Texas Special District Local Laws Code § 8356.107 Effect Of Annexation

Sec. 8356.107. EFFECT OF ANNEXATION. (a) A municipality within whose extraterritorial jurisdiction the land in the district lies may annex all of the district into its corporate limits under the terms of an agreement entered into before the effective date of the Act creating this chapter between the municipality and the owners of the land being annexed, and, in that instance, the district may not be dissolved, except as provided by Subsection (b).

(b) The district may be dissolved and its debts and obligations assumed by the municipality in accordance with Chapter 43, Local Government Code, including Sections 43.075 and 43.0715, on:

(1) annexation of all of the territory of the district by the municipality; and

(2) completion of the construction of the water, sanitary sewer, and drainage improvements and roads required to serve at least 95 percent of the land in the district.

(c) Notwithstanding Section 54.016(f)(2), Water Code, a contract between the municipality and the district that provides for the allocation of the taxes or revenues between the district and the municipality following the date of inclusion of all the district's territory in the corporate limits of the municipality may provide that the total annual ad valorem taxes collected by the municipality and the district from taxable property in the district may exceed the municipality's ad valorem tax on the property.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 867 (S.B. 2504), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.

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