Bill Text: TX HB1897 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to disclosure requirements for agreements consenting to municipal annexation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-03 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB1897 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1897-Comm_Sub.html
87R4497 SGM-D | ||
By: Sanford, King of Parker, Holland | H.B. No. 1897 |
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relating to disclosure requirements for agreements consenting to | ||
municipal annexation. | ||
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 43.004 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 43.004. REQUIRED DISCLOSURE BEFORE ANNEXATION | ||
AGREEMENT. (a) At the time a municipality makes an offer to a | ||
landowner to enter into an agreement in which the landowner | ||
consents to annexation, the municipality must provide the landowner | ||
with the written disclosure described by Section 212.172(b-1). | ||
(b) An annexation agreement for which a disclosure is not | ||
provided in accordance with Subsection (a) is void. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 212.172, Local Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) to read as follows: | ||
(b-1) At the time a municipality makes an offer to a | ||
landowner to enter into an agreement under this subchapter, the | ||
municipality must provide the landowner with a written disclosure | ||
that includes: | ||
(1) a statement that the landowner is not required to | ||
enter into the agreement; | ||
(2) the authority under which the municipality may | ||
annex the land with references to relevant law; | ||
(3) a plain-language description of the annexation | ||
procedures applicable to the land; and | ||
(4) whether the procedures require the landowner's | ||
consent. | ||
(b-2) An agreement for which a disclosure is not provided in | ||
accordance with Subsection (b-1) is void. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |