Bill Text: TX HB4350 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the incorporation of Type B general-law municipalities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-04 - Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar [HB4350 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB4350-Comm_Sub.html
87R19679 SCL-D | |||
By: Wilson | H.B. No. 4350 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4350: | |||
By: Holland | C.S.H.B. No. 4350 |
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relating to the incorporation of Type B general-law municipalities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 7.001, Local Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 7.001. AUTHORITY TO INCORPORATE AS TYPE B GENERAL-LAW | ||
MUNICIPALITY. A community may incorporate under this chapter as a | ||
Type B general-law municipality if it: | ||
(1) has proximity and contiguity between its dwellings | ||
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(2) contains 201 to 9,999 inhabitants; [ |
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(3) meets the territorial requirements prescribed by | ||
Section 5.901; and | ||
(4) has a population density of at least 100 | ||
inhabitants per square mile. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 7.002(b), Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The application must: | ||
(1) state the proposed boundaries and name of the | ||
proposed municipality; [ |
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municipality that contains: | ||
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municipal purposes; and | ||
(B) the dwellings located in the territory | ||
described by Paragraph (A). | ||
SECTION 3. Section 7.003, Local Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 7.003. ELECTION ORDER. If satisfactory proof is made | ||
that a community [ |
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under this chapter that complies with this chapter [ |
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incorporation election to be held on a specified date and at a | ||
designated place in the community. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |