By: Lucio S.B. No. 1908

(In the Senate - Filed April 15, 2011; April 18, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on International Relations and Trade; May 2, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 2, 2011, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the authority of a general-law municipality to annex territory receiving water and sewer services from a municipal utility district.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 43.033, Local Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:

(c) Subsection (a)(3) does not apply to a municipality that annexes an area that receives water and sewer service from a municipal utility district that provides water and sewer service to all or part of the municipality.

SECTION 2. Section 43.033, Local Government Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to an annexation of an area for which a municipality institutes proceedings to annex the area on or after the effective date of this Act. The annexation of an area for which a municipality institutes annexation proceedings before that date is governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2011.

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