Amend CSSB 715 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumber SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter A, Chapter 43, Local Government Code, is amended by adding Section 43.004 to read as follows:
Sec. 43.004. EXEMPTIONS TO GENERAL APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. Notwithstanding any other law, the annexation provisions of this chapter applicable to a municipality wholly located in a county with a population of less than 500,000 annexing an area wholly located in that county apply to a municipality wholly or partly located in a county with a population of less than four million.
(2) Renumber sections added to Subchapter A, Chapter 43, Local Government Code, by amendment to this bill as appropriate.