Bill Text: TX SB1697 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to procedures required for the continued annexation of certain areas annexed by certain municipalities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-25 - Referred to Intergovernmental Relations [SB1697 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB1697-Introduced.html
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By: Lucio | S.B. No. 1697 |
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relating to procedures required for the continued annexation of | ||
certain areas annexed 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 43.909 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 43.909. REQUIRED INCLUSION OF AREAS IN ANNEXATION PLAN | ||
OF CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES. (a) In this section, "strip annexation | ||
area" means an area annexed by a municipality the width of which at | ||
its widest point is less than 1,001 feet. | ||
(b) A municipality located in a county with an international | ||
border that has annexed more than 10 miles of strip annexation area | ||
shall include in its annexation plan each area located in its | ||
extraterritorial jurisdiction by virtue of the area being adjacent | ||
to a strip annexation area that was annexed after January 1, 2002, | ||
and before January 1, 2003. | ||
(c) The annexation of an area under Subsection (b) must be | ||
completed before the 31st day after the third anniversary of the | ||
date the area was included in the annexation plan. If the | ||
annexation is not completed within the period prescribed by this | ||
subsection, the municipality shall give its written consent to | ||
release the area from the municipality's extraterritorial | ||
jurisdiction by ordinance or resolution as provided by Section | ||
42.023. | ||
SECTION 2. On or before January 1, 2014, a municipality | ||
described by Section 43.909, Local Government Code, as added by | ||
this Act, shall amend its annexation plan to include territory as | ||
provided by Section 43.909, Local Government Code, as added by this | ||
Act. | ||
SECTION 3. 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. |