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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of certain municipalities to annex an |
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enclave. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 43.0115(a), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) This section applies only to a municipality that: |
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(1) is wholly or partly located in a county in which a |
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majority of the population of two or more municipalities, each with |
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a population of 225,000 [300,000] or more, are located; and |
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(2) proposes to annex an area that: |
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(A) is wholly surrounded by a municipality and |
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within the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction; and |
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(B) has fewer than 100 dwelling units. |
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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. |