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Amend SB 6 (senate committee printing) in SECTION 26 of the bill, in added Subchapter C-5, Chapter 43, Local Government Code, as follows:
(1) Strike Section 43.0691 (page 10, lines 7-17) and substitute the following:
Sec. 43.0691. AUTHORITY TO ANNEX. A municipality may annex an area with a population of 200 or more only if the municipality holds an election at which the qualified voters of the area proposed to be annexed and the municipality may vote on the question of the annexation and a majority of the votes received at the election approve the annexation.
(2) Immediately after Section 43.0694(b) (page 10, between lines 64 and 65), insert the following appropriately lettered subsection:
(_) The municipality must post notice of the hearings on the municipality's Internet website if the municipality has an Internet website and publish notice of the hearings in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality and in the area proposed for annexation. The notice for each hearing must be published at least once on or after the 20th day but before the 10th day before the date of the hearing. The notice for each hearing must be posted on the municipality's Internet website on or after the 20th day but before the 10th day before the date of the hearing and must remain posted until the date of the hearing.
(3) Strike Section 43.0695 (page 10, line 65, through page 11, line 8).
(4) Strike Section 43.0696(a) (page 11, lines 9-16) and substitute the following:
(a) A municipality shall order an election on the question of annexing an area to be held on the first uniform election date that falls on or after the 90th day after the date the governing body of the municipality adopts the resolution under Section 43.0692.
(5) In the heading to Section 43.0697 (page 11, line 23), strike "AND PETITION".
(6) In Section 43.0697(a) (page 11, lines 26-27), strike "of the results of the election and, if applicable, of the petition required by Section 43.0695" and substitute "and of the municipality of the results of the election".
(7) In Section 43.0697(b) (page 11, lines 29-32), strike "or if the municipality is required to petition owners of land in the area under Section 43.0695 and does not obtain the required number of signatures,".
(8) In Section 43.0697(c) (page 11, lines 37-39), strike "and if the municipality, as applicable, obtains the required number of petition signatures under Section 43.0695,".
(9) Strike Section 43.0698 (page 11, lines 47-56).
(10) Renumber sections of Subchapter C-5 and references to those sections accordingly.