Bill Text: TX HB2018 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to required notice for municipal management districts that annex or exclude territory.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB2018 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2018-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2018 | ||
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| relating to required notice for municipal management districts that | ||
| annex or exclude territory. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 375.043, Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 375.043. ANNEXATION; NOTICE OF BOUNDARIES. (a) A | ||
| district may annex land as provided by Section 49.301 and Cha | ||
| pter | ||
| 54, Water Code, subject to the approval of the governing body of the | ||
| municipality. | ||
| (b) Not later than the 90th day after the date a district | ||
| annexes land under Subsection (a), the district shall provide a | ||
| description of the metes and bounds of the district, as of the date | ||
| the annexation takes effect, to each municipality that, on the date | ||
| the annexation takes effect: | ||
| (1) has territory that overlaps with the district's | ||
| territory; or | ||
| (2) is adjacent to the district. | ||
| (c) The district is not required to provide the description | ||
| of the metes and bounds required under Subsection (b) to a | ||
| municipality that has waived in writing the municipality's right to | ||
| the description. | ||
| SECTION 2. The heading to Section 375.044, Local Government | ||
| Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 375.044. EXCLUDING TERRITORY; NOTICE OF BOUNDARIES. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 375.044, Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) Not later than the 90th day after the date a district | ||
| excludes land under this section, the district shall provide a | ||
| description of the metes and bounds of the district, as of the date | ||
| the exclusion takes effect, to each municipality that, on the date | ||
| the exclusion takes effect: | ||
| (1) has territory that overlaps with the district's | ||
| territory; or | ||
| (2) is adjacent to the district. | ||
| (d) The district is not required to provide the description | ||
| of the metes and bounds required under Subsection (c) to a | ||
| municipality that has waived in writing the municipality's right to | ||
| the description. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2018 was passed by the House on May 3, | ||
| 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2018 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
