heading to Section 43.121, Local
Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
       Sec. 43.121.  AUTHORITY OF CERTAIN [POPULOUS HOME-RULE]
MUNICIPALITIES TO ANNEX FOR LIMITED PURPOSES; OTHER AUTHORITY NOT
AFFECTED.
       SECTION 3.  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.