June 18, 2003. If a majority of the votes received is in favor of the annexation, the secretary of the smaller municipality or other appropriate municipal official shall forward by certified mail to the secretary of the larger municipality a certified copy of the resolution. 1082), Sec. Sec. RETALIATION FOR ANNEXATION DISAPPROVAL PROHIBITED. 199 (H.B. 43.0115. Sec. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. mile. (f) A rate set under Subsection (e) is effective until the first day of the school district's fiscal year that begins after the 90th day after the effective date of the annexation. State law provides two methods by which cities can annex property that is contiguous with its existing limits: by an annexation referendum. Sept. 1, 2001. California, Missouri, and Wisconsin allow non-contiguous annexation only of government-owned property. (b) A municipality may not annex an area to which this section applies unless: (1) the municipality offers to make a development agreement with the landowner under Section 212.172 that would: (A) guarantee the continuation of the extraterritorial status of the area; and, (B) authorize the enforcement of all regulations and planning authority of the municipality that do not interfere with the use of the area for agriculture, wildlife management, or timber; and. 10 0 obj May 24, 2019. Sec. (h) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 922 (H.B. (2) the landowner declines to make the agreement described by Subdivision (1). MAP REQUIREMENT FOR PROPOSED ANNEXATION. Sept. 1, 1991. 2.07, eff. May 24, 2019. EFFECT OF ANNEXATION ON EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION. Sept. 1, 1999. <> The notice may not be smaller than one-quarter page of a standard-size or tabloid-size newspaper, and the headline on the notice must be in 18-point or larger type. Annexing a city will increase its production rate from 25% to 50%. <> (b) The municipality may annex the area if: (1) none of the area is more than five miles from the municipality's boundaries; (2) none of the area is in another municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction; and. 4.011, eff. May 24, 2019. (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. Sec. September 1, 2011. Sec. 12 0 obj (b) If, before its abolition, the district voted to issue bonds to provide waterworks, sanitary sewer facilities, or drainage facilities and if some or all of the bonds were not issued, sold, and delivered before the abolition, the governing body of the municipality may issue and sell municipal bonds in an amount not to exceed the amount of the unissued district bonds to carry out the purposes for which the district bonds were voted. (3) the area abuts or is contiguous to another jurisdictional boundary. The office sent a letter on Nov. 6 to officials of the North Texas city of McKinney, arguing they did not properly follow state annexation procedure. Sec. The assumption by each municipality must be based on the ratio that the value of the property and other assets distributed to that municipality bears to the total value of all the property and other assets of the district. 1, eff. 199 (H.B. WIDTH REQUIREMENTS. ANNEXATION THAT SURROUNDS AREA: FINDINGS REQUIRED. ORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT, SUBTITLE C. MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES AND ANNEXATION. 13.12, eff. (b) The prohibition established by Subsection (a) does not apply if: (1) the boundaries of the municipality are contiguous to the area on at least two sides; (2) the annexation is initiated on the written petition of the owners or of a majority of the qualified voters of the area; or. 6 (S.B. Sec. 155 (H.B. The notice for the hearing must be: (1) published at least once on or after the 20th day but before the 10th day before the date of the hearing; and. Sec. 6), Sec. 43.0635. endstream (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. (k) On approval by the governing body, the service plan is a contractual obligation that is not subject to amendment or repeal except that if the governing body determines at the public hearings required by this subsection that changed conditions or subsequent occurrences make the service plan unworkable or obsolete, the governing body may amend the service plan to conform to the changed conditions or subsequent occurrences. GENERAL ANNEXATION AUTHORITY AND PROCEDURES REGARDING CONSENT ANNEXATIONS. June 17, 1995; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. Garbage & Recycling View pick up schedules, guidelines and report a missed pickup. Transferred and redesignated from Local Government Code, Section 43.051 by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. (1) project the kinds and levels of development that will occur in the area in the next 10 years if the area is not annexed for limited purposes and also if the area is annexed for limited purposes; (2) describe the issues the municipality considers to give rise to the need for the annexation of the area for limited purposes and the public benefits to result from the limited-purpose annexation; (3) analyze the economic, environmental, and other impacts the annexation of the area for limited purposes will have on the residents, landowners, and businesses in the area; and. 43.0754. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), the petition required by Section 43.0681 may be signed only by a registered voter of the area proposed to be annexed. Aug. 28, 1989; Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 2702), Sec. September 1, 2007. 6), Sec. 922 (H.B. 2.15, eff. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. December 1, 2017. (j) If the municipality combines the systems or property as provided by Subsection (i), it shall levy on all property subject to taxation by the municipality an annual property tax at a rate that, when combined with other available municipal funds and revenues, is sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the outstanding obligations. (c) If the owner of a right-of-way proposed to be annexed under this section is a governmental entity, the entity may specify the location at which a municipality must deliver notice under Subsection (b). Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. (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 population of 4,000 or more and is located in a county with a population of more than 205,000, and the area is composed of at least three contiguous acres that are unimproved and adjoining the municipal boundaries; or. The requirement that construction of capital improvements must be substantially completed within the period provided in the service plan does not apply to a development project or proposed development project within an annexed area if the annexation of the area was initiated by petition or request of the owners of land in the annexed area and the municipality and the landowners have subsequently agreed in writing that the development project within that area, because of its size or projected manner of development by the developer, is not reasonably expected to be completed within that period. CERTAIN STRIP ANNEXATIONS PROHIBITED. Sept. 1, 1995. May 24, 2019. The ordinance must describe the area by metes and bounds and must be entered in the minutes of the governing body. The amount of taxes levied by the district against a parcel of real estate subsequently annexed by the municipality shall be credited against any property taxes levied against the parcel by the municipality. Aug. 28, 1989. (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. 6), Sec. SUBCHAPTER C-4. Sec. 1, eff. 6), Sec. Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. September 1, 2021. 43.125. (b) The municipality succeeds to the powers, duties, assets, and obligations of the district as provided by this section. May 24, 2019. 43.001. (b) The municipality may not initiate a rate proceeding solely because of the disapproval of a proposed annexation of an area under this subchapter. 43.0695. endobj However, under the program if the municipality provides any of the following services within the corporate boundaries of the municipality before annexation, the municipality must provide those services in the area proposed for annexation on the effective date of the annexation of the area: (4) solid waste collection, except as provided by Subsection (o); (5) operation and maintenance of water and wastewater facilities in the annexed area that are not within the service area of another water or wastewater utility; (6) operation and maintenance of roads and streets, including road and street lighting; (7) operation and maintenance of parks, playgrounds, and swimming pools; and. (2) must provide benefits to each party, including revenue, services, and regulatory benefits, that must be reasonable and equitable with regard to the benefits provided by the other party. 2.16, eff. May 24, 2019. This subsection does not prevent the inhabitants of the area from paying in full at any time their pro rata share of the indebtedness. (b) Notwithstanding any contrary law or municipal charter provision, the governing body of an eligible municipality, the governing body of a district, and, if applicable, a person may approve and authorize execution and performance of a regional participation agreement to further regional participation in the funding of eligible programs or projects. (S.B. (d) Before the governing body of a municipality or a district adopts a strategic partnership agreement, it shall conduct two public hearings at which members of the public who wish to present testimony or evidence regarding the proposed agreement shall be given the opportunity to do so. 43.082. 3(h), eff. (b) If at the election held under this subchapter a majority of qualified voters do not approve the proposed annexation, or if the municipality is required to petition owners of land in the area under Section 43.0695 and does not obtain the required number of signatures, the municipality may not annex the area and may not adopt another resolution under Section 43.0692 to annex the area until the first anniversary of the date of the adoption of the resolution. The records, public property, public buildings, money on hand, credit accounts, and other assets of the smaller municipality become the property of the larger municipality and shall be turned over to the officers of that municipality. (j) This section does not affect a charter provision of a home-rule municipality. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. The governing body of the smaller municipality shall adopt the ordinance if it receives a petition to do so signed by a number of qualified voters of the municipality equal to at least 10 percent of the number of voters of the municipality who voted in the most recent general election. 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 as a condition of the municipality granting consent to the creation of the district; (B) was annexed by the municipality on the same date as at least five other districts; and, (C) has not had on the eighth anniversary of the district's annexation by the municipality more than 10 percent of the housing units or commercial square footage authorized in its consent agreement constructed; and. stream (b) This subsection applies only to an area that contains fewer than 100 separate tracts of land on which one or more residential dwellings are located on each tract. December 1, 2017. 43.0683. 1167, Sec. (m) A municipality that may annex a district for limited purposes to implement a strategic partnership agreement under this section shall not annex for full purposes any territory within a district created pursuant to a consent agreement with that municipality executed before August 27, 1979. Sept. 1, 1999. Since that would normally mean people voting on. 155 (H.B. ANNEXATION HEARING REQUIREMENTS. 11 0 obj Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 29, eff. 6 (S.B. Tornado Debris Update City Sanitation crews, with the help of debris removal partners, have hauled away nearly 10,675 cubic yards of storm waste. Sept. 1, 1987. 