86R20669 JCG-F

By: Thierry H.B. No. 2018

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to required notice for municipal management districts that annex or exclude territory.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 375.043, Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 375.043. ANNEXATION; NOTICE OF BOUNDARIES. (a) A district may annex land as provided by Section 49.301 and Chapter 54, Water Code, subject to the approval of the governing body of the municipality.

(b) Not later than the 90th day after the date a district annexes land under Subsection (a), the district shall 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) 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. The heading to Section 375.044, Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 375.044. EXCLUDING TERRITORY; NOTICE OF BOUNDARIES.

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

(c) Not later than the 90th day after the date a district excludes land under this section, the district shall 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) 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. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.