Bill Text: TX HB1897 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub

Texas House Bill 1897 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to disclosure requirements for agreements consenting to municipal annexation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-03 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB1897 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB1897-Comm_Sub.html

	87R4497 SGM-D

	By: Sanford, King of Parker, Holland	H.B. No. 1897



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to disclosure requirements for agreements consenting to
	municipal annexation.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 43, Local Government Code,
	is amended by adding Section 43.004 to read as follows:
	Sec. 43.004. REQUIRED DISCLOSURE BEFORE ANNEXATION
	AGREEMENT. (a) At the time a municipality makes an offer to a
	landowner to enter into an agreement in which the landowner
	consents to annexation, the municipality must provide the landowner
	with the written disclosure described by Section 212.172(b-1).
	(b) An annexation agreement for which a disclosure is not
	provided in accordance with Subsection (a) is void.
	SECTION 2. Section 212.172, Local Government Code, is
	amended by adding Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) to read as follows:
	(b-1) At the time a municipality makes an offer to a
	landowner to enter into an agreement under this subchapter, the
	municipality must provide the landowner with a written disclosure
	that includes:
	(1) a statement that the landowner is not required to
	enter into the agreement;
	(2) the authority under which the municipality may
	annex the land with references to relevant law;
	(3) a plain-language description of the annexation
	procedures applicable to the land; and
	(4) whether the procedures require the landowner's
	consent.
	(b-2) An agreement for which a disclosure is not provided in
	accordance with Subsection (b-1) is void.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.