199 (H.B. (o) This section is cumulative of all other authority to make, enter into, and perform a regional participation agreement. 155 (H.B. 22, eff. In two cases, a city that provides water and sewer is required to extend those services to property owners who request it at no cost to the property owners. Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. For an annexation occurring prior to the effective date of the changes in law made by this Act in amending Subsection (b), a delinquent sum begins incurring a penalty on the first day of the eighth month following the month in which the municipality enacted its annexation ordinance. September 1, 2019. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1.01, eff. 1, eff. (c) If the area withdraws from a municipality as provided by this section and if, at the time of the withdrawal, the municipality owes any debts, by bond or otherwise, the area is not released from its pro rata share of that indebtedness. <>
(d) The petition for disannexation must: (3) be signed in ink or indelible pencil by the appropriate voters; (4) be signed by each voter as that person's name appears on the most recent official list of registered voters; (5) contain a note made by each voter stating the person's residence address and the precinct number and voter registration number that appear on the person's voter registration certificate; (6) describe the area to be disannexed and have a plat or other likeness of the area attached; and. A municipality may not be incorporated in an area annexed for limited purposes unless the annexing municipality gives its consent. (d) If the municipality annexes only part of the area in the district, the governing bodies of the municipality and the district may make contracts relating to the division and allocation between themselves of their duplicate and overlapping powers, duties, and other functions and relating to the use, management, control, purchase, conveyance, assumption, and disposition of the property and other assets, debts, liabilities, and obligations of the district. (b) The municipality may annex the unincorporated area of an airport owned by the municipality that is noncontiguous to the boundaries of the municipality regardless of whether the airport is located in the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction. (c) If the district is located wholly in two or more municipalities, the district may be abolished by agreement among the district and the municipalities in which the district is located. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. SUBCHAPTER C-3. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. Sept. 1, 1999. 6 (S.B. (2) appraised for ad valorem tax purposes as land for agricultural or wildlife management use under Subchapter C or D, Chapter 23, Tax Code, or as timber land under Subchapter E of that chapter. 1167, Sec. 787, Sec. Sec. Welcome to Midland, Texas! (b) A political subdivision's immunity from suit is waived in regard to an action under this chapter. (d) The notice for each hearing must be published at least once on or after the 20th day but before the 10th day before the date of the hearing. December 1, 2017. SUBCHAPTER C-5. (d) This section does not authorize the municipality to extend its boundaries to include area that is part of or belongs to another municipality. 155 (H.B. ANNEXATION BY CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES THAT OPERATE MUNICIPALLY OWNED WATER UTILITY. The municipality may combine the district system or property with the municipality's similar system or property if: (1) the municipality has no outstanding revenue bonds, warrants, or other obligations payable from and secured by a pledge of the net revenue of its own utility system or property; or, (A) has outstanding obligations payable from and secured by a pledge of net revenues sufficient to meet the outstanding obligations; and. 43.903. Sec. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 374), Sec. The governing body and landowners may renew or extend the contract for successive periods not to exceed 10 years each. 347), Sec. The municipality may impose reasonable charges, such as building inspection and permit fees, on residents or landowners for actions or procedures performed by the municipality in connection with the limited purposes for which the area is annexed. Sec. 1, eff. 1, eff. (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. Sec. 43.062. 374), Sec. (a) In this section, "public entity" includes a county, fire protection service provider, including a volunteer fire department, emergency medical services provider, including a volunteer emergency medical services provider, or special district described by Section 43.062(b)(2)(B). 6), Sec. (f) A district, eligible municipality, or person may join or become a party to a regional participation agreement in the manner authorized in the agreement. Sec. June 18, 1999. This requirement may be waived and the date for full-purpose annexation postponed by written agreement between the municipality and a majority of the affected landowners. (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. Aug. 28, 1989. 43.147. September 1, 2011. 11.255, eff. 822, Sec. (2) if the consent of the owners of land in the area is required under Section 43.0695, the 78th day after the date the petition period to obtain that consent ends. 1, Sec. RESULTS OF PETITION. (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. ANNEXATION, EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION, AND EMINENT DOMAIN ON INACCESSIBLE GULF ISLAND. The board of trustees must be composed of not more than five members appointed by the governing bodies of the municipalities. Pearland is one of several Texas cities that appeared to quickly annex areas in their extraterritorial jurisdiction, or ETJ, right before a new law established by Senate Bill 6 took effect. December 1, 2017. (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. (b) A municipality that proposes to annex an area located in an industrial district subject to a contract described by Section 42.044(c) may initiate the annexation only: (1) on or after the date the contract expires, including any period renewing or extending the contract; or. 5 0 obj
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. (g) A regional participation agreement is not required to describe the land contained within the boundaries of a party to the agreement, but any territory to be released from the extraterritorial jurisdiction of an eligible municipality that is a party under an agreement must be described in sufficient detail to convey title to land and the description must be made a part of the agreement. endobj
May 24, 2019. 55(b), eff. (d) The municipality must post notice of the hearing on the municipality's Internet website if the municipality has an Internet website and publish notice of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality and in the area proposed for annexation. (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. (1) require the creation of another political subdivision; (2) require a landowner in the area to fund the capital improvements necessary to provide municipal services in a manner inconsistent with Chapter 395 unless otherwise agreed to by the landowner; (3) provide services in the area in a manner that would have the effect of reducing by more than a negligible amount the level of fire and police protection and emergency medical services provided within the corporate boundaries of the municipality before annexation; (4) provide services in the area in a manner that would have the effect of reducing by more than a negligible amount the level of fire and police protection and emergency medical services provided within the area before annexation; or. (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. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 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. Stay up-to-date and aware with community involvement opportunities, latest news and social media connections with the City. APPLICABILITY. (c) 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. Aug. 28, 1989. Sept. 1, 1987. (2) the special district shall resume the use of the utilities acquired and paid for by the municipality and shall thereafter acquire the utilities from the municipality and reimburse the municipality for amounts the municipality paid the developer. (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. 6), Sec. The report must contain the results of the planning study conducted for the area in accordance with Subsection (c) and must contain the regulatory plan prepared for the area in accordance with Subsection (d). David T. Friendswood, TX . 155 (H.B. (2) a regional participation agreement is a "contract subject to this subchapter" within the meaning of Section 271.151(2), without regard to whether the agreement is for providing goods or services. 15 0 obj
Sec. For purposes of this subsection, a property owner is the owner as indicated by the appraisal records furnished by the appraisal district for each county in which the area that would be newly included in the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction is located. DISANNEXATION OF LAND IN A MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT. ANNEXATION OF WATER-RELATED SPECIAL DISTRICT: REIMBURSEMENT OF LANDOWNER OR DEVELOPER; CONTINUATION OF DISTRICT AND TAXING AUTHORITY. 16, eff. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. PROCEDURES APPLICABLE. May 24, 2019. 43.0691. Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. (c) A strategic partnership agreement shall not be effective until adopted by the governing bodies of the municipality and the district. The total annual amount of the payments may not exceed the lesser of: (1) the total annual cost to the municipality of providing the water and sanitary sewer utility service, including both capital and operation and maintenance costs and expenses; or. (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. The contract or agreement may contain other terms considered appropriate by the parties. 199 (H.B. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1217 (S.B. The term does not include a groundwater conservation district operating under Chapter 36, Water Code, or a special utility district operating under Chapter 65, Water Code. They can only puppet any city which they gain, through conquest, trade, or by using a merchant of Venice to purchase a city state. Sec. 43.136. (3) the municipality may collect a waste and wastewater surcharge for customers in the district after restoration of full-purpose annexation provided that: (A) notice of such proposed surcharge is provided to the board of a district six months prior to restoration of full-purpose annexation; (B) the surcharge does not exceed the cost of a post-annexation surcharge to any other district annexed by the municipality; and. The governing body of a municipality must conduct at least one public hearing not earlier than the 21st day and not later than the 30th day after the date the governing body adopts the resolution under Section 43.0682. September 1, 2021. DISANNEXATION OF SPARSELY POPULATED AREA IN GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY. A map illustrating the areas covered by the annex is as follows. 43.126. PERIOD FOR COMPLETION OF ANNEXATION. However, nothing herein shall prevent the municipality from terminating the agreement and instituting proceedings to annex the district, on request by the governing body of the district, on any date prior to the full-purpose annexation conversion date established by the strategic partnership agreement under the procedures prescribed by Subchapter C-1. ELECTION. (2) the owner of the right-of-way does not submit a written objection to the municipality before the date of the proposed annexation. MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF ANNEXATION EACH YEAR. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1263, Sec. 6 (S.B. (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. 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