BILL ANALYSIS

 

 

Senate Research Center	H.B. 3383
86R20747 SCL-F	By: Bell, Keith et al. (Nichols)
	Intergovernmental Relations
	5/12/2019
	Engrossed

 

 

 

AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

 

This proposal adds criteria to qualify as a Tier 2 county. The proposed amendment adds that a county with: a population of less than 125,000, which is contiguous with a county with a population of more than 2.2 million or more, and which contains any portion of the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality with a population of more than 1.1 million and has at least one municipal utility district district is a Tier 2 county. This would give citizens in Kaufman, Rockwall, Liberty, and Waller a vote in any proposed annexation rather than leaving the decision to the local city council.

 

H.B. 3383 amends current law relating to the definition of a tier 1 county for purposes of municipal annexation.

 

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 43.001(2), Local Government Code, as follows:

 

(2) Defines "Tier 1 county" to mean a county:

 

(A) makes no changes to this paragraph; and

 

(B) that is not:

 

(i) creates this subparagraph from existing text and makes nonsubstantive changes; or

 

(ii) a county with a population of less than 125,000:

 

(a) that is adjacent to a county with a population of more than 2.2 million;

 

(b) that contains any portion of the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality with a population of more than 1.1 million; and

 

(c) in which more than one municipal utility district registered with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality as being active is located.

 

SECTION 2. Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2019.