Texas Local Government Code - Section 43.0545. Annexation Of Certain Adjacent Areas
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§ 43.0545. ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN ADJACENT AREAS. (a) A
municipality may not annex an area that is located in the
extraterritorial jurisdiction of the municipality only because the
area is contiguous to municipal territory that is less than 1,000
feet in width at its narrowest point.
(b) A municipality may not annex an area that is located in
the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the municipality only because
the area is contiguous to municipal territory that:
(1) was annexed before September 1, 1999; and
(2) was in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the
municipality at the time of annexation only because the territory
was contiguous to municipal territory that was less than 1,000 feet
in width at its narrowest point.
(c) Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply to an area:
(1) completely surrounded by incorporated territory
of one or more municipalities;
(2) for which the owners of the area have requested
annexation by the municipality;
(3) that is owned by the municipality; or
(4) that is the subject of an industrial district
contract under Section 42.044.
(d) Subsection (b) does not apply if the minimum width of
the narrow territory described by Subsection (b)(2), following
subsequent annexation, is no longer less than 1,000 feet in width at
its narrowest point.
(e) For purposes of this section, roads, highways, rivers,
lakes, or other bodies of water are not included in computing the
1,000-foot distance unless the area being annexed includes land in
addition to a road, highway, river, lake, or other body of water.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1167, § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Section: 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 43.0564
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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