Texas Local Government Code - Section 43.054. Width Requirements
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§ 43.054. WIDTH REQUIREMENTS. (a) A municipality with a
population of less than 1.6 million may not annex a publicly or
privately owned area, including a strip of area following the
course of a road, highway, river, stream, or creek, unless the width
of the area at its narrowest point is at least 1,000 feet.
(b) The prohibition established by Subsection (a) does not
apply if:
(1) the boundaries of the municipality are contiguous
to the area on at least two sides;
(2) the annexation is initiated on the written
petition of the owners or of a majority of the qualified voters of
the area; or
(3) the area abuts or is contiguous to another
jurisdictional boundary.
(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a municipality with a
population of 21,000 or more located in a county with a population
of 100,000 or more may annex a publicly owned strip or similar area
following the course of a road or highway for the purpose of
annexing territory contiguous to the strip or area if the territory
contiguous to the strip or area was formerly used or was to be used
in connection with or by a superconducting super collider
high-energy research facility.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended
by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, § 3(d), eff. Aug. 28, 1989; Acts
1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1167, § 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 2003,
78th Leg., ch. 768, § 1, eff. June 20, 2003.
Section: 43.031 43.032 43.033 43.034 43.051 43.052 43.053 43.054 43.0545 43.0546 43.055 43.056 43.0561 43.0562 43.0563
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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