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TX Loc Govt Code § 43.0684 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle C - Municipal Boundaries and Annexation|Chapter 43 - Municipal Annexation|Subchapter C. -4. Annexation of Areas With Population of Less Than 200 by Petition|Section 43.0684. Public Hearing

Sec. 43.0684.  PUBLIC HEARING.  The governing body of a municipality must conduct at least one public hearing not earlier than the 21st day and not later than the 30th day after the date the governing body adopts the resolution under Section 43.0682.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 26, eff. December 1, 2017.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 43.0685 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle C - Municipal Boundaries and Annexation|Chapter 43 - Municipal Annexation|Subchapter C. -4. Annexation of Areas With Population of Less Than 200 by Petition|Section 43.0685. Petition

Sec. 43.0685.  PETITION.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), the petition required by Section 43.0681 may be signed only by a registered voter of the area proposed to be annexed.(a-1)  If the registered voters of the area proposed to be annexed do not own more than 50 percent of the land in the area, the petition required by Section 43.0681 may also be signed by the owners of land in the area that are not registered voters.  Notwithstanding Subsection (e), the municipality may provide for an owner of land in the area that is not a resident of the area to sign the petition electronically.(a-2)  The petition must clearly indicate that the person is signing as a registered voter of the area, an owner of land in the area, or both.(b)  The municipality may collect signatures on the petition only during the period beginning on the 31st day after the date the governing body of the municipality adopts the resolution under Section 43.0682 and ending on the 180th day after the date the resolution is adopted.(c)  The petition must clearly state that a person signing the petition is consenting to the proposed annexation.(d)  The petition must include a map of and describe the area proposed to be annexed.(e)  Signatures collected on the petition must be in writing.(f)  Chapter 277, Election Code, applies to a petition under this section.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 26, eff. December 1, 2017.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 43.0686 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle C - Municipal Boundaries and Annexation|Chapter 43 - Municipal Annexation|Subchapter C. -4. Annexation of Areas With Population of Less Than 200 by Petition|Section 43.0686. Results of Petition

Sec. 43.0686.  RESULTS OF PETITION.  (a)  When the petition period prescribed by Section 43.0685 ends, the petition shall be verified by the municipal secretary or other person responsible for verifying signatures.  The municipality must notify the residents and property owners of the area proposed to be annexed of the results of the petition.(b)  If the municipality does not obtain the number of signatures on the petition required to annex the area, the municipality may not annex the area and may not adopt another resolution under Section 43.0682 to annex the area until the first anniversary of the date the petition period ended.(c)  If the municipality obtains the number of signatures on the petition required to annex the area, the municipality may annex the area after:(1)  providing notice under Subsection (a);(2)  holding a public hearing at which members of the public are given an opportunity to be heard; and(3)  holding a final public hearing not earlier than the 10th day after the date of the public hearing under Subdivision (2) at which the ordinance annexing the area may be adopted.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 26, eff. December 1, 2017.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 43.0687 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle C - Municipal Boundaries and Annexation|Chapter 43 - Municipal Annexation|Subchapter C. -4. Annexation of Areas With Population of Less Than 200 by Petition|Section 43.0687. Voter Approval by Municipal Residents on Petition

Sec. 43.0687.  VOTER APPROVAL BY MUNICIPAL RESIDENTS ON PETITION.  If a petition protesting the annexation of an area under this subchapter is signed by a number of registered voters of the municipality proposing the annexation equal to at least 50 percent of the number of voters who voted in the most recent municipal election and is received by the secretary of the municipality before the date the petition period prescribed by Section 43.0685 ends, the municipality may not complete the annexation of the area without approval of a majority of the voters of the municipality voting at an election called and held for that purpose.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 26, eff. December 1, 2017.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 43.0688 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle C - Municipal Boundaries and Annexation|Chapter 43 - Municipal Annexation|Subchapter C. -4. Annexation of Areas With Population of Less Than 200 by Petition|Section 43.0688. Retaliation for Annexation Disapproval Prohibited

