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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to authority of certain general-law municipalities to |
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annex an area without consent. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 43.034, Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 43.034. AUTHORITY OF GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY TO ANNEX |
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AREA; CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES. Except as provided by Section |
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43.0235, a general-law municipality may annex adjacent territory |
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without the consent of any of the residents or voters of the area |
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and without the consent of any of the owners of land in the area if: |
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(1) the municipality: |
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(A) has a population of 1,762-1,770, part of |
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whose boundary is part of the shoreline of a lake whose normal |
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surface area is 75,000 acres or greater and which is located |
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completely within the State of Texas; or |
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(B) has a population of more than 550 and less |
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than 750 and is located in a county adjacent to a county that: |
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(i) has a population of more than 1.5 |
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million; and |
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(ii) contains a municipality in which at |
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least 75 percent of the county's population resides; |
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(2) the procedural rules prescribed by this chapter |
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are met; |
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(3) the service plan requires that police and fire |
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protection at a level consistent with protection provided within |
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the municipality must be provided to the area within 10 days after |
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the effective date of the annexation; and |
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(4) the municipality and the affected landowners have |
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not entered an agreement to not annex the area for a certain period. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |