Sec. 552.0451. EXTENSION OF SERVICE AREA BY CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES. (a) A municipality with a population of more than 900,000 located in one or more counties with a population of less than 1.5 million as of the 1990 federal census may extend its service area:
(1) into the boundaries of another municipality if:
(A) before the extension water from the municipality to which the service area is to be extended regularly drains into the drainage system of the municipality extending its service area; and
(B) the extension is provided for by an interlocal agreement between the municipalities; or
(2) beyond its municipal boundaries into an unincorporated area of its extraterritorial jurisdiction if:
(A) before the extension water from the area to which the service area is to be extended regularly drains into the drainage system of the municipality extending its service area; and
(B) the extension is provided for by an interlocal agreement between the municipality extending its service area and the county containing the area to which the service area is to be extended.
(b) An interlocal agreement under Subsection (a) may:
(1) contain provisions necessary for the operation of a drainage system within the area to which the service area is extended; and
(2) provide for charges for treatment of drainage water and methods of assessment of the charges to an owner of a lot or tract of benefitted property in the area to which the service area is extended.
(c) Charges and methods of assessment agreed to under Subsection (b)(2) must comply with Section 552.047.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 773, Sec. 2, eff. June 18, 1993.
Renumbered from Local Government Code, Section 402.0451 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 3.76(a)(2), eff. April 1, 2009.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 3.77(6), eff. April 1, 2009.
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