BILL ANALYSIS

H.B. 3603

By: Isaac

Land & Resource Management

Committee Report (Unamended)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

Interested parties note the need for certain municipalities to annex certain areas in order to allow additional municipalities to more efficiently manage growth and development in their extraterritorial jurisdictions. H.B. 3603 seeks to address this issue by authorizing certain
general-law municipalities to annex an area on petition by owners.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.

ANALYSIS  

H.B. 3603 amends the Local Government Code to increase from 1,599 to 5,000 the upper limit of the population range of a general-law municipality whose governing body may annex an area that is adjacent to the annexing municipality, that is not being served with water or sewer service from a governmental entity, and for which a petition requesting annexation has been filed with the municipality.

EFFECTIVE DATE

On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2017.