Bill Text: TX SB471 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the inclusion of certain areas in a municipal annexation plan.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-06 - Referred to Intergovernmental Relations [SB471 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB471-Introduced.html
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| By: Lucio | S.B. No. 471 | |
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| relating to the inclusion of certain areas in a municipal | ||
| annexation plan. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 43.052(h), Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (h) This section does not apply to an area proposed for | ||
| annexation if: | ||
| (1) the area contains fewer than 50 [ |
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| tracts of land on which one or more residential dwellings are | ||
| located on each tract; | ||
| (2) the area will be annexed by petition of more than | ||
| 50 percent of the real property owners in the area proposed for | ||
| annexation or by vote or petition of the qualified voters or real | ||
| property owners as provided by Subchapter B; | ||
| (3) the area is or was the subject of: | ||
| (A) an industrial district contract under | ||
| Section 42.044; or | ||
| (B) a strategic partnership agreement under | ||
| Section 43.0751; | ||
| (4) the area is located in a colonia, as that term is | ||
| defined by Section 2306.581, Government Code; | ||
| (5) the area is annexed under Section 43.026, 43.027, | ||
| 43.029, or 43.031; | ||
| (6) the area is located completely within the | ||
| boundaries of a closed military installation; or | ||
| (7) the municipality determines that the annexation of | ||
| the area is necessary to protect the area proposed for annexation or | ||
| the municipality from: | ||
| (A) imminent destruction of property or injury to | ||
| persons; or | ||
| (B) a condition or use that constitutes a public | ||
| or private nuisance as defined by background principles of nuisance | ||
| and property law of this state. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section | ||
| 43.052(h), Local Government Code, applies only to the annexation of | ||
| an area for which all parts of the statutory annexation process are | ||
| begun on or after the effective date of this Act. The annexation of | ||
| an area for which any part of the statutory annexation process was | ||
| begun before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law | ||
| in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the | ||
| former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
