| TO: | Honorable David Dewhurst , Lieutenant Governor, Senate 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. ), Conference Committee Report |
The bill would amend Section 43.052, 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.
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 Section 43.0563, Local Government Code, to 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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