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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of a municipality to annex property in |
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certain water districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 43.071(e), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(e) Subsections (b)-(d) do not apply to the annexation of: |
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(1) an area within a water or sewer district if: |
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(A) the governing body of the district consents |
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to the annexation; |
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(B) the owners in fee simple of the area to be |
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annexed consent to the annexation; and |
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(C) the annexed area does not exceed 525 feet in |
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width at its widest point; |
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(2) a water or sewer district that has a noncontiguous |
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part that is not within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the |
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municipality; [or] |
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(3) a part of a special utility district created or |
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operating under Chapter 65, Water Code; or |
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(4) a property by a municipality with a population of |
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less than 3,000 if the governing body of a water or sewer district |
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the boundaries of which include the property consents to the |
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annexation. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3514 was passed by the House on April |
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20, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 117, Nays 29, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3514 was passed by the Senate on May |
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16, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |