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Texas Local Government Code - Chapter 43 Municipal AnnexationLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Local Government Code > Texas Local Government Code - Chapter 43 Municipal Annexation In this chapter, "extraterritorial jurisdiction" means extraterritorial jurisdiction as determined under Chapter 42. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. ... (a) A municipality may not, after annexing an area, prohibit a person from: (1) continuing to use land in the area in the manner in ... A home-rule municipality may take the following actions according to rules as may be provided by the charter of the municipality and not inconsistent with ... (a) If, under its charter, the governing body of a home-rule municipality initiates or orders an election to submit to the qualified voters of the ... (a) A general-law municipality with a population of more than 5,000 may annex, as provided by this section, an area that is contiguous to the ... (a) This section applies only to the annexation of an area that: (1) is one-half mile or less in width; and (2) is contiguous to ... (a) If a majority of the qualified voters of an area contiguous to a Type B general-law municipality vote in favor of becoming a part ... The governing body of a Type A general-law municipality by ordinance may annex area that the municipality owns. The ordinance must describe the area by ... The governing body of a general-law municipality by ordinance may annex any navigable stream adjacent to the municipality and within the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction. Acts ... (a) This section applies only to the annexation of an area: (1) that is one-half mile or less in width; (2) that is contiguous to ... (a) This section applies only to a municipality with a population of: (1) 900 to 920; (2) 1,251 to 1,259; or (3) 3,944 to 3,964. ... (a) A municipality that has a population of 74,000 to 99,700, that is located wholly or partly in a county with a population of more ... Adjacent municipalities may make mutually agreeable changes in their boundaries of areas that are less than 1,000 feet in width. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. ... (a) The governing body of a general- law municipality with a population of 1,500 to 1,599 may annex an area: (1) that is adjacent to ... (a) A general-law municipality may annex adjacent territory without the consent of any of the residents or voters of the area and without the consent ... A general-law municipality may annex adjacent territory without the consent of any of the residents or voters of the area and without the consent of ... A municipality may annex area only in its extraterritorial jurisdiction unless the municipality owns the area. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, § 1, eff. ... (a) In this section, "special district" means a municipal utility district, water control and improvement district, or other district created under Section 52, Article III, ... (a) In this section, "public entity" includes a municipality, county, fire protection service provider, including a volunteer fire department, emergency medical services provider, including a ... (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 ... (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 ... (a) In this section, "municipal area" means the area within the corporate boundaries of a municipality other than: (1) an area annexed before September 1, ... (a) In a calendar year, a municipality may not annex a total area greater than 10 percent of the incorporated area of the municipality as ... (a) Before the first day of the 10th month after the month in which the inventory is prepared as provided by Section 43.053, the municipality ... (a) Before a municipality may institute annexation proceedings, the governing body of the municipality must conduct two public hearings at which persons interested in the ... (a) After holding the hearings as provided by Section 43.0561: (1) if a municipality has a population of less than 1.6 million, the municipality and ... (a) The governing body of a municipality with a population of less than 1.6 million may negotiate and enter into a written agreement with representatives ... (a) If the municipality and the representatives of the area proposed for annexation cannot reach an agreement for the provision of services under Section 43.0562 ... (a) A person who requests arbitration as provided by Section 43.056(l) must request the appointment of an arbitrator in writing to the municipality. (b) Sections ... (a) The requirements of this section are in addition to those prescribed by Section 43.056. (b) A municipality with a population of more than 1.6 ... If a proposed annexation would cause an area to be entirely surrounded by the annexing municipality but would not include the area within the municipality, ... This subchapter applies to an area proposed for annexation that is not required to be included in a municipal annexation plan under Section 43.052. Added ... (a) Sections 43.051, 43.054, 43.0545, 43.055, 43.0565, 43.0567, and 43.057 apply to the annexation of an area to which this subchapter applies. (b) This subsection ... (a) Before a municipality may institute annexation proceedings, the governing body of the municipality must conduct two public hearings at which persons interested in the ... (a) The annexation of an area must be completed within 90 days after the date the governing body institutes the annexation proceedings or those proceedings ... (a) Before the publication of the notice of the first hearing required under Section 43.063, the governing body of the municipality proposing the annexation shall ... (a) In this section, "water or sewer district" means a district or authority created under Article III, Section 52, Subsections (b)(1) and (2), or under ... (a) If a municipality enacts an ordinance to annex a special district and assumes control and operation of utilities within the district, and the annexation ... (a) In this section: (1) "Special district" means a political subdivision one purpose of which is to supply fresh water for domestic or commercial use ... (a) This section applies to a municipal utility district that is located entirely in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a single general-law municipality and that has ... (a) This section applies to a municipality with a population of more than 500,000 that annexes all or part of the area in a levee ... (a) A water control and improvement district, fresh water supply district, or municipal utility district created from area that, at the time of the district's ... (a) This section applies to: (1) a municipality that annexes all or part of the area in a water control and improvement district, fresh water ... (a) In this section: (1) "District" means a water control and improvement district or a municipal utility district created or operating under Chapter 51 or ... (a) If the municipality and the district cannot reach an agreement on the terms of a strategic partnership agreement under Section 43.0751, either party may ... (a) In this section: (1) "District" means a conservation and reclamation district that is created or operating under Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, and ... (a) This section applies to a municipality that contains, as a result of the annexation by or the incorporation of the municipality, any part of ... (a) A district existing on September 1, 1997, that, within 10 years after the date of its creation, has not provided water and sanitary sewer ... (a) This section applies only to a conservation and reclamation district, including a municipal utility district, that: (1) is located wholly in more than one ... (a) This section applies only to each municipality that under any other law, including Section 43.075, abolishes a conservation and reclamation district created under Article ... (a) A municipal water board that was created by Section 6, Chapter 134, Acts of the 52nd Legislature, Regular Session, 1951, and that continues to ... (a) A general-law municipality may annex: (1) a reservoir owned by the municipality and used to supply water to the municipality; (2) any land contiguous ... (a) A municipality may annex: (1) an airport owned by the municipality; and (2) the right-of-way of any public road or highway connecting the airport ... (a) A general-law municipality with a population of 500 or more may annex, by ordinance and without the consent of any person, the part of ... (a) A general-law municipality that has a population of 1096-1100 and is located in a county with a population of 85,000 or more, or that ... A municipality that proposes to annex any portion of a paved county road must also annex the entire width of the county road and the ... (a) The governing body of a home-rule municipality with more than 225,000 inhabitants by ordinance may annex an area for the limited purposes of applying ... A municipality may not annex for limited purposes any strip of territory, including a strip following the course of a road, highway, river, stream, or ... (a) Before the 10th day before the date the first hearing required by Section 43.124 is held, the municipality must prepare a report regarding the ... (a) Before instituting proceedings for annexing an area for limited purposes, the governing body of the municipality must hold two public hearings on the proposed ... (a) At the time the governing body of the municipality adopts an ordinance annexing an area for limited purposes, the governing body must also adopt ... The annexation of an area for limited purposes must be completed within 90 days after the date the governing body institutes the annexation proceedings. Added ... (a) Except as provided by Section 43.123(e), on or before the date prescribed by the regulatory plan under Section 43.123(d)(2), the municipality must annex the ... (a) If the municipality fails to annex the area for full purposes as required by Section 43.127(a), any affected person may petition the district court ... The municipality may annex for limited purposes any land for which the landowner requests annexation and provides to the municipality before the effective date of ... (a) The qualified voters of an area annexed for limited purposes are entitled to vote in municipal elections regarding the election or recall of members ... The annexation of an area for limited purposes does not extend the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction. Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, § 3(k), ... A municipality may not be incorporated in an area annexed for limited purposes unless the annexing municipality gives its consent. Added by Acts 1989, 71st ... (a) The governing body of a special-law municipality located along or on a navigable stream may extend the boundaries of the municipality to include the ... (a) A majority of the qualified voters of an annexed area may petition the governing body of the municipality to disannex the area if the ... A home-rule municipality may disannex an area in the municipality according to rules as may be provided by the charter of the municipality and not ... (a) When at least 50 qualified voters of an area located in a general-law municipality sign and present a petition to the mayor of the ... (a) The mayor and governing body of a general-law municipality by ordinance may discontinue an area as a part of the municipality if: (1) the ... (a) The governing body of a municipality by ordinance may discontinue an area as a part of the municipality if: (1) the municipality has a ... Notwithstanding any provision of any other law related to the annexation or disannexation of territory, including but not limited to the requirement that the minimum ... (a) A municipality disannexing a road or highway shall also disannex a strip of area that is equal in size to the minimum area that ... (a) If an area is disannexed, the municipality disannexing the area shall refund to the landowners of the area the amount of money collected by ... In this subchapter: (1) "Consent agreement" means an agreement between a district and a municipality under Section 42.042. (2) "Limited-purpose annexation" means annexation authorized under ... This subchapter applies to: (1) a municipal utility district operating under Chapter 54, Water Code, that: (A) was annexed for full purposes by a municipality ... (a) The governing body of a district by resolution may petition a municipality to alter the annexation status of land in the district from full-purpose ... In this subchapter: (1) "Affected county" means Jasper County, Newton County, or Orange County. (2) "Affected municipality" means a municipality the boundaries of which are ... Notwithstanding Section 43.052(h), an affected municipality may not annex all or part of an affected unincorporated area unless the affected municipality: (1) includes the affected ... (a) An affected municipality that adopts or amends its municipal annexation plan to include all or part of an affected unincorporated area must comply with ... (a) An affected municipality that adopts or amends its municipal annexation plan to remove all or part of an affected unincorporated area must comply with ... (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), if an application or petition to incorporate all or part of an affected unincorporated area is filed with ... This subchapter expires at midnight on December 31, 2030. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1123, § 1, eff. June 15, 2001. Amended by ... A municipal ordinance defining boundaries of or annexing area to a municipality is conclusively presumed to have been adopted with the consent of all appropriate ... (a) Land on an island bordering the Gulf of Mexico that is not accessible by a public road or common carrier ferry facility may not ... An annexation by a municipality does not change or otherwise affect the switching limits of a railroad or any rates of a railroad. Acts 1987, ... (a) A municipality that proposes to annex an area shall provide written notice of the proposed annexation to each public school district located in the ... (a) In connection with an annexation or proposed annexation, a municipality shall apply for preclearance under Section 5, Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. ... (a) In this section, "colonia" means a geographic area: (1) that has a majority population composed of individuals and families of low income and very ... Last modified: August 10, 2007 |