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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to annexation by and disannexation from certain |
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municipalities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 43, Local Government Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 43.0547 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 43.0547. COMPACTNESS REQUIREMENT FOR ANNEXATION IN |
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CERTAIN COUNTIES. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a |
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municipality in a county that contains an international border and |
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borders the Gulf of Mexico may not annex an area unless: |
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(1) the area is compact; and |
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(2) the addition of the area to the municipality |
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serves the goal of creating a single compact municipal area. |
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(b) For purposes of this section, the area to be annexed is |
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compact if it is concentrated in a single area. The addition of an |
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area to a municipality serves the goal of creating a single compact |
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municipal area if the action does not create enclaves, pockets, or |
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finger areas. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 43, Local Government Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 43.058 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 43.058. PROHIBITION AGAINST ANNEXATION TO SURROUND |
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MUNICIPALITY IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. A municipality in a county that |
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contains an international border and borders the Gulf of Mexico may |
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not annex an area if the annexation or the resulting expansion of |
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the annexing municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction will |
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cause another municipality to be entirely surrounded by the |
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annexing municipality or the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the |
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annexing municipality. |
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SECTION 3. Subchapter Z, Chapter 43, Local Government Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 43.908 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 43.908. REQUIRED ANNEXATION BY AND DISANNEXATION FROM |
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CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES. (a) A municipality in a county that |
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contains an international border and borders the Gulf of Mexico |
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shall: |
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(1) not later than December 1, 2013, include in the |
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municipality's annexation plan each unincorporated area that is |
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entirely surrounded by the incorporated territory of the |
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municipality; and |
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(2) not later than December 1, 2016, annex each area |
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described by Subdivision (1). |
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(b) Not later than January 1, 2014, a municipality described |
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by Subsection (a) shall disannex each area that was annexed by the |
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municipality on or after January 1, 2002, unless: |
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(1) the area is compact; and |
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(2) the addition of the area to the municipality |
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serves the goal of creating a single compact municipal area. |
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(c) For purposes of this section, the area to be annexed is |
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compact if it is concentrated in a single area. The addition of an |
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area to a municipality serves the goal of creating a single compact |
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municipal area if the action does not create enclaves, pockets, or |
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finger areas. |
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(d) This section expires September 1, 2017. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |