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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to annexation by certain municipalities of a special |
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district under a strategic partnership agreement. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 43.0751(s), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(s) Notwithstanding any other law other than Section |
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43.083, the procedures prescribed by Subchapters C-3, C-4, and C-5 |
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do not apply to the annexation of an area under this section. |
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Except as provided by Subsection (h), a municipality shall follow |
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the procedures established under the strategic partnership |
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agreement for full-purpose annexation of an area under this |
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section. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 43, Local Government Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 43.083 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 43.083. ANNEXATION BY CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES THAT |
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OPERATE MUNICIPALLY OWNED WATER UTILITY. (a) This section applies |
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only to a municipality that: |
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(1) operates a municipally owned water utility; and |
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(2) is a party to a strategic partnership agreement: |
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(A) with a municipal utility district; and |
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(B) under which the municipality contemplates |
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annexing 400 or more water or wastewater connections that are not |
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located in the district. |
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(b) A municipality authorized or required to annex a |
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district for full purposes under a strategic partnership agreement |
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under Section 43.0751: |
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(1) may not annex the district without also annexing |
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all of the unincorporated area served by the district that is |
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located in the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction; and |
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(2) must receive approval for the annexations under |
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the agreement and Subdivision (1) as required by Subchapter C-3, |
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C-4, or C-5, as applicable, before annexation. |
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(c) The above subsection shall not apply to a county with a |
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population of more than 1.7 million. |
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SECTION 3. 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. |