The board shall charge and collect sufficient rates for the services of the system or property and shall apply the revenue to comply with each covenant or agreement contained in the proceedings relating to the revenue bonds, warrants, or other obligations with respect to the payment of principal and interest and the maintenance of reserves and other funds. The City will continue to consider SPAs with utility districts for the purpose of limited purpose annexation within the City's ETJ. 4257), Sec. The population of Texas increased fourfold between 1900 and 1980, when one-third of all Texans were either African American or Hispanic. June 15, 2007. Sec. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. (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. (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 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. (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. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 43.015. 1167, Sec. 3(h), eff. Sept. 1, 1987. The protest must state the name, address, and age of each protester who signs. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. (i) The municipality may issue revenue refunding bonds or 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 solely from net revenues. 347), Sec. If the property is Sec. May 24, 2019. 6 (S.B. They can only puppet any city which they gain, through conquest, trade, or by using a merchant of Venice to purchase a city state. The municipality may not be required to perform any drainage functions in the district. 1, eff. 43.07515. 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. Sec. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. (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. Notwithstanding any other law, a municipality may by ordinance annex a road right-of-way on request of the owner of the right-of-way or the governing body of the political subdivision that maintains the right-of-way under the procedures prescribed by Subchapter C-1. Tornado Debris Update City Sanitation crews, with the help of debris removal partners, have hauled away nearly 10,675 cubic yards of storm waste. 43.0682. 32, eff. (3) the area, excluding road or highway right-of-way, is less than 600 acres. 1420, Sec. (a) This section applies to a municipality that contains, as a result of the annexation by or the incorporation of the municipality, any 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, if: (1) the balance of the area in the district is located in one or more other municipalities; (2) the district is not created by a special act of the legislature and the balance of the area is located in one or more other municipalities and in an unincorporated area; or. 1, eff. ANNEXATION, EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION, AND EMINENT DOMAIN ON INACCESSIBLE GULF ISLAND. 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. The annexation of an area must be completed within 90 days after the date the governing body institutes the annexation proceedings or those proceedings are void. (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. September 1, 2021. 597, Sec. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. stream 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. 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. 1312), Sec. This building is needed to mobilize any unit in a city. (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. Mesquite has identified 11 tracts for annexation reaching well into Kaufman County, as much as 17 miles from the first-ring suburb's downtown. If, on the date the election order is adopted, the general-law municipality has instituted but not completed proceedings to annex area in the district, the general-law municipality may complete the annexation while the election is pending. Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, eff. Sec. (b) On a vote of at least two-thirds of the entire membership of the governing body of the municipality, the governing body may adopt an ordinance abolishing the district if the governing body finds: (A) the district is no longer needed; or, (B) the services furnished and functions performed by the district can be furnished and performed by the municipality; and. The contract may not impair the obligation of another contract of the municipality or district. This TAR-supported new law comes out of this year's special legislative session and was one of the many ways Texas REALTORS strongly advocated for pro-property rights legislation on behalf of real estate consumers. In the absence of such a contract, the district may continue to exercise, unaffected by the annexation, the powers, duties, and other functions granted or imposed on the district by law. 2702), Sec. Cool. (e) The signatures to the petition need not be appended to one paper. (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. Sec. Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 155 (H.B. 2015-2017 Annexation Map. 43.203. (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. (a) If the municipality fails to annex the area for full purposes as required by Section 43.127(a), any affected person may petition the district court to compel the annexation of the area for full purposes or the disannexation of the area. 822, Sec. (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. 768, Sec. LIMITATION ON EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES. May 24, 2019. (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. AUTHORITY TO ANNEX AREA ON REQUEST OF OWNERS. 4. (9) public safety and security, including law enforcement, firefighting and fire prevention, emergency services and facilities, and homeland security. Immediately after the presentation of the petition, the governing body shall reconsider the ordinance. Text of section as added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 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. Sec. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 43.063. (11) any other term to which the parties agree. 2.13, eff. If the municipality proposes a schedule to extend the period for providing certain services, the schedule must provide for the provision of full municipal services no later than 4-1/2 years after the effective date of the annexation. Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. December 1, 2017. Sept. 1, 1999. 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. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. (j) A regional development agreement and any action taken under the agreement is not subject to any method of approval under the Water Code or any method of appeal under the Water Code. (C) if the municipality is a home-rule municipality, in any area that would be newly included in the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction by the expansion of the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction resulting from the proposed annexation. December 1, 2017. 