Bill Text: TX HB3551 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a limitation on annexation by certain municipalities.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-25 - Referred to International Trade & Intergovernmental Affairs [HB3551 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3551-Introduced.html
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| By: Oliveira | H.B. No. 3551 | |
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| relating to a limitation on annexation by certain municipalities. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 43, Local Government Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 43.908 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 43.908. RESTRICTED ANNEXATION BY CERTAIN | ||
| MUNICIPALITIES. A municipality in a county that contains an | ||
| international border may not annex area other than an | ||
| unincorporated area that is entirely surrounded by the incorporated | ||
| territory of the municipality until all of the unincorporated areas | ||
| that are entirely surrounded by the incorporated territory have | ||
| been annexed. | ||
| 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 September 1, 2013. | ||
