TITLE: Relating to the definition of a tier 1 county for purposes of municipal annexation.

SUMMARY: Relating to the definition of a tier 1 county for purposes of municipal annexation.

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AN ACT relating to the definition of a tier 1 county for purposes of municipal annexation. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 43.001(2), Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (2) "Tier 1 county" means a county: (A) with a population of less than 500,000; and (B) that is not:(i) a county that contains a freshwater fisheries center operated by the [Texas] Parks and Wildlife Department;or (ii) a county with a population of less than 125,000: (a) that is adjacent to a county with a population of more than 2.2 million; (b) that contains any portion of the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality with a population of more than 1.1 million; and (c) in which more than one municipal utility district registered with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality as being active is located.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.