88R13484 MP-F
 
  By: Hayes H.B. No. 4039
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the provision of municipal services to land annexed by a
  municipality for full purposes.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 43, Local Government Code,
  is amended by adding Section 43.006 to read as follows:
         Sec. 43.006.  PROVISION OF FULL MUNICIPAL SERVICES;
  DISANNEXATION.  (a) In this section, "full municipal services"
  means a municipality's provision of each of the following to
  annexed land to allow the full development of the land consistent
  with existing zoning regulations, a development agreement entered
  into under Section 212.172, or rights that have accrued for a
  project under this chapter or Chapter 245:
               (1)  the provision of police protection;
               (2)  the provision of fire protection, including fire
  hydrants;
               (3)  the provision of emergency medical services;
               (4)  the provision of solid waste collection, other
  than those services that a municipality is not required to provide
  under Section 43.056(o) to an area subject to that section;
               (5)  the construction, operation, and maintenance of
  water and wastewater facilities;
               (6)  the construction, operation, and maintenance of
  roads and streets, including road and street lighting; and
               (7)  the construction, operation, and maintenance of
  any other facility, building, or service to be owned by the
  municipality and completed at the time of annexation.
         (b)  This section applies to annexed land regardless of
  whether the land was annexed with the landowner's consent.
         (c)  For land annexed by a municipality for full purposes
  before September 1, 2023, the municipality must provide, at its
  cost, full municipal services to the land not later than September
  1, 2027. For land annexed by a municipality for full purposes after
  September 1, 2023, the municipality must provide, at its cost, full
  municipal services to the land not later than the fourth
  anniversary of the annexation date.
         (d)  A municipality may not:
               (1)  charge a fee to a person for all or part of the
  municipality's cost to provide full municipal services to annexed
  land;
               (2)  adopt or enforce an ordinance, rule, or other
  measure, or enter into an agreement, that requires a person to fund
  a service necessary for the municipality to:
                     (A)  provide full municipal services;
                     (B)  construct an improvement necessary to
  provide full municipal services; or
                     (C)  dedicate land necessary to provide full
  municipal services; or
               (3)  require a person to waive a right under this
  section.
         (e)  If a municipality violates this section, an affected
  landowner may bring an action seeking disannexation of the owner's
  land from the municipality. In the action:
               (1)  the municipality has the burden of proving by
  clear and convincing evidence that the municipality fully complied
  with this section, and the court may not use a deferential standard;
  and
               (2)  if the time period for providing full municipal
  services under Subsection (c) has passed and the annexed land that
  is the subject of the action has not been provided with full
  municipal services:
                     (A)  an irrebuttable presumption exists that the
  municipality has failed to comply with this section; and
                     (B)  the court shall order disannexation of the
  land.
         (f)  The action described by Subsection (e) is in addition to
  the enforcement provisions provided by Section 43.908.
         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, 2023.