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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to strategic partnerships for the continuation of certain |
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water districts annexed by a municipality. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 43.0751(a)(1), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(1) "District" means a conservation and reclamation |
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[water control and improvement district or a municipal utility] |
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district [created or] operating under Chapter 49 [51 or 54], Water |
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Code. The term does not include a groundwater conservation district |
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operating under Chapter 36, Water Code, or a special utility |
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district operating under Chapter 65, Water Code. |
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SECTION 2. Section 43.0751, Local Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (r) to read as follows: |
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(r) A district or the area of a district annexed for limited |
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purposes under this section must be: |
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(1) in the municipality's extraterritorial |
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jurisdiction; and |
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(2) contiguous to the corporate boundaries of the |
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municipality or an area annexed by the municipality for limited |
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purposes, unless the district consents to noncontiguous annexation |
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under a strategic partnership agreement with the municipality. |
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SECTION 3. Section 43.0751, Local Government Code, as |
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amended by this Act, applies only to an annexation for limited |
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purposes of an area for which a municipality institutes proceedings |
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to annex the area on or after the effective date of this Act. The |
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annexation of an area for limited purposes for which a municipality |
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institutes annexation proceedings before that date is governed by |
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the law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |