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            H.B. No. 3514
         
               AN ACT
            
            relating to the authority of a municipality to annex property in 
         
            certain water districts.
         
                   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                   SECTION 1.  Section 43.071(e), Local Government Code, is 
         
            amended to read as follows:
         
                   (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
         
                               (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]
         
                         (3)  a part of a special utility district created or 
         
            operating under Chapter 65, Water Code; or
         
                         (4)  a property by a municipality with a population of 
         
            less than 3,000 if the governing body of a water or sewer district 
         
            the boundaries of which include the property consents to the 
         
            annexation.
         
                   SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
         
            ______________________________
            ______________________________
         
               President of the Senate
            Speaker of the House     
         
                   I certify that H.B. No. 3514 was passed by the House on April 
         
            20, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 117, Nays 29, 2 present, not 
         
            voting.
         
            ______________________________
         
            Chief Clerk of the House   
         
                   I certify that H.B. No. 3514 was passed by the Senate on May 
         
            16, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 28, Nays 3.
         
            ______________________________
         
            Secretary of the Senate    
         
            APPROVED:  _____________________
         
                               Date          
         
                      _____________________
         
                             Governor       
         
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: Local Government Code 43.071 (Local Government Code 43)
House Committee Report: Local Government Code 43.071 (Local Government Code 43)
Engrossed: Local Government Code 43.071 (Local Government Code 43)
Senate Committee Report: Local Government Code 43.071 (Local Government Code 43)
Enrolled: Local Government Code 43.071 (Local Government Code 43)




	AN ACT
	relating to the authority of a municipality to annex property in
	certain water districts.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 43.071(e), Local Government Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(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
	(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]
	(3) a part of a special utility district created or
	operating under Chapter 65, Water Code; or
	(4) a property by a municipality with a population of
	less than 3,000 if the governing body of a water or sewer district
	the boundaries of which include the property consents to the
	annexation.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.


	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 3514 was passed by the House on April
	20, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 117, Nays 29, 2 present, not
	voting.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 3514 was passed by the Senate on May
	16, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3.

	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: _____________________
	Date

	_____________________
	Governor