Texas Local Government Code 43.052 – Municipal Annexation Plan Required
(f-1) In addition to the notice provided under Subsection (f), a home-rule municipality, before the 90th day after the date the municipality adopts or amends an annexation plan under this section, shall give written notice as provided by this subsection to each property owner in any area that would be newly included in the municipality’s extraterritorial jurisdiction as a result of the proposed annexation. 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. The notice must include:
(1) a description of the area that has been included in the municipality’s annexation plan;
(2) a statement that the completed annexation of that area will expand the municipality’s extraterritorial jurisdiction to include all or part of the property owner’s property;
(3) a statement of the purpose of extraterritorial jurisdiction designation as provided by § 42.001; and
(4) a brief description of each municipal ordinance that would be applicable, as authorized by § 212.003, in the area that would be newly included in the municipality’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.
Terms Used In Texas Local Government Code 43.052
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Appraisal: A determination of property value.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Home-rule municipality: means a municipality designated by Chapter 5 as a home-rule municipality. See Texas Local Government Code 1.005
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Municipality: means a general-law municipality, home-rule municipality, or special-law municipality. See Texas Local Government Code 1.005
- Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Written: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(f-2) In addition to the notice requirements under Subsection (f), a home-rule municipality, before the 90th day after the date the municipality adopts or amends an annexation plan under this section, shall create, or contract for the creation of, and make publicly available a digital map that identifies the area proposed for annexation and any area that would be newly included in the municipality’s extraterritorial jurisdiction as a result of the proposed annexation. A digital map required under this subsection must be made available without charge and in a format widely used by common geographic information system software or in any other widely used electronic format if the municipality does not have common geographic information system software. If the municipality maintains an Internet website, the municipality shall make the digital map available on the municipality’s website.
Without reference to the amendment of this section, this section was repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 155 (H.B. 347), Sec. 1.01, eff. May 24, 2019.
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