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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the definition of a tier 1 county for purposes of |
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municipal annexation. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 43.001(2), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(2) "Tier 1 county" means a county: |
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(A) with a population of less than 500,000; and |
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(B) that is not: |
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(i) a county that contains a freshwater |
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fisheries center operated by the Texas Parks and Wildlife |
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Department; or |
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(ii) a county with a population of less than |
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125,000 that: |
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(a) is contiguous to a county with a |
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population of more than 2.2 million; |
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(b) contains any portion of the |
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extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality with a population |
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of more than 1.1 million; and |
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(c) has more than one municipal |
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utility district registered with the Texas Commission on |
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Environmental Quality as being active. |
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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. |