Bill Text: TX HB3185 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to authority of certain general-law municipalities to annex an area without consent.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-09 - Left pending in committee [HB3185 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB3185-Introduced.html

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86R7204 SCL-F
By: Kuempel H.B. No. 3185

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to authority of certain general-law municipalities to
annex an area without consent.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 43.034, Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 43.034. AUTHORITY OF GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY TO ANNEX
AREA; CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES. Except as provided by Section
43.0235, a general-law municipality may annex adjacent territory
without the consent of any of the residents or voters of the area
and without the consent of any of the owners of land in the area if:
(1) the municipality:
(A) has a population of 1,762-1,770, part of
whose boundary is part of the shoreline of a lake whose normal
surface area is 75,000 acres or greater and which is located
completely within the State of Texas; or
(B) has a population of more than 550 and less
than 750 and is located in a county adjacent to a county that:
(i) has a population of more than 1.5
million; and
(ii) contains a municipality in which at
least 75 percent of the county's population resides;
(2) the procedural rules prescribed by this chapter
are met;
(3) the service plan requires that police and fire
protection at a level consistent with protection provided within
the municipality must be provided to the area within 10 days after
the effective date of the annexation; and
(4) the municipality and the affected landowners have
not entered an agreement to not annex the area for a certain period.
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, 2019.