3, eff. (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. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. Sec. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 5, eff. September 1, 2011. 5, eff. (f) Before the petition is circulated among the voters, notice of the petition must be given by posting a copy of the petition for 10 days in three public places in the annexed area and by publishing a copy of the petition once in a newspaper of general circulation serving the area before the 15th day before the date the petition is first circulated. Sec. May 23, 2007. December 1, 2017. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 6 (S.B. To the extent of any conflict between this subsection and Subsection (g), Subsection (g) prevails. (a-1) If the registered voters of the area proposed to be annexed do not own more than 50 percent of the land in the area, the petition required by Section 43.0681 may also be signed by the owners of land in the area that are not registered voters. (8) Section 43.1055 (Road and Right-of-Way). (5) cause a reduction in fire and police protection and emergency medical services within the area to be annexed below that of areas within the corporate boundaries of the municipality with similar topography, land use, and population density. ANNEXATION OF AREAS WITH POPULATION OF LESS THAN 200 BY PETITION. 6 (S.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. 1076 (S.B. Sec. Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. DISANNEXATION FOR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SERVICES. 6 (S.B. Sec. 43.0688. (e) If the district is composed of two or more tracts, at least one of which is not contiguous to the home-rule municipality, the fact that the annexation will result in one or more parts of the home-rule municipality being not contiguous to the rest of the municipality does not affect the municipality's authority to annex the district. If the township agrees, annexation takes place by the adoption of a joint resolution of the legislative bodies of the city and the township. PETITION. Except to the extent it is inconsistent with this section, Chapter 321, Tax Code, governs the imposition, computation, administration, governance, and abolition of the sales and use tax. 6 (S.B. Sec. 1.01, eff. On or after the 15th day but before the fifth day before the date of the first election held in which the residents of an area annexed for limited purposes are entitled to vote, the municipality shall publish notice in the form of a quarter-page advertisement in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality notifying the residents that they are eligible to vote in the election and stating the location of all polling places for the residents. May 24, 2019. 11.255, eff. VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION TRACT 1-2018: Being . ACCESS TO SERVICES BY CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES IN ANNEXED AREA. AUTHORITY OF HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITY TO ANNEX AREA AND TAKE OTHER ACTIONS REGARDING BOUNDARIES. Sec. The annexation of Texas contributed to the coming of the Mexican-American War (1846-1848). May 24, 2019. Sept. 1, 1987. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 149, Sec. Mesquite has identified 11 tracts for annexation reaching well into Kaufman County, as much as 17 miles from the first-ring suburb's downtown. The prohibition on annexation established by this subsection shall expire on September 1, 1997, or on the date on or before which the municipality and any district may have separately agreed that annexation would not take place whichever is later. (c) The bonds must be authorized by ordinance of the governing body of the municipality. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. Geographic i. (i) On the annexation, all claims, fines, debts, or taxes due and payable to the smaller municipality become due and payable to the larger municipality and shall be collected by it. 2.11, eff. 1167, Sec. However, the area may not be discontinued as part of the municipality if the discontinuation would result in the municipality having less area than one square mile or one mile in diameter around the center of the original municipal boundaries. December 1, 2017. (6) may require the municipality to pay the person's costs and reasonable attorney's fees in bringing the action for the writ. 36, eff. (e) A regional participation agreement must be: (2) approved by the governing body of each eligible municipality or district that is or that becomes a party to the agreement; and. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. Subchapters C-3 through C-5 do not affect the procedures described by Section 397.005 or 397.006 applicable to a defense community as defined by Section 397.001. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. (b) The adopted regulatory plan must be the same as the regulatory plan prepared under Section 43.123 unless the governing body finds and states in the ordinance the reasons for the adoption of a different regulatory plan. EFFECT ON OTHER LAW. At the hearing, the municipality shall hear and consider the appropriateness of the application of rural and urban ordinances in the area to be annexed for limited purposes. Sec. (b) An election under this section shall be held in the same manner as general elections of the municipality. 6 (S.B. Sept. 1, 1999. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 43.129. 4(a), eff. (e) This section repeals a municipal charter provision to the extent of a conflict with this section. House Bill 347, related to ending forced annexation in Texas, became . (2) "Limited-purpose annexation" means annexation authorized under Section 43.121. A landowner's written consent to limited-purpose annexation is binding on all future owners of land in the area annexed for limited purposes pursuant to the consent. (c) If the municipality obtains the number of signatures on the petition required to annex the area, the municipality may annex the area after: (1) providing notice under Subsection (a); (2) holding a public hearing at which members of the public are given an opportunity to be heard; and. 1338), Sec. (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 improvement district organized under the laws of this state. 155 (H.B. 43.122. September 1, 2011. 43.0505. 2.05, eff. (f) The extraterritorial jurisdiction of a home-rule municipality is not expanded by the annexation of area under this section. (c) The municipality is not required to provide a service that is not included in the agreement. DISANNEXATION FROM DEFUNDING MUNICIPALITY. If the municipality maintains an Internet website, the municipality shall make the digital map available on the municipality's website. (c) A municipality that makes a wholesale sale of water to a special district operating under Chapter 36 or Title 4, Water Code, may not charge rates for the water that are higher than rates charged in other similarly situated areas solely because the district is wholly or partly located in an area that disapproved of a proposed annexation under this subchapter. If the annexed area had a level of services, infrastructure, and infrastructure maintenance equal to the level of services, infrastructure, and infrastructure maintenance provided within the corporate boundaries of the municipality before annexation, a service plan must maintain that same level of services, infrastructure, and infrastructure maintenance. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. The agreement must specify the date on which the district is abolished. Often, the full ramifications of new legislation are not immediately apparent, until the new laws are put into practice. (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 Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution that provides or proposes to provide, as its principal function, water services or sewer services or both to household users. (j) The temporary governing body under Subsection (i) shall order an election to elect the permanent governing body of the municipality or alternate form of local government to occur on a date that complies with the provisions of the Election Code, except that Section 41.001(a), Election Code, does not apply. The Woodlands was built as an unincorporated master-planned community within Montgomery County and the extra-territorial jurisdiction of the City of Houston. (2) each municipality in whose extraterritorial jurisdiction the airport is located agrees to the annexation. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. May 24, 2019. ANNEXATION OF AREAS WITH POPULATION OF AT LEAST 200 BY ELECTION. Galveston County Registration & Titling - North County Annex League City, Texas OFFICE DOES NOT HANDLE DRIVER LICENSE OR ID CARD TRANSACTIONS Address 174 Calder Drive League City, TX 77573 Get Directions Phone (409) 766-2284 (877) 766-2284 Fax (409) 766-2479 Email galcotax@co.galveston.tx.us Hours Hours & availability may change. Sec. In 2019, the Texas Legislature made a huge change when it passed HB 347, a bill eliminating forced annexation in Texas. (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). If a petition protesting the annexation of an area under this subchapter is signed by a number of registered voters of the municipality proposing the annexation equal to at least 50 percent of the number of voters who voted in the most recent municipal election and is received by the secretary of the municipality before the date the election required by this subchapter is held, the municipality may not complete the annexation of the area without approval of a majority of the voters of the municipality voting at a separate election called and held for that purpose. 2.01, see other Sec. There are a couple reasons why they are unlikely to do that: With you no longer paying fees, everybody else's fees will probably go up. 43.062. 2.08, eff. 43.1465. A written agreement to waive the municipality's obligation to annex the area for full purposes binds all future owners of land annexed for limited purposes pursuant to that waiver. 8, eff. 17, eff. 44, eff. 2015-2017 Annexation Map. (3) exchange area with other municipalities. (4) the procedure by which the limited district may be dissolved prior to the expiration of any term established under Subdivision (2). (a) This section applies only to an area: (1) eligible to be the subject of a development agreement under Subchapter G, Chapter 212; and. Texas cities have used -- to determine whether or not a city should impose a cap on the property tax rate with forced reluctant representatives to place the proposed ordinance on the ballot. (f) A strategic partnership agreement may provide for the following: (1) limited-purpose annexation of the district on terms acceptable to the municipality and the district provided that the district shall continue in existence during the period of limited-purpose annexation; (2) limited-purpose annexation of a district located in a county with a population of more than 3.3 million: (A) only if the municipality does not require services, permits, or inspections or impose fees for services, permits, or inspections within the district; and. (b) A resident of an area annexed for limited purposes is not eligible to be a candidate for or to be elected to a municipal office. 14, eff. December 1, 2017. (d) A municipality that has annexed any portion of an area after December 1, 1996, and before September 1, 1999, in which a school district has a facility shall grant a variance from the municipality's building code for that facility if the facility does not comply with the code. 62, Sec. 32, eff. If the area to be annexed exceeds the amount of area the municipality would otherwise be able to annex, the municipality may annex the area but may not annex additional area during the remainder of that calendar year, except area subject to Subsection (b) and area that is excluded from the computation under Section 43.055. (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. 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