Bill Text: TX HB3514 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a municipality to annex property in certain water districts.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-06-11 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB3514 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB3514-Comm_Sub.html

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By: Burns (Senate Sponsor - Birdwell) H.B. No. 3514
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 24, 2023;
April 24, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Local
Government; May 15, 2023, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 15, 2023, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE VOTE
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GutierrezX
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NicholsX
ParkerX
PaxtonX
WestX
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of a municipality to annex property in
certain water districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 43.071(e), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(e) Subsections (b)-(d) do not apply to the annexation of:
(1) an area within a water or sewer district if:
(A) the governing body of the district consents
to the annexation;
(B) the owners in fee simple of the area to be
annexed consent to the annexation; and
(C) the annexed area does not exceed 525 feet in
width at its widest point;
(2) a water or sewer district that has a noncontiguous
part that is not within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the
municipality; [or]
(3) a part of a special utility district created or
operating under Chapter 65, Water Code; or
(4) a property by a municipality with a population of
less than 3,000 if the governing body of a water or sewer district
the boundaries of which include the property consents to the
annexation.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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