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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of certain general-law municipalities to |
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add area to their extraterritorial jurisdiction on the request of |
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area property owners. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 42, Local Government Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 42.027 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 42.027. AUTHORITY OF GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY TO |
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INCLUDE AREA IN EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION ON REQUEST OF AREA |
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PROPERTY OWNERS. (a) This section applies only to a general-law |
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municipality that has an extraterritorial jurisdiction of more than |
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one mile at any point contiguous to the municipality's corporate |
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boundaries. |
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(b) If a majority of the property owners of an area |
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contiguous to the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction |
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sign a petition in favor of becoming a part of the municipality's |
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extraterritorial jurisdiction, any three of those property owners |
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may prepare an affidavit regarding the petition and file the |
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affidavit, with a metes and bounds description of the area |
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attached, with the presiding officer of the governing body of the |
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municipality. |
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(c) The presiding officer of the governing body of the |
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municipality shall certify the filed affidavit, with a metes and |
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bounds description of the area attached, to the governing body of |
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the municipality. On receipt of the certified affidavit, with a |
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metes and bounds description of the area attached, the governing |
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body by ordinance may include the described area in the |
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municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction. |
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(d) On the effective date of the ordinance, the described |
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area becomes a part of the municipality's extraterritorial |
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jurisdiction and the inhabitants of the area are bound by the acts |
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and ordinances adopted by the municipality that apply to the |
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municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |