Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. The conflict started, in part, over a disagreement about which river was Mexico's true northern border: the Nueces or the Rio Grande. An amended service plan must provide for services that are comparable to or better than those established in the service plan before amendment. 1, eff. 664, Sec. 155 (H.B. ABOLITION OF WATER-RELATED SPECIAL DISTRICT THAT BECOMES PART OF MORE THAN ONE MUNICIPALITY. December 1, 2017. 1596), Sec. Local Planning. Sec. (2) if the election authorizes annexation of the district by the home-rule municipality, the board shall file a certified copy of the resolution in the deed records of each county in which the district is located. (g) For an annexation of an area in a water or sewer district that is wholly or partly in the overlapping extraterritorial jurisdiction of two or more municipalities, any one of those municipalities is not required to obtain under Section 42.023 the written consent of any of the other municipalities in order to annex the area if: (1) the area contains less than 100 acres; (2) the annexing municipality, before June 1, 2005, annexed more than 50 percent of the territory of the water or sewer district, as the district existed on the date of its creation; and. Immediately after the filing of the petition, the secretary shall present it to the governing body. (d) A regional participation agreement may provide for the funding of any program or project, whether individual, intermittent, or continuing and whether located or conducted within or outside the boundaries of a party, for the planning, design, construction, acquisition, lease, rental, installment purchase, improvement, provision of furnishings or equipment, rehabilitation, repair, reconstruction, relocation, preservation, beautification, use, execution, administration, management, operation, or maintenance of any works, improvements, or facilities, or for providing any functions or services, whether provided to, for, by, or on behalf of a party, that provide a material benefit to each party in the accomplishment of the purposes of each party, related to: (1) mobility or transportation, including mass transportation, traffic circulation, or ground, air, rail, water, or other means of transportation or movement of people, freight, goods, or materials; (2) health care treatment, research, teaching, or education facilities or infrastructure; (3) parks or recreation, open space, and scenic, wildlife, wetlands, or wilderness areas; (4) public assembly or shelter, including halls, arenas, stadiums or similar facilities for sporting events, exhibitions, conventions, or other mass assembly purposes; (5) environmental preservation or enhancement, including air or water quality protection, improvement, preservation, or enhancement, and noise abatement; (6) the supply, conservation, transportation, treatment, disposal, or reuse of water or wastewater; (7) drainage, stormwater management or detention, and flood control or prevention; (8) solid waste collection, transfer, processing, reuse, resale, disposal, and management; or. 155 (H.B. December 1, 2017. Transferred and redesignated from Local Government Code, Section 43.051 by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. RESOLUTION. Text of section as added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 55(a), eff. 429 (S.B. May 24, 2019. $.' State law provides two methods by which cities can annex property that is contiguous with its existing limits: by an annexation referendum. The funds deposited in the depository must be insured by an official agency of the United States and must be at least as well insured and protected as funds deposited in the official municipal depository of the municipality. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. AUTHORITY OF MUNICIPALITY TO ANNEX AREA NEAR MILITARY BASE. RETALIATION FOR ANNEXATION DISAPPROVAL PROHIBITED. 43.143. (e) The municipality shall have no responsibility to reimburse the developer of the district or its successors for more than reasonable and actual engineering and construction costs to design and build internal water treatment and distribution facilities, wastewater treatment and collection facilities, or drainage facilities, whether temporary or permanent, installed after September 1, 1995. This section does not prohibit the municipality from continuing to operate utility facilities in the district that are owned and operated by the municipality on the date the area becomes a part of the municipality. HB 1900 applies to cities with a population of more than 250,000; lawmakers say that includes 11 Texas municipalities, including Austin, Dallas and Houston. (j) Promptly after the board of directors declares the result of the election: (1) the board shall mail or deliver a certified copy of the resolution declaring the result of the election to the mayor and the secretary of each of the two affected municipalities; and. Notice of public hearings conducted by the governing body of a municipality under this subsection shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality and in the district. STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS FOR CONTINUATION OF CERTAIN DISTRICTS. 43.1025. <> Transferred, redesignated and amended from Local Government Code, Section 43.021 by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. MAP REQUIREMENT FOR PROPOSED ANNEXATION. 3, eff. (a) In this section, "district," "eligible municipality," and "regional participation agreement" have the meanings assigned by Section 43.0754. 