87R19679 SCL-D
 
  By: Wilson H.B. No. 4350
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4350:
 
  By:  Holland C.S.H.B. No. 4350
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the incorporation of Type B general-law municipalities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 7.001, Local Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 7.001.  AUTHORITY TO INCORPORATE AS TYPE B GENERAL-LAW
  MUNICIPALITY. A community may incorporate under this chapter as a
  Type B general-law municipality if it:
               (1)  has proximity and contiguity between its dwellings
  [constitutes an unincorporated town or village];
               (2)  contains 201 to 9,999 inhabitants; [and]
               (3)  meets the territorial requirements prescribed by
  Section 5.901; and
               (4)  has a population density of at least 100
  inhabitants per square mile.
         SECTION 2.  Section 7.002(b), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The application must:
               (1)  state the proposed boundaries and name of the
  proposed municipality; [,] and
               (2)  [it must] be accompanied by a plat of the proposed
  municipality that contains:
                     (A)  [only] the territory to be used strictly for
  municipal purposes; and
                     (B)  the dwellings located in the territory
  described by Paragraph (A).
         SECTION 3.  Section 7.003, Local Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 7.003.  ELECTION ORDER. If satisfactory proof is made
  that a community [that] has filed an application to incorporate
  under this chapter that complies with this chapter [contains the
  requisite number of inhabitants], the county judge shall order an
  incorporation election to be held on a specified date and at a
  designated place in the community.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.