Section 43.083. Annexation by Certain Municipalities That Operate Municipally Owned Water Utility

TX Loc Govt Code § 43.083 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 43.083. ANNEXATION BY CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES THAT OPERATE MUNICIPALLY OWNED WATER UTILITY. (a) This section applies only to a municipality that:

(1) operates a municipally owned water utility; and

(2) is a party to a strategic partnership agreement:

(A) with a municipal utility district; and

(B) under which the municipality contemplates annexing 400 or more water or wastewater connections that are not located in the district.

(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

(2) must receive approval for the annexations under the agreement and Subdivision (1) as required by Subchapter C-3, C-4, or C-5, as applicable, before annexation.

Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 632 (S.B. 1468), Sec. 2, eff. June 10, 2019.