81, eff. The ordinance must provide for the levy of taxes on all taxable property in the municipality to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds when due. The governing body may make written contracts or agreements with the owners of land in the industrial district, to guarantee the continuation of the limited purpose annexation status of the district and its immunity from general purpose annexation for a period not to exceed 10 years. 6), Sec. 692 (H.B. 155 (H.B. Sec. (a) The governing body of a municipality must conduct an initial 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 43.0692. In 2017, the Texas Legislature passed a law that requires cities to canvass would-be annexations, allowing residents there to vote on the matter. 774 (H.B. 347), Sec. (2) "Limited-purpose annexation" means annexation authorized under Section 43.121. Sept. 1, 1995. 43.0691. Before the date of each hearing, the notice must be published at least once on or after the 20th day before the hearing date and must contain: (1) a statement of the purpose of the hearing; (2) a statement of the date, time, and place of the hearing; and. Sec. (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. Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. The ballot in an election held under Subsection (c) shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "Authorizing the (specify the incorporation of or the adoption of an alternate form of local government for) (insert name of local government) and the adoption of an initial property tax rate of not more than (specify the maximum rate determined).". (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. AUTHORITY TO ANNEX MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT BY HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITY. (2) for that part of the district for which the district does not provide water and sanitary sewer utility service, and for which a municipality does provide those services, provide for periodic payments, as described by Subsection (b), by the district to the municipality that provides the services. 6 from 2017 had already done that for cities in the largest counties.) <> The district is abolished on the date the duties and assumption take effect. (4) was not, on April 1, 1971, a party to a contract providing for a federal grant for research and development under 33 U.S.C. 1420, Sec. Sec. (b) On the next uniform election date that occurs after the date on which the criminal justice division of the governor's office issues a written determination that a municipality is a defunding municipality and the time required by Section 3.005, Election Code, the defunding municipality shall hold a separate election in each area annexed in the preceding 30 years by the defunding municipality on the question of disannexing the area. (3) must be recorded in the deed records of any county in which is located any territory of a district that is or that becomes a party to the agreement. Sec. (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. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. (6) may require the municipality to pay the person's costs and reasonable attorney's fees in bringing the action for the writ. (a) A general-law municipality may annex: (1) a reservoir owned by the municipality and used to supply water to the municipality; (2) any land contiguous to the reservoir and subject to an easement for flood control purposes in favor of the municipality; 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. 2.02, eff. (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. 155 (H.B. December 1, 2017. 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. (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. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. Transferred and redesignated from Local Government Code, Section 43.037 by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 43.052. May 24, 2019. 55(a), eff. 6), Sec. 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. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1900), Sec. (b) A notice to a public school district shall contain a description of: (1) the area within the district proposed for annexation; (2) any financial impact on the district resulting from the annexation, including any changes in utility costs; and. (a) This section applies only to a conservation and reclamation district, including a municipal utility district, that: (1) is located wholly in more than one municipality, but on April 1, 1971, was not wholly in more than one municipality; (2) was created or exists under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; (3) provides or has provided a fresh water supply, sanitary sewer services, and drainage services; and. PETITION. 15 0 obj House Bill 347, related to ending forced annexation in Texas, became . Sec. Exercise. (c) The governing body may acquire land in the added area by purchase, condemnation, or gift. (b) Notwithstanding any contrary law or municipal charter provision, the governing body of a municipality and the governing body of one or more districts may enter into a regional development agreement to further regional cooperation between the municipality and the district. May 24, 2019. (c) The municipality may not impose a tax on any property in an area annexed for limited purposes or on any resident of the area for an activity occurring in the area. (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. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 7, eff. 8, eff. (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. The process can be started by either a petition (see below) or by a city council resolution. 25, eff. 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. May 1, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. Sec. Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 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. 347), Sec. 1, eff. 1263, Sec. If the county approves, it petitions the city on the. Sec. (a) A municipality disannexing a road or highway shall also disannex a strip of area that is equal in size to the minimum area that the municipality is required to annex in order to comply with the width requirements of Section 43.054 unless such disannexation is undertaken with the mutual agreement of the county government and the municipality. May 24, 2019. Garbage & Recycling View pick up schedules, guidelines and report a missed pickup. A home-rule municipality may take the following actions according to rules as may be provided by the charter of the municipality and not inconsistent with the requirements prescribed by this chapter: (1) fix the boundaries of the municipality; (2) extend the boundaries of the municipality and annex area adjacent to the municipality; and. 43.0688. 2726), Sec. 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