Sec. 43.0688.  RETALIATION FOR ANNEXATION DISAPPROVAL PROHIBITED.  (a)  The disapproval of the proposed annexation of an area under this subchapter does not affect any existing legal obligation of the municipality proposing the annexation to continue to provide governmental services in the area, including water or wastewater services, regardless of whether the municipality holds a certificate of convenience and necessity to serve the area.(b)  The municipality may not initiate a rate proceeding solely because of the disapproval of a proposed annexation of an area under this subchapter.(c)  A municipality that makes a wholesale sale of water to a special district operating under Chapter 36 or Title 4, Water Code, may not charge rates for the water that are higher than rates charged in other similarly situated areas solely because the district is wholly or partly located in an area that disapproved of a proposed annexation under this subchapter.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 26, eff. December 1, 2017.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 922 (H.B. 4257), Sec. 1, eff. June 10, 2019.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 43.0691 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle C - Municipal Boundaries and Annexation|Chapter 43 - Municipal Annexation|Subchapter C. -5. Annexation of Areas With Population of at Least 200 by Election|Section 43.0691. Authority to Annex

Sec. 43.0691.  AUTHORITY TO ANNEX.  A municipality may annex an area with a population of 200 or more only if the following conditions are met, as applicable:(1)  the municipality holds an election in the area proposed to be annexed at which the qualified voters of the area may vote on the question of the annexation and a majority of the votes received at the election approve the annexation; and(2)  if the registered voters of the area do not own more than 50 percent of the land in the area, the municipality obtains consent to annex the area through a petition signed by more than 50 percent of the owners of land in the area.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 26, eff. December 1, 2017.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 43.0692 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle C - Municipal Boundaries and Annexation|Chapter 43 - Municipal Annexation|Subchapter C. -5. Annexation of Areas With Population of at Least 200 by Election|Section 43.0692. Resolution

Sec. 43.0692.  RESOLUTION.  The governing body of the municipality that proposes to annex an area under this subchapter must adopt a resolution that includes:(1)  a statement of the municipality's intent to annex the area;(2)  a detailed description and map of the area;(3)  a description of each service to be provided by the municipality in the area on or after the effective date of the annexation, including, as applicable:(A)  police protection;(B)  fire protection;(C)  emergency medical services;(D)  solid waste collection;(E)  operation and maintenance of water and wastewater facilities in the annexed area;(F)  operation and maintenance of roads and streets, including road and street lighting;(G)  operation and maintenance of parks, playgrounds, and swimming pools; and(H)  operation and maintenance of any other publicly owned facility, building, or service;(4)  a list of each service the municipality will provide on the effective date of the annexation; and(5)  a schedule that includes the period within which the municipality will provide each service that is not provided on the effective date of the annexation.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 26, eff. December 1, 2017.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 43.0693 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle C - Municipal Boundaries and Annexation|Chapter 43 - Municipal Annexation|Subchapter C. -5. Annexation of Areas With Population of at Least 200 by Election|Section 43.0693. Notice of Proposed Annexation

Sec. 43.0693.  NOTICE OF PROPOSED ANNEXATION.  Not later than the seventh day after the date the governing body of the municipality adopts the resolution under Section 43.0692, the municipality must mail to each property owner in the area proposed to be annexed notification of the proposed annexation that includes:(1)  notice of the public hearings required by Section 43.0694;(2)  notice that an election on the question of annexing the area will be held; and(3)  a description, list, and schedule of services to be provided by the municipality in the area on or after annexation as provided by Section 43.0692.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 26, eff. December 1, 2017.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 43.0694 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle C - Municipal Boundaries and Annexation|Chapter 43 - Municipal Annexation|Subchapter C. -5. Annexation of Areas With Population of at Least 200 by Election|Section 43.0694. Public Hearings

Sec. 43.0694.  PUBLIC HEARINGS.  (a)  The governing body of a municipality must conduct an initial public hearing not earlier than the 21st day and not later than the 30th day after the date the governing body adopts the resolution under Section 43.0692.(b)  The governing body must conduct at least one additional public hearing not earlier than the 31st day and not later than the 90th day after the date the governing body adopts a resolution under Section 43.0692.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 26, eff. December 1, 2017.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 43.0695 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle C - Municipal Boundaries and Annexation|Chapter 43 - Municipal Annexation|Subchapter C. -5. Annexation of Areas With Population of at Least 200 by Election|Section 43.0695. Property Owner Consent Required for Certain Areas

