If the municipality maintains an Internet website, the municipality shall make the digital map available on the municipality's website. The full-purpose annexation conversion date established by a strategic partnership agreement may be altered only by mutual agreement of the district and the municipality. 6 from 2017 had already done that for cities in the largest counties.) 6 (S.B. (C) the annexed area does not exceed 525 feet in width at its widest point; (2) a water or sewer district that has a noncontiguous part that is not within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the municipality; or. The municipalities shall apply the net revenue from the operation of the system or property to the payment of outstanding revenue bonds, warrants, or other obligations as if the district had not been abolished. AUTHORITY OF ADJACENT MUNICIPALITIES TO CHANGE BOUNDARIES BY AGREEMENT. 2.01, see other Sec. 632 (S.B. Sec. (e) A municipality that, as a result of the annexation, provides utility services to a school district facility may charge the district for utility services at: (1) the same rate that the district was paying before the annexation; or. (5) "Regional participation agreement" means a contract or agreement entered into under this section or in anticipation of the enactment of this section and any amendment, modification, supplement, addition, renewal, or extension to or of the contract or agreement or any proceeding relating to the contract or agreement. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1163 (H.B. An election under this subsection may, consistent with the regional participation agreement, be ordered for the purpose of: (1) submitting to the qualified voters of the district the question of whether the territory of the district should be incorporated as a municipality; (2) submitting to the qualified voters of a designated area of the district the question of whether that designated area should be incorporated as a municipality; (3) submitting to the qualified voters of the district the question of whether the territory of the district should adopt a specific alternate form of local government other than a municipality; or. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. An amended service plan must provide for services that are comparable to or better than those established in the service plan before amendment. 103 (S.B. REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS. 1, eff. (c) The municipality succeeds to the powers, duties, assets, and obligations of the district as provided by this section. 6), Sec. (3) retail sales in the boundaries of the district will be treated for municipal sales tax purposes as if the district were annexed by the municipality for full purposes. Sec. 1, eff. (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. Pafford Tract 2021 Voluntary Annexation completed 04/13/2021. AUTHORITY TO ANNEX. 1082), Sec. December 1, 2017. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 6), Sec. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. ANNEXATION HEARING REQUIREMENTS. (k) A municipality that has annexed all or part of a district for limited purposes under this section may impose a sales and use tax within the boundaries of the part of the district that is annexed for limited purposes. (f) After the adoption of the ordinance extending the municipal boundaries, the municipality may fully regulate navigation, wharfage, including wharfage rates, and all facilities, conveniences, and aids to navigation or wharfage. Sec. (g) In any election ordered under Subsection (c), the governing body of the district may also submit to the voters voting in the election any other measure the governing body considers necessary and convenient to effectuate the transition to a municipal or alternate form of local government, including a measure on the question of whether, on incorporation as a municipality or establishment of an alternate form of local government, any rights, powers, privileges, duties, purposes, functions, or responsibilities of the district or the district's authority to issue bonds and impose a tax is transferred to the municipality or alternate form of local government. (3) a part of a special utility district created or operating under Chapter 65, Water Code. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. (c) The area described by Subsection (b) may be annexed under the requirements prescribed by Subchapter C-3, C-4, or C-5, as applicable, but the annexation may not occur unless each municipality in whose extraterritorial jurisdiction the area may be located: (2) reduces its extraterritorial jurisdiction over the area as provided by Section 42.023. [ 13 0 R] If a writ of mandamus is applied for, the municipality has the burden of proving that the services have been provided in accordance with the service plan in question. Except as provided by Section 43.0751, beginning December 1, 2017, a municipality described by Section 43.121(a) may annex an area for the limited purposes of applying its planning, zoning, health, and safety ordinances in the area using the procedures under Subchapter C-3, C-4, or C-5, as applicable. Sept. 1, 1987. 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).". 1. June 17, 1995; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. -Texas (cities with less than 5,000 residents) (citywide)(majority)-Wisconsin (only to appeal city decision to approve deannexation petition)(citywide)(majority) 27. 1, eff. (2) the sworn affidavit of the publisher of the newspaper in which the notice was published, stating the name of the newspaper and the issue and date of publication. Unlike other states, Texas does not allow for consolidated city-county governments. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. (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. A municipality may annex an area with a population of 200 or more only if the following conditions are met, as applicable: (1) the municipality holds an election in the area proposed to be annexed at which the qualified voters of the area may vote on the question of the annexation and a majority of the votes received at the election approve the annexation; and. 43.014. 5, eff. (c) A municipality required to refund money under this section shall refund the money to current landowners in the area not later than the 180th day after the date the area is disannexed. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. (a) This section applies only to an area: (1) eligible to be the subject of a development agreement under Subchapter G, Chapter 212; and. (iii) the district has obtained the authorization of the governmental entity currently providing the service; (3) payments by the municipality to the district for services provided by the district; (4) annexation of any commercial property in a district for full purposes by the municipality, notwithstanding any other provision of this code or the Water Code, except for the obligation of the municipality to provide, directly or through agreement with other units of government, full provision of municipal services to annexed territory, in lieu of any annexation of residential property or payment of any fee on residential property in lieu of annexation of residential property in the district authorized by this subsection; (5) a full-purpose annexation provision on terms acceptable to the municipality and the district; (6) conversion of the district to a limited district including some or all of the land included within the boundaries of the district, which conversion shall be effective on the full-purpose annexation conversion date established under Subdivision (5); (7) agreements existing between districts and governmental bodies and private providers of municipal services in existence on the date a municipality evidences its intention by adopting a resolution to negotiate for a strategic partnership agreement with the district shall be continued and provision made for modifications to such existing agreements; and. (C) use of the municipal sales taxes collected by the municipality for facilities or services in the district. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. The municipality may combine the different issues or the bonds of different issues of both district and municipal revenue bonds, warrants, or other obligations into one or more series of revenue refunding bonds. 82, eff. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. SUBCHAPTER A-1. 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. CALHOUN, John C. Served as Secretary of State in the Cabinet of President John Tyler, 1844-1845, and participated in the annexation negotiations. 1420, Sec. 43.905 by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. Sec. MAP REQUIREMENT FOR PROPOSED ANNEXATION. (p) This section shall be liberally construed so as to give effect to its legislative purposes and to sustain the validity of a regional participation agreement if the agreement was entered into under or in anticipation of enactment of this section. (a) Except as provided by Section 43.123(e), on or before the date prescribed by the regulatory plan under Section 43.123(d)(2), the municipality must annex the area for full purposes. June 15, 2007. (a) At the time the governing body of the municipality adopts an ordinance annexing an area for limited purposes, the governing body must also adopt by ordinance a regulatory plan for the area. (2) if the area was annexed under Subchapter C-3, C-4, or C-5, within the period specified by the written agreement under Section 43.0672 or the resolution under Section 43.0682 or 43.0692, as applicable. 1, eff. 18, eff. 1.01(4), eff. (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. The area may not exceed 2,500 feet in width on either side of the stream as measured from the thread of the stream and may not exceed 20 miles in length as measured in a direct line from the ordinary municipal boundaries, either above or below the boundaries, or both. (2) "Municipality" means a municipality with a population of 1.6 million or more. Sec. 6 (S.B. (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. In 2017, the Texas Legislature passed a law that requires cities to canvass would-be annexations, allowing residents there to vote on the matter. Any notice of a public hearing conducted under this subsection shall contain a statement of the purpose of the hearing, the date, time, and place of the hearing, and the location where copies of the proposed agreement may be obtained prior to the hearing. June 10, 2019. (e) Signatures collected on the petition must be in writing. 6), Sec. (e) The governing body of a municipality may not annex a district for limited purposes under this section or under the provisions of Subchapter F until it has adopted a strategic partnership agreement with the district. 1420, Sec. The City of Del Rio, Texas does hereby give notice of intention to issue Certificates of Obligation, in one or more series, in the maximum principal amount not to exceed $27,000,000, for the purpose of. 43.07515. Welcome to Midland, Texas! 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. Sec. Sept. 1, 2001. REGULATION OF FIREWORKS UNDER STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT LAW. May 24, 2019. Since League City is one of the fastest growing cities in Galveston County, or in Texas for that matter it's a good thing they had the fore sight to locate a Tax annex in the northern part of the county!!! Rhone Mortuary is one of the five businesses that wants to be de-annexed from the city. SUBCHAPTER C-4. 1, eff. December 1, 2017. The district court shall enter an order disannexing the area if the court finds that a valid petition was filed with the municipality and that the municipality failed to: (1) perform its obligations in accordance with: (A) the service plan under Section 43.056; (B) the written agreement entered into under Section 43.0672; or, (C) the resolution adopted under Section 43.0682 or 43.0692, as applicable; or. May 14, 2007. Sec. (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. 6 (S.B. Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 610), Sec. Sec. (b) A colonia that is annexed by a municipality remains eligible for five years after the effective date of the annexation to receive any form of assistance for which the colonia would be eligible if the annexation had not occurred. Renewal of the service plan is at the discretion of the municipality. 43.127. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 6), 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. 1, Sec. 16, eff. Sec. The petition for de-annexation must be written, request the de-annexation, be signed in ink or indelible pencil by the appropriate voters, be signed by each voter as that person's name appears. zqC;P$/J+,H={_:q9_)U$-c(b*Yw"f]60U{bJZhI{hdiV?MI`7 c"9PlmVSr8:}802O~Z${r.[ uQ/S&ix~Fa((]? September 1, 2019. 4, eff. (b) An election under this section shall be held in the same manner as general elections of the municipality. (f) The extraterritorial jurisdiction of a home-rule municipality is not expanded by the annexation of area under this section. (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. 248, Sec. (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. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 1.01, eff. 27, eff. 43.074. (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. December 1, 2017. (2) beginning to use land in the area in the manner that was planned for the land before the 90th day before the effective date of the annexation if: (A) one or more licenses, certificates, permits, approvals, or other forms of authorization by a governmental entity were required by law for the planned land use; and. (2) each municipality in whose extraterritorial jurisdiction the airport is located agrees to the annexation. December 1, 2017. 3, Sec. 347), Sec. (7) be presented to the secretary of the municipality. (b) If the municipality does not obtain the number of signatures on the petition required to annex the area, the municipality may not annex the area and may not adopt another resolution under Section 43.0682 to annex the area until the first anniversary of the date the petition period ended. 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. 36, eff. (d) Upon the request of any residents of a district subject to this section the municipality may conduct an election on a uniform election date at which election voters who are residents of the district may vote for or against a ballot proposal to dissolve the district. 1339, Sec. Section 43.055, which relates to the amount of area a municipality may annex in a calendar year, does not apply to the annexation. 76, Sec. (l) A service plan is valid for 10 years. <> December 1, 2017. 43.144. December 1, 2017. 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