155 (H.B. (c) For purposes of Subsection (b)(2), the value of taxable property that receives the utility service shall be determined by the most recent certified tax roll provided by the central appraisal district in which the property is located. December 1, 2017. Sec. 43.083. (a) This section applies only to a home-rule municipality that has a population of less than 11,000 and is located primarily in a county with a population of more than 3.3 million. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. Sec. (b) The municipal water board shall select and designate one or more depositories for the proceeds of the maintenance and water charges and other charges levied by the water control and improvement district and for any other income or other funds of the district. 199 (H.B. 6), Sec. Sept. 1, 1987. Sept. 1, 1999. Wossum Ranch Phases 3 and 5 2021 Voluntary Annexation completed 07/13/2021. (f) To annex the entire part of a water or sewer district that is outside the municipality's boundaries, a general-law municipality incorporated after 1983 that is, after incorporation of the district, incorporated over all or any part of the district may annex territory by ordinance without the consent of the inhabitants or property owners of the territory. Aug. 28, 1989. (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 supply district, or municipal utility district organized for the primary purpose of providing municipal functions such as the supplying of fresh water for domestic or commercial uses or the furnishing of sanitary sewer service or drainage service; or, (A) that, by incorporation of the municipality, includes in the municipality all or part of the area in a district described by Subdivision (1); and. (e) The service plan must also include a program under which the municipality will initiate after the effective date of the annexation the acquisition or construction of capital improvements necessary for providing municipal services adequate to serve the area. Sec. %PDF-1.5 unitary. Parts of The Woodlands were also built within the extra . DISANNEXATION BY PETITION AND ELECTION IN GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY. The agreement must also provide for the distribution among one or more of the municipalities of the pro rata assets and liabilities located in the unincorporated area and must provide for service to customers in unincorporated areas in the service area of the abolished district. 43.908. Question to be submitted--"whether they consent to such proposed annexation to the corporate limits of the city or town." (33:157). 6 (S.B. Sept. 1, 2001. 4, eff. (e) If a district bond, warrant, or other obligation payable in whole or in part from property taxes is assumed by the municipality, the governing body shall levy and collect taxes on all taxable property in the municipality in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bond, warrant, or other obligation as it becomes due and payable. (h) The municipality may issue general obligation refunding bonds in its own name to refund in whole or in part its pro rata share of any outstanding district bonds, warrants, or other obligations, including unpaid earned interest on them, that are assumed by the municipality and that are payable in whole or in part from property taxes. The acquisition or construction of the facilities shall be accomplished by purchase, lease, or other contract or by the municipality succeeding to the powers, duties, assets, and obligations of a conservation and reclamation district as authorized or required by law. 43.07515. 149, Sec. (n) Before the second anniversary of the date an area is included within the corporate boundaries of a municipality by annexation, the municipality may not: (1) prohibit the collection of solid waste in the area by a privately owned solid waste management service provider; or. 2.07, eff. Aug. 28, 1989. 43.004. 199 (H.B. endstream 6 (S.B. 774 (H.B. December 1, 2017. Amendments, De-annexations, Dissolutions, Annexation Ordinances and Annexation Maps . GENERAL AUTHORITY TO ANNEX. 1, eff. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. September 1, 2013. Text of section as added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. December 1, 2017. (e) Subsections (b)-(d) do not apply to the annexation of: (1) an area within a water or sewer district if: (A) the governing body of the district consents to the annexation; (B) the owners in fee simple of the area to be annexed consent to the annexation; and. Section 43.106 of the Local Government Code requires a municipality that annexed any portion of a county road or an area abutting a county road by granting a petition under former section 43.028 to also annex the full width of the road and adjacent right-of-way. Sept. 1, 1989. If the annexed area had a level of services for operating and maintaining the infrastructure of the area, including the facilities described by Subsections (b)(5)-(8), superior to the level of services provided within the corporate boundaries of the municipality before annexation, a service plan must provide for the operation and maintenance of the infrastructure of the annexed area at a level of services that is equal or superior to that level of services. 11.255, eff. (a) Unless otherwise specifically provided by this chapter or another law, this subchapter applies only to an annexation under: (2) Section 43.0116 (Industrial District); (3) Section 43.012 (Area Owned by Type-A Municipality); (5) Section 43.0751(h) (Strategic Partnership); (6) Section 43.101 (Municipally Owned Reservoir); (7) Section 43.102 (Municipally Owned Airport); and. Sec. September 1, 2019. ANNEXATION OF COUNTY ROADS REQUIRED IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. (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. (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 utility service from its facilities to all household users in its territory shall: (1) provide water and sanitary sewer utility service from its facilities to all household users in its territory not later than September 1, 1998; or. (H) operation and maintenance of any other publicly owned facility, building, or service; (4) a list of each service the municipality will provide on the effective date of the annexation; and. PERIOD FOR COMPLETION OF ANNEXATION. In 2019, the Texas Legislature made a huge change when it passed HB 347, a bill eliminating forced annexation in Texas. A few months ago, Chuck Marohn wrote an article asking when it's okay to annex property, and it struck a nerve in the Urban3 office.. As Chuck explained, "Annexation the act of bringing property outside of the city limits into the municipal boundariesis rarely more than an economic sugar high for a city, one . September 1, 2011. 3(k), eff. Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Land Records Management Program . CONTINUATION OF CERTAIN MUNICIPAL WATER BOARDS ON ANNEXATION OF WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. Transportation Annex (ESF 1) Communications Annex (ESF 2) Public Works and Engineering Annex (ESF 3) Firefighting Annex (ESF 4) Emergency Management (ESF 5) . PROCEDURES FOR INCORPORATION OR ESTABLISHMENT OF ANOTHER FORM OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOR CERTAIN AREAS SUBJECT TO REGIONAL PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT. City Hall Annex 900 Bagby, Public Level Houston, TX 77002. (B) those revenues have produced, during the five-year period before May 30, 1959, an annual surplus in an amount sufficient to meet the annual obligations for which the district revenues are pledged. (2) following two public hearings on the matter, the municipality and the district enter a written agreement providing for the imposition of the tax or taxes. (d) A provision of a development agreement described by Subsection (b)(1) that restricts or otherwise limits the annexation of all or part of the area that is the subject of the agreement is void if the landowner files any type of subdivision plat or related development document for the area with a governmental entity that has jurisdiction over the area, regardless of how the area is appraised for ad valorem tax purposes. (d) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. CONSENSUAL ANNEXATION. (e) The signatures to the petition need not be appended to one paper. Cities can annex property only with the written consent of the owner or by referendum. Galveston County Tax Annex in League City. (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 that is located entirely within the boundaries of a planned community and entirely within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality. Aug. 28, 1989; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. (e) Notwithstanding Subsection (c) and until the 20th anniversary of the date of the annexation of an area that includes a permanent retail structure, a municipality may not prohibit a person from continuing to use the structure for the indoor seasonal sale of retail goods if the structure: (2) was authorized under the laws of this state to be used for the indoor seasonal sale of retail goods on the effective date of the annexation. 149, Sec. The bills may affect your ability to annex across a county road or state highway. ANNEXATION BY CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES THAT OPERATE MUNICIPALLY OWNED WATER UTILITY. AUTHORITY OF MUNICIPALITY TO ANNEX AREA QUALIFIED FOR AGRICULTURAL OR WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT USE OR AS TIMBER LAND. ABOLITION OF, OR DIVISION OF FUNCTIONS OF, LEVEE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ANNEXED BY MUNICIPALITY WITH POPULATION OF MORE THAN 500,000. 36, eff. INVALIDATION OF ANNEXATION OF SPECIAL DISTRICT; REIMBURSEMENT OF DEVELOPER. 5, eff. North Carolina Secretary of State . Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 149, Sec. Geographic i. (b) The governing bodies of a municipality and a district may negotiate and enter into a written strategic partnership agreement for the district by mutual consent. For more information, contact Rupesh Koshy at 832.393.6552 or [email protected]. i. Galveston County Registration & Titling - Texas City Annex Texas City, Texas OFFICE DOES NOT HANDLE DRIVER LICENSE OR ID CARD TRANSACTIONS Address 2516 Texas Ave Texas City, TX 77592 Get Directions Phone (409) 766-2284 (877) 766-2284 Fax (409) 766-2479 Email [email protected] Hours Hours & availability may change. Sept. 1, 1987. June 15, 2007. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 6 (S.B. David T. Friendswood, TX . 6), Sec. The municipality may combine different issues of district and municipal revenue bonds, warrants, or other obligations into one series of revenue refunding bonds and may pledge the net revenues of the utility systems or property to the payment of the refunding bonds as the governing body considers proper. CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH CONSENT TO BOUNDARIES OR ANNEXATION IS PRESUMED. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 43.131. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. (e) A defunding municipality holding an election under Subsection (b) may not use public funds on informational campaigns relating to the election. (d) Within 10 days after the date on which the election is held, the governing body of the smaller municipality shall canvass the election returns and by resolution shall declare the results of the election. 42, eff. (c) A municipality that holds an election under this section may not hold another election on the question of annexation before the corresponding uniform election date of the following year. (a) The disapproval of the proposed annexation of an area under this subchapter does not affect any existing legal obligation of the municipality proposing the annexation to continue to provide governmental services in the area, including water or wastewater services, regardless of whether the municipality holds a certificate of convenience and necessity to serve the area. December 1, 2017. PERIOD FOR COMPLETION OF ANNEXATION. (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 municipality fails or refuses to provide services or to cause services to be provided to the area: (1) if the area was annexed under Subchapter C-1, within the period specified by Section 43.056 or by the service plan prepared for the area under that section; or. (c) For purposes of this section, "full municipal services" means services provided by the annexing municipality within its full-purpose boundaries, including water and wastewater services and excluding gas or electrical service. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 3 0 obj Consequently, the area subject to the boundary extension is a strip 5,000 feet wide and 20 miles in length, or as much of that strip as the governing body considers advisable to add to the municipality. 2, eff. (3) "Strategic partnership agreement" means a written agreement described by this section between a municipality and a district. (4) "Planned community" means a planned community of 20 square miles or more with a population of 50,000 or more that is subject in whole or in part to a restrictive covenant that contains an ad valorem-based assessment on real property used or to be used, in any part, to fund governmental or quasi-governmental services and facilities within and for the planned community. 43.101. Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. AUTHORITY TO ANNEX MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT BY HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITY. A municipality or alternate form of local government resulting from an election described by this subsection is incorporated or established on the date a majority of the members of the governing body qualify and take office. 3(e), eff. 81, eff. 149, Sec. 1263, Sec. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. Sec. 8.285, eff. 43.0699. A digital map required under this subsection must be made available without charge and in a format widely used by common geographic information system software or in any other widely used electronic format if the municipality does not have common geographic information system software. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1, Sec. On the annexation of all of the area of the district, the municipality may refund, in whole or in part, any outstanding bonded indebtedness and may provide for a sufficient sinking fund to meet any refunding bonds issued. (c) A municipality's governmental immunity to suit and from liability is waived and abolished to the extent of liability created under this section. Sec. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. Sept. 1, 1999. 692 (H.B. 43, eff. 6), Sec. SUBCHAPTER H. ALTERATION OF ANNEXATION STATUS. May 24, 2019. 36, eff. 2.11, eff. 103 (S.B. 2, eff. 1, eff. 6), Sec. (f) The annexation of area under this section outside the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the annexing municipality does not expand the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the municipality. (b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a defunding municipality may not annex an area during the period beginning on the date that the criminal justice division of the governor's office issues the written determination that the municipality is a defunding municipality and ending on the 10th anniversary of the date on which the criminal justice division of the governor's office issues a written determination in accordance with Section 109.005 finding that the defunding municipality has reversed the reduction described by Section 109.003(1). 43.079. 1185 (H.B. 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 creek, that is, at its narrowest point, less than 1,000 feet in width and is located farther than three miles from the preexisting boundaries of the municipality, unless the area is annexed under Section 43.129. 6), Sec. 6 (S.B. September 1, 2021. 1217 (S.B. 1, eff. (c) The municipality succeeds to the powers, duties, assets, and obligations of the district as provided by this section. 43.203. Aug. 28, 1989. (d) A regional development agreement must be: (2) approved by the governing body of the municipality and the district; and, (A) in the real property records of any county in which any part of a district that is party to the agreement is located; and. (b) The extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality does not include land on the island unless the owners of the land consent. If a majority of votes are in favor of dissolution, the date of dissolution shall be December 31 of the same year in which the election is held. (d) A bond that is approved, registered, and sold as provided by this section is incontestable. 1468), Sec. 632 (S.B. Sept. 1, 1999. Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, eff. 13, eff. 43.127. 