| TO: | Honorable Royce West, Chair, Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations |
| FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | HB536 by Truitt (Relating to the consent required for a municipality to annex a water or sewer district.), As Engrossed |
The bill would, under certain circumstances, remove the requirement for one municipality to obtain written consent of any other applicable municipality when annexing an area in a water or sewer district that is wholly or partly in the overlapping extraterritorial jurisdiction of two or more municipalities. Removing requirements could result in a reduction in expenses related to the annexation process.
The provisions of the bill would apply only to the annexation of an area for which all parts of the statutory annexation process are begun on or after the effective date of the bill. The bill would take effect immediately upon the required two-thirds vote in each house; otherwise, it would take effect September 1, 2007.
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| LBB Staff: | JOB, WK, DB
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