Sec. 43.0695.  PROPERTY OWNER CONSENT REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN AREAS.  (a)  If the registered voters in the area proposed to be annexed do not own more than 50 percent of the land in the area, the municipality must obtain consent to the annexation through a petition signed by more than 50 percent of the owners of land in the area in addition to the election required by this subchapter.(b)  The municipality must obtain the consent required by this section through the petition process prescribed by Sections 43.0685(b)-(e), and the petition must be verified in the manner provided by Section 43.0686(a).(c)  Notwithstanding Section 43.0685(e), the municipality may provide for an owner of land in the area that is not a resident of the area to sign the petition electronically.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 26, eff. December 1, 2017.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 43.0696 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle C - Municipal Boundaries and Annexation|Chapter 43 - Municipal Annexation|Subchapter C. -5. Annexation of Areas With Population of at Least 200 by Election|Section 43.0696. Election

Sec. 43.0696.  ELECTION.  (a)  A municipality shall order an election on the question of annexing an area to be held on the first uniform election date that falls on or after:(1)  the 90th day after the date the governing body of the municipality adopts the resolution under Section 43.0692; or(2)  if the consent of the owners of land in the area is required under Section 43.0695, the 78th day after the date the petition period to obtain that consent ends.(b)  An election under this section shall be held in the same manner as general elections of the municipality.  The municipality shall pay for the costs of holding the election.(c)  A municipality that holds an election under this section may not hold another election on the question of annexation before the corresponding uniform election date of the following year.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 26, eff. December 1, 2017.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 43.0697 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle C - Municipal Boundaries and Annexation|Chapter 43 - Municipal Annexation|Subchapter C. -5. Annexation of Areas With Population of at Least 200 by Election|Section 43.0697. Results of Election and Petition

Sec. 43.0697.  RESULTS OF ELECTION AND PETITION.  (a)  Following an election held under this subchapter, the municipality must notify the residents of the area proposed to be annexed of the results of the election and, if applicable, of the petition required by Section 43.0695.(b)  If at the election held under this subchapter a majority of qualified voters do not approve the proposed annexation, or if the municipality is required to petition owners of land in the area under Section 43.0695 and does not obtain the required number of signatures, the municipality may not annex the area and may not adopt another resolution under Section 43.0692 to annex the area until the first anniversary of the date of the adoption of the resolution.(c)  If at the election held under this subchapter a majority of qualified voters approve the proposed annexation, and if the municipality, as applicable, obtains the required number of petition signatures under Section 43.0695, the municipality may annex the area after:(1)  providing notice under Subsection (a);(2)  holding a public hearing at which members of the public are given an opportunity to be heard; and(3)  holding a final public hearing not earlier than the 10th day after the date of the public hearing under Subdivision (2) at which the ordinance annexing the area may be adopted.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 26, eff. December 1, 2017.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 43.0698 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle C - Municipal Boundaries and Annexation|Chapter 43 - Municipal Annexation|Subchapter C. -5. Annexation of Areas With Population of at Least 200 by Election|Section 43.0698. Voter Approval by Municipal Residents on Petition

Sec. 43.0698.  VOTER APPROVAL BY MUNICIPAL RESIDENTS ON PETITION.  If a petition protesting the annexation of an area under this subchapter is signed by a number of registered voters of the municipality proposing the annexation equal to at least 50 percent of the number of voters who voted in the most recent municipal election and is received by the secretary of the municipality before the date the election required by this subchapter is held, the municipality may not complete the annexation of the area without approval of a majority of the voters of the municipality voting at a separate election called and held for that purpose.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 26, eff. December 1, 2017.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 43.0699 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle C - Municipal Boundaries and Annexation|Chapter 43 - Municipal Annexation|Subchapter C. -5. Annexation of Areas With Population of at Least 200 by Election|Section 43.0699. Retaliation for Annexation Disapproval Prohibited

