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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to municipal authority to annex portions of the state |
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highway system. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 43.1055, Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 43.1055. ANNEXATION OF ROADS AND |
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RIGHTS-OF-WAY. Notwithstanding any other law, a municipality may |
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by ordinance annex under the procedures prescribed by Subchapter |
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C-1: |
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(1) a road or the right-of-way of a road, other than a |
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portion of the state highway system, on request of the owner of the |
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road or right-of-way or the governing body of the political |
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subdivision that maintains the road or right-of-way; and |
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(2) a portion of the state highway system or the |
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right-of-way of a portion of the state highway system if the |
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municipality receives consent for the annexation from the Texas |
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Department of Transportation [under the procedures prescribed by |
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Subchapter C-1]. |
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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, 2021. |