TITLE: Relating to municipal authority to annex certain areas by petition.

SUMMARY: Relating to municipal authority to annex certain areas by petition.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to municipal authority to annex certain areas by petition. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 43.0681, Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 43.0681. AUTHORITY TO ANNEX. (a) Subject to Subsection (b), a [A] municipality may annex an area with a population of less than 200 only if the following conditions are met, as applicable: (1) the municipality obtains consent to annex the area through a petition signed by more than 50 percent of the registered voters of the area; and (2) if the registered voters of the area do not own more than 50 percent of the land in the area, the petition described by Subdivision (1) is signed by more than 50 percent of the owners of land in the area. (b) A municipality may only annex one area under this subchapter per calendar year. 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.