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By: Thierry (Senate Sponsor - Huffman) |
H.B. No. 2018 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2019; |
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May 10, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Intergovernmental Relations; May 16, 2019, reported favorably by |
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the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 16, 2019, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to required notice for municipal management districts that |
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annex or exclude territory. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 375.043, Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 375.043. ANNEXATION; NOTICE OF BOUNDARIES. (a) A |
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district may annex land as provided by Section 49.301 and Chapter |
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54, Water Code, subject to the approval of the governing body of the |
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municipality. |
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(b) Not later than the 90th day after the date a district |
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annexes land under Subsection (a), the district shall provide a |
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description of the metes and bounds of the district, as of the date |
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the annexation takes effect, to each municipality that, on the date |
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the annexation takes effect: |
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(1) has territory that overlaps with the district's |
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territory; or |
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(2) is adjacent to the district. |
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(c) The district is not required to provide the description |
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of the metes and bounds required under Subsection (b) to a |
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municipality that has waived in writing the municipality's right to |
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the description. |
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SECTION 2. The heading to Section 375.044, Local Government |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 375.044. EXCLUDING TERRITORY; NOTICE OF BOUNDARIES. |
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SECTION 3. Section 375.044, Local Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows: |
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(c) Not later than the 90th day after the date a district |
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excludes land under this section, the district shall provide a |
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description of the metes and bounds of the district, as of the date |
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the exclusion takes effect, to each municipality that, on the date |
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the exclusion takes effect: |
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(1) has territory that overlaps with the district's |
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territory; or |
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(2) is adjacent to the district. |
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(d) The district is not required to provide the description |
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of the metes and bounds required under Subsection (c) to a |
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municipality that has waived in writing the municipality's right to |
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the description. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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