Bill Text: TX HB187 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to certain development agreements that guarantee the continuation of the extraterritorial status of the area subject to the agreement for municipal annexation purposes.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-08-08 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB187 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB187-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Oliverson, Cortez | H.B. No. 187 | |
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| relating to certain development agreements that guarantee the | ||
| continuation of the extraterritorial status of the area subject to | ||
| the agreement for municipal annexation purposes. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 43.035, Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (c-1) and | ||
| (c-2) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) Subject to Subsections (c-1) and (c-2), for [ |
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| purposes of Section 43.021(2) or another law, including a municipal | ||
| charter or ordinance, relating to municipal authority to annex an | ||
| area adjacent to the municipality, an area adjacent or contiguous | ||
| to an area that is the subject of a development agreement described | ||
| by Subsection (b)(1) is considered adjacent or contiguous to the | ||
| municipality. | ||
| (c-1) The execution of a development agreement described by | ||
| Subsection (b)(1) does not extend the extraterritorial | ||
| jurisdiction of the municipality that is a party to the agreement. | ||
| (c-2) An area subject to a development agreement described | ||
| by Subsection (b)(1) may not be considered for the purposes of | ||
| calculating the width of an area under Section 43.054 or municipal | ||
| territory under Section 43.0545. | ||
| 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 December 1, 2017. | ||
