Section 43.0681. Authority to Annex

TX Loc Govt Code § 43.0681 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 43.0681. AUTHORITY TO ANNEX. A municipality may annex an area with a population of less than 200 only if the following conditions are met, as applicable:

(1) the municipality obtains consent to annex the area through a petition signed by more than 50 percent of the registered voters of the area; and

(2) if the registered voters of the area do not own more than 50 percent of the land in the area, the petition described by Subdivision (1) is signed by more than 50 percent of the owners of land in the area.

Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 26, eff. December 1, 2017.