Bill Text: TX SB471 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the inclusion of certain areas in a municipal annexation plan.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-06 - Referred to Intergovernmental Relations [SB471 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SB471-Introduced.html

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85R3636 TSR-D
By: Lucio S.B. No. 471

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the inclusion of certain areas in a municipal
annexation plan.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 43.052(h), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(h) This section does not apply to an area proposed for
annexation if:
(1) the area contains fewer than 50 [100] separate
tracts of land on which one or more residential dwellings are
located on each tract;
(2) the area will be annexed by petition of more than
50 percent of the real property owners in the area proposed for
annexation or by vote or petition of the qualified voters or real
property owners as provided by Subchapter B;
(3) the area is or was the subject of:
(A) an industrial district contract under
Section 42.044; or
(B) a strategic partnership agreement under
Section 43.0751;
(4) the area is located in a colonia, as that term is
defined by Section 2306.581, Government Code;
(5) the area is annexed under Section 43.026, 43.027,
43.029, or 43.031;
(6) the area is located completely within the
boundaries of a closed military installation; or
(7) the municipality determines that the annexation of
the area is necessary to protect the area proposed for annexation or
the municipality from:
(A) imminent destruction of property or injury to
persons; or
(B) a condition or use that constitutes a public
or private nuisance as defined by background principles of nuisance
and property law of this state.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section
43.052(h), Local Government Code, applies only to the annexation of
an area for which all parts of the statutory annexation process are
begun on or after the effective date of this Act. The annexation of
an area for which any part of the statutory annexation process was
begun before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law
in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the
former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.