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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the municipalities that may annex an area for limited |
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purposes. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 43.121, Local Government Code, is |
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amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d) to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) The governing body of a [home-rule] municipality [with
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more than 225,000 inhabitants] by ordinance may annex an area for |
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the limited purposes of applying its planning, zoning, health, and |
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safety ordinances in the area if the municipality: |
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(1) has a population of more than 225,000; or |
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(2) has any of its incorporated territory located |
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within 15 miles of a toll project: |
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(A) that is owned and operated by the Texas |
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Department of Transportation; and |
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(B) that was first opened for vehicular traffic |
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after October 1, 2006, and when completed will be over 25 miles |
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long. |
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(d) A municipality that qualifies under Subsection (a)(2) |
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does not lose the authority to annex an area for limited purposes if |
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the Texas Department of Transportation transfers ownership or |
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operation of the toll project. |
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SECTION 2. The section heading to Section 43.121, Local |
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Government Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 43.121. AUTHORITY OF CERTAIN [POPULOUS HOME-RULE] |
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MUNICIPALITIES TO ANNEX FOR LIMITED PURPOSES; OTHER AUTHORITY NOT |
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AFFECTED. |
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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. |