BILL ANALYSIS

Senate Research Center	H.B. 2018
86R20669 JCG-F	By: Thierry (Huffman)
	Intergovernmental Relations
	5/12/2019
	Engrossed

AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

Municipalities have noted difficulty maintaining the most up-to-date boundaries of a municipal management district when the district does not provide notice of an annexation or exclusion of land to the municipality. H.B. 2018 addresses this issue by establishing notice requirements for a municipal management district that annexes or excludes territory.

H.B. 2018 amends current law relating to required notice for municipal management districts that annex or exclude territory.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency.

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Section 375.043, Local Government Code, as follows:

Sec. 375.043. New heading: ANNEXATION; NOTICE OF BOUNDARIES. (a) Creates this subsection from existing text and makes no further changes.

(b) Requires a district, not later than the 90th day after the date the district annexes land under Subsection (a), to provide a description of the metes and bounds of the district, as of the date the annexation takes effect, to each municipality that, on the date the annexation takes effect:

(1) has territory that overlaps with the district's territory; or

(2) is adjacent to the district.

(c) Provides that the district is not required to provide the description of the metes and bounds required under Subsection (b) to a municipality that has waived in writing the municipality's right to the description.

SECTION 2. Amends the heading to Section 375.044, Local Government Code, to read as follows:

Sec. 375.044. EXCLUDING TERRITORY; NOTICE OF BOUNDARIES.

SECTION 3. Amends Section 375.044, Local Government Code, by adding Subsections (c) and (d), as follows:

(c) Requires a district, not later than the 90th day after the date the district excludes land under this section, to provide a description of the metes and bounds of the district, as of the date the exclusion takes effect, to each municipality that, on the date the exclusion takes effect:

(1) has territory that overlaps with the district's territory; or

(2) is adjacent to the district.

(d) Provides that the district is not required to provide the description of the metes and bounds required under Subsection (c) to a municipality that has waived in writing the municipality's right to the description.

SECTION 4. Effective date: September 1, 2019.