By: Buckingham S.B. No. 1499
 
  (Wilson)
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the municipal disannexation of certain areas formerly
  designated as a census designated place.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter G, Chapter 43, Local Government Code,
  is amended by adding Section 43.149 to read as follows:
         Sec. 43.149.  DISANNEXATION OF CERTAIN ANNEXED AREAS
  FORMERLY DESIGNATED AS CENSUS DESIGNATED PLACE. (a) This section
  applies only to an annexed area that:
               (1)  contains:
                     (A)  an access point to a greenbelt; and
                     (B)  at least 1,200 single-family homes;
               (2)  is separated from two municipalities other than
  the municipality in which the area is located only by a highway; and
               (3)  before annexation:
                     (A)  was part of a single census designated place;
  and
                     (B)  was served by a municipal utility district
  that owned a water treatment and storage facility.
         (a-1)  On November 2, 2021, a municipality shall hold an
  election in an area described by Subsection (a) on the question of
  disannexing the area from the municipality.  The municipality:
               (1)  may not use public money on promotional campaigns
  or advocacy related to the election; and
               (2)  shall ensure that the ballot proposition for the
  election:
                     (A)  describes the area to be disannexed;
                     (B)  identifies the area by the commonly used name
  of the area, if applicable;
                     (C)  identifies the entities that will provide law
  enforcement, fire, and emergency services after disannexation;
                     (D)  describes the effect of disannexation on ad
  valorem taxes and fees in the area; and
                     (E)  describes the effect of disannexation on
  special districts located in the area.
         (b)  A municipality shall disannex an area described by
  Subsection (a), including residential and commercial property in
  the area, if the voters approve the disannexation in the election
  held under Subsection (a-1).
         (c)  If a water treatment and storage facility described by
  Subsection (a)(3) was transferred to the municipality during
  annexation, the municipality shall retain ownership of the facility
  after disannexation under this section.
         (d)  After an area is disannexed under this section:
               (1)  a special district located in and serving the area
  may be dissolved only if the members of the governing body of the
  district elect to dissolve the district after the disannexation;
  and
               (2)  an emergency services district that is adjacent to
  the area shall provide services to the area.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2021.