Bill Text: TX HB2589 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to county consent for certain municipal annexations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-02 - Left pending in committee [HB2589 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2589-Introduced.html
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| By: Lozano | H.B. No. 2589 | |
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| relating to county consent for certain municipal annexations. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 43, Local Government Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 43.035 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 43.035. COUNTY CONSENT REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN | ||
| ANNEXATIONS. A municipality with a population of more than 300,000 | ||
| may not annex an area located in a county with a population of more | ||
| than 50,000 and less than 300,000 without the consent of that | ||
| county. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 43.035, Local Government Code, as added | ||
| by this Act, applies only to an annexation that is not final on or | ||
| after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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. | ||
