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Senate Bill 6 (1st C.S.) |
Senate Author: Campbell et al. |
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Effective: 12-1-17 |
House Sponsor: Huberty et al. |
Senate Bill 6 amends the Local Government Code to revise provisions relating to municipal annexation. The bill, among other provisions, differentiates between annexation by a tier 1 municipality and annexation by a tier 2 municipality, as those municipalities are defined by the bill. The bill makes certain existing general annexation authority provisions applicable to tier 1 and tier 2 municipalities and other such provisions applicable only to a tier 1 municipality.
Senate Bill 6 authorizes a tier 2 municipality to annex an area with a population of less than 200 only if 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, if the registered voters of the area do not own more than 50 percent of the land in the area, the petition is signed by more than 50 percent of the owners of land in the area. The bill authorizes a tier 2 municipality to annex an area with a population of 200 or more only if 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, if the registered voters of the area do not own more than 50 percent of the land in the area, the municipality obtains consent to annex the area through a petition signed by more than 50 percent of the owners of land in the area. The bill also authorizes a tier 2 municipality to annex an area if each owner of land in the area requests the annexation.
Senate Bill 6 amends the Special District Local Laws Code to require certain local voter approval regarding the annexation of the Travis County Municipal Utility District Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 and the Travis County Water Control and Improvement District No. 19.