Sec. 43.0699.  RETALIATION FOR ANNEXATION DISAPPROVAL PROHIBITED.  (a)  The disapproval of the proposed annexation of an area under this subchapter does not affect any existing legal obligation of the municipality proposing the annexation to continue to provide governmental services in the area, including water or wastewater services, regardless of whether the municipality holds a certificate of convenience and necessity to serve the area.(b)  The municipality may not initiate a rate proceeding solely because of the disapproval of a proposed annexation of an area under this subchapter.(c)  A municipality that makes a wholesale sale of water to a special district operating under Chapter 36 or Title 4, Water Code, may not charge rates for the water that are higher than rates charged in other similarly situated areas solely because the district is wholly or partly located in an area that disapproved of a proposed annexation under this subchapter.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 26, eff. December 1, 2017.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 922 (H.B. 4257), Sec. 2, eff. June 10, 2019.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 43.0712 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle C - Municipal Boundaries and Annexation|Chapter 43 - Municipal Annexation|Subchapter D. Annexation Provisions Relating to Special Districts|Section 43.0712. Invalidation of Annexation of Special District; Reimbursement of Developer

Sec. 43.0712.  INVALIDATION OF ANNEXATION OF SPECIAL DISTRICT;  REIMBURSEMENT OF DEVELOPER.  (a)  If a municipality enacts an ordinance to annex a special district and assumes control and operation of utilities within the district, and the annexation is invalidated by a final judgment of a court after all appeals have been exhausted, the municipality is deemed, by enactment of its annexation ordinance, to have acquired title to utilities owned by a developer within the special district and is obligated to pay the developer all amounts related to the utilities as provided in Section 43.0715.(b)  Upon resumption of the functions of the special district:(1)  the municipality shall succeed to the contractual rights of the developer to be reimbursed by the special district for the utilities the municipality acquires from the developer;  and(2)  the special district shall resume the use of the utilities acquired and paid for by the municipality and shall thereafter acquire the utilities from the municipality and reimburse the municipality for amounts the municipality paid the developer.  The payment to the municipality shall be governed by the requirements of the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1167, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 43.07515 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle C - Municipal Boundaries and Annexation|Chapter 43 - Municipal Annexation|Subchapter D. Annexation Provisions Relating to Special Districts|Section 43.07515. Regulation of Fireworks Under Strategic Partnership Agreement Law

Sec. 43.07515.  REGULATION OF FIREWORKS UNDER STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT LAW.  (a)  A municipality may not regulate under Section 43.0751 the sale, use, storage, or transportation of fireworks outside of the municipality's boundaries.(b)  To the extent of a conflict with any other law, this section controls.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1076 (S.B. 1082), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2011.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 155 (H.B. 347), Sec. 2.11, eff. May 24, 2019.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 43.0761 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 2 - Organization of Municipal Government|Subtitle C - Municipal Boundaries and Annexation|Chapter 43 - Municipal Annexation|Subchapter D. Annexation Provisions Relating to Special Districts|Section 43.0761. Provision of Water and Sanitary Sewer Utility Service

Sec. 43.0761.  PROVISION OF WATER AND SANITARY SEWER UTILITY SERVICE.  (a)  A district existing on September 1, 1997, that, within 10 years after the date of its creation, has not provided water and sanitary sewer utility service from its facilities to all household users in its territory shall:(1)  provide water and sanitary sewer utility service from its facilities to all household users in its territory not later than September 1, 1998;  or(2)  for that part of the district for which the district does not provide water and sanitary sewer utility service, and for which a municipality does provide those services, provide for periodic payments, as described by Subsection (b), by the district to the municipality that provides the services.(b)  Payments made under Subsection (a)(2) are operation and maintenance expenses of the district and shall be made at least every three months.  The total annual amount of the payments may not exceed the lesser of:(1)  the total annual cost to the municipality of providing the water and sanitary sewer utility service, including both capital and operation and maintenance costs and expenses;  or(2)  the total annual amount of maintenance and operation taxes and debt service or bond taxes paid to the district by the owners of taxable property within the district that receives water and sanitary sewer utility service from the municipality.(c)  For purposes of Subsection (b)(2), the value of taxable property that receives the utility service shall be determined by the most recent certified tax roll provided by the central appraisal district in which the property is located.  The amount of the taxes shall be determined using rates from the district's most recent tax levies.(d)  A district that on January 1, 1997, was providing water and sanitary sewer utility service to households outside the territory of the district may not discontinue that service and shall continue to provide that service on the basis of rates established by the district in accordance with Chapter 13, Water Code.(e)  In this section, "district" means a conservation and reclamation district of more than 10,000 acres that provides water and sanitary sewer utility service to households and parts of which are located in two or more municipalities, one of which has a population of more than 1.6 million.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1339, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|