| TO: | Honorable Tom Craddick, Speaker of the House, House of Representatives |
| FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | HB610 by Brown, Fred (Relating to a plan to provide services to an area annexed by a municipality. ), As Passed 2nd House |
The bill would add Section 43.035 to the Local Government Code, to authorize a general law municipality to annex certain unincorporated areas, and provides for the related procedures and requirements.
The bill would amend Subsection (b) of Section 43.056, Local Government Code, to require a municipality, when annexing an area, to complete a service plan in the timeframes specified in Subsection (a) before annexation and to include a list of all services required by Section 43.056 to be provided under the plan.
The bill would amend the Local Government Code to authorize a municipality to annex an area for full or limited purposes at any time on petition of the owner of the area if certain criteria are met. In addition, provisions of the bill would authorize a municipality with a population of less than 1.6 million to negotiate and enter into a written agreement with an owner of an area within the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction to provide services and funding of services in the area if the area is not included in the municipality's annexation plan.
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| LBB Staff: | JOB, WK, DB
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