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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the annexation of certain municipally owned airports. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 43, Local Government Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 43.1025 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 43.1025. ANNEXATION OF NONCONTIGUOUS MUNICIPALLY |
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OWNED AIRPORT BY CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES. (a) This section applies |
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only to a home-rule municipality that has a population of less than |
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10,000 and is located primarily in a county with a population of |
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more than 3.3 million. |
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(b) The municipality may annex the unincorporated area of an |
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airport owned by the municipality that is noncontiguous to the |
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boundaries of the municipality regardless of whether the airport is |
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located in the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction. The |
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annexation may include any unincorporated area located in the |
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proximity of the airport. |
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(c) The area described by Subsection (b) may be annexed |
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without the consent of the owners or residents of the area, but the |
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annexation may not occur unless each municipality in whose |
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extraterritorial jurisdiction the area may be located: |
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(1) consents to the annexation; and |
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(2) reduces its extraterritorial jurisdiction over |
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the area as provided by Section 42.023. |
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(d) If the area proposed for annexation is completely |
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surrounded by territory under the jurisdiction of another |
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municipality, regardless of whether that jurisdiction is |
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full-purpose, limited-purpose, or extraterritorial, that |
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municipality must find that the annexation is in the public |
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interest. |
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(e) Following annexation, territory annexed under this |
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section is not required to be contiguous to the boundaries of the |
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annexing municipality. |
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(f) The annexation of area under this section outside the |
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extraterritorial jurisdiction of the annexing municipality does |
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not expand the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the municipality. |
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(g) The municipality may annex the area if the area is |
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narrower than the minimum width prescribed by Section 43.054. |
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Section 43.055 does not apply to the annexation. |
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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. |