Bill Text: TX HB3827 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the municipal disannexation of certain areas formerly designated as a census designated place.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-06 - Companion considered in lieu of SB 1499 [HB3827 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3827-Introduced.html
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By: Wilson | H.B. No. 3827 |
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relating to the municipal disannexation of certain areas formerly | ||
designated as a census designated place. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 43, Local Government Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 43.149 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 43.149. DISANNEXATION OF CERTAIN ANNEXED AREAS | ||
FORMERLY DESIGNATED AS CENSUS DESIGNATED PLACE. (a) This section | ||
applies only to an annexed area that: | ||
(1) contains: | ||
(A) an access point to a greenbelt; and | ||
(B) at least 1,200 single-family homes; | ||
(2) is separated from two municipalities other than | ||
the municipality in which the area is located only by a highway; and | ||
(3) before annexation: | ||
(A) was part of a single census designated place; | ||
and | ||
(B) was served by a municipal utility district | ||
that owned a water treatment and storage facility. | ||
(b) A municipality shall disannex an area described by | ||
Subsection (a). | ||
(c) If a water treatment and storage facility described by | ||
Subsection (a)(3) was transferred to the municipality during | ||
annexation, the municipality shall retain ownership of the facility | ||
after disannexation under this section. | ||
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, 2021. |