822, Sec. (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 area consists of at least 10 acres contiguous to the municipality; and. The annexation proposition shall be stated to allow the voters of the area to be annexed to choose between either annexation or providing the municipality with the authority to adopt and enforce an ordinance regulating the land use in the area in the manner recommended by the most recent joint land use study. (b) A municipality authorized or required to annex a district for full purposes under a strategic partnership agreement under Section 43.0751: (1) may not annex the district without also annexing all of the unincorporated area served by the district that is located in the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction; and. A regional participation agreement must include as parties at least one eligible municipality and one district and may include as parties other eligible municipalities, districts, or persons. (d) A notice to a public entity or political subdivision shall contain a description of: (2) any financial impact on the public entity or political subdivision resulting from the annexation, including any changes in the public entity's or political subdivision's revenues or maintenance and operation costs; and. 1, Sec. 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, the governing body of the municipality must find, before completing the annexation, that surrounding the area is in the public interest. 43.065. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 1217 (S.B. PUBLIC HEARINGS. APPLICABILITY. 1, eff. (d) Area annexed under Subsection (b) is included in computing the amount of area that a municipality may annex under Section 43.055 in a calendar year. 6 (S.B. #7. The refunding bonds or warrants must be issued in the manner provided by Chapter 1207, Government Code. June 15, 2007. VOTER APPROVAL BY MUNICIPAL RESIDENTS ON PETITION. Gather your sensitive documents and bring them to be shredded free of charge. Located in East Texas, Anderson County is the 56th largest of the 254 counties in Texas by land area at 1,062.3 sq. 12.102, eff. Sec. (b) On adoption of the ordinance, the mayor shall enter in the minutes or records of the governing body an order discontinuing the area. However, the municipality may perform in the district all other municipal functions in which the district is not engaged. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a municipality that is annexing an area under Subchapter C-3, C-4, C-5, or D may also annex with the area the right-of-way of a street, highway, alley, or other public way or of a railway line, spur, or roadbed, that is: (1) contiguous and runs parallel to the municipality's boundaries; and. Sept. 1, 1987. (s) Notwithstanding any other law other than Section 43.083, the procedures prescribed by Subchapters C-3, C-4, and C-5 do not apply to the annexation of an area under this section. 155 (H.B. 3.01, eff. Sec. The determination of value may be made on an original cost basis, a reproduction cost basis, a fair market value basis, or by any other valuation method agreed on by the parties that reasonably reflects the value of the property and other assets, debts, liabilities, and obligations of the district. City staff has not yet determined whether or not to annex two other areas under consideration: near Texas 151 and Loop 1604, which includes Alamo Ranch, and near Loop 1604 and U.S. 90 near . (c) A regional participation agreement may provide or allow for: (1) the establishment, administration, use, investment, and application of a regional participation fund, which shall be a special fund or escrow account to be used solely for funding the costs and expenses of eligible programs or projects; (2) payments to be made by a party into the regional participation fund for application, currently or in the future, toward eligible programs or projects; (3) the methods and procedures by which eligible programs or projects are prioritized, identified, and selected for implementation and are planned, designed, bid, constructed, administered, inspected, and completed; (4) the methods and procedures for accounting for amounts on deposit in, to the credit of, or expended from the regional participation fund, as well as any related investment income or amounts due and owing to or from any party to the fund; (5) credits against payments otherwise due by any party under the agreement resulting from taxes, charges, fees, assessments, tolls, or other payments in support of or related to the usage or costs of eligible programs or projects that are levied or imposed upon, assessed against, or made applicable to a party or its citizens, ratepayers, taxpayers, or constituents after the effective date of the agreement; (6) any type of annexation of any part of the territory of a district to be deferred by an eligible municipality that is a party for a mutually agreeable period; (7) the release of territory from the extraterritorial jurisdiction of an eligible municipality that is a party at a specified time or upon the occurrence of specified events; (8) the consent of an eligible municipality that is a party to the incorporation of, or the adoption of an alternate form of government by, all or part of the territory of a district at a specified time or upon the occurrence of specified events; (9) remedies for breach of the agreement; (10) the modification, amendment, renewal, extension, or termination of the agreement; (11) other districts, eligible municipalities, or persons to join the agreement as a party at any time; (12) third-party beneficiaries to be specifically designated and conferred rights or remedies under the agreement; (13) the duration of the agreement, including an unlimited term; (14) the creation and administration of a nonprofit corporation, joint powers agency, local government corporation, or other agency for the purpose of administration and management of a regional participation fund, program, or project under the agreement; and. 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