Tex. Local Gov't Code Section 43.072
Authority to Annex Municipal Utility District by Home-rule Municipality


(a)

This section applies to a municipal utility district that is located entirely in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a single general-law municipality and that has a common boundary with at least one home-rule municipality.

(b)

A home-rule municipality having a common boundary with a district subject to this section may annex the area of the district if:

(1)

the annexation is approved by a majority of the qualified voters who vote on the question at an election held under this section;

(2)

the annexation is completed before the date that is one year after the date of the election; and

(3)

all the area of the district is annexed.

(c)

Area annexed under Subsection (b) is included in computing the amount of area that a municipality may annex under Section 43.055 (Maximum Amount of Annexation Each Year) in a calendar year. If the area to be annexed exceeds the amount of area the municipality would otherwise be able to annex, the municipality may annex the area but may not annex additional area during the remainder of that calendar year, except area subject to Subsection (b) and area that is excluded from the computation under Section 43.055 (Maximum Amount of Annexation Each Year).

(d)

Annexation of area under this section is exempt from the provisions of this chapter that prohibit:

(1)

a municipality from annexing area outside its extraterritorial jurisdiction;

(2)

annexation of area narrower than the minimum width prescribed by Section 43.054 (Width Requirements); or

(3)

reduction of the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality without the written consent of the municipality’s governing body.

(e)

If the district is composed of two or more tracts, at least one of which is not contiguous to the home-rule municipality, the fact that the annexation will result in one or more parts of the home-rule municipality being not contiguous to the rest of the municipality does not affect the municipality’s authority to annex the district.

(f)

The extraterritorial jurisdiction of a home-rule municipality is not expanded by the annexation of area under this section.

(g)

The board of directors of the district may order an election under this section. The board shall conduct the election in the area composed of the district and the general-law municipality. A person who is qualified to vote in the general-law municipality or the district is eligible to vote in the election.

(h)

The board of directors shall set the date of the election for the first uniform election date that falls on or after the 30th day after the date of the order. If a state law prescribing uniform election dates is not in effect on the date of the order, the board shall set the election for a date that falls on or after the 30th day but before the 60th day after the date of the order.

(i)

The board of directors shall give notice of the election in the manner provided for an election of the members of the board. The ballot for the election shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the proposition: “Authorizing the municipality of (name of the home-rule municipality) to annex the unincorporated area of the (name of the district).”

(j)

Promptly after the board of directors declares the result of the election:

(1)

the board shall mail or deliver a certified copy of the resolution declaring the result of the election to the mayor and the secretary of each of the two affected municipalities; and

(2)

if the election authorizes annexation of the district by the home-rule municipality, the board shall file a certified copy of the resolution in the deed records of each county in which the district is located.

(k)

During the time that an election under this section is pending, the general-law municipality may not annex area in the district. For the purposes of this requirement, an election is pending during the period that begins on the date the board of directors adopts the election order and ends on the date the board declares the result of the election. If, on the date the election order is adopted, the general-law municipality has instituted but not completed proceedings to annex area in the district, the general-law municipality may complete the annexation while the election is pending. If proceedings are completed while the election is pending, the annexation, to the extent that it includes area in the district, takes effect only if the election results in the defeat of the question and, in that case, it takes effect on the date the result of the election is officially declared.

(l)

If the question is approved, the period during which the general-law municipality is prohibited from annexing area in the district is extended to the date that is one year after the date of the election.

(m)

If a district holds an election under this section, the district may not hold another election under this section before the date that is one year after the date of the earlier election, except that if an election is held on a uniform election date prescribed by law, the subsequent election may be held on the corresponding uniform election date of the following year.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 3(h), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.
Sec. 43.073. ABOLITION OF, OR DIVISION OF FUNCTIONS OF, LEVEE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ANNEXED BY MUNICIPALITY WITH POPULATION OF MORE THAN 500,000. (a) This section applies to a municipality with a population of more than 500,000 that annexes all or part of the area in a levee improvement district organized under the laws of this state.

(b)

If the municipality annexes all the area in the district, the municipality:

(1)

shall take over the property and other assets of the district;

(2)

assumes all the debts, liabilities, and obligations of the district; and

(3)

shall perform all the functions of the district, including the provision of services.

(c)

The district is abolished on the annexation of all of its area by the municipality. The abolition of the district does not impair or otherwise affect a contract between the district and a flood control district or other governmental agency for the operation or maintenance of levees or other flood control works, but the municipality assumes the rights and obligations of the district under the contract. On the annexation of all of the area of the district, the municipality may refund, in whole or in part, any outstanding bonded indebtedness and may provide for a sufficient sinking fund to meet any refunding bonds issued.

(d)

If the municipality annexes only part of the area in the district, the governing bodies of the municipality and the district may make contracts relating to the division and allocation between themselves of their duplicate and overlapping powers, duties, and other functions and relating to the use, management, control, purchase, conveyance, assumption, and disposition of the property and other assets, debts, liabilities, and obligations of the district. The amount of taxes levied by the district against a parcel of real estate subsequently annexed by the municipality shall be credited against any property taxes levied against the parcel by the municipality.

(e)

If the municipality annexes only part of the area in the district, the district may contract with the municipality for the municipal operation of the district’s utility systems and other property and for the transfer, conveyance, or sale of those systems and that property, regardless of kind or location inside or outside municipal boundaries, to the municipality on terms to which the governing bodies of the district and municipality agree. That operating contract may extend for a period, not to exceed 30 years, stipulated in the contract and is subject to amendment, renewal, or termination by the mutual consent of the governing bodies. The contract may not impair the obligation of another contract of the municipality or district. In the absence of such a contract, the district may continue to exercise, unaffected by the annexation, the powers, duties, and other functions granted or imposed on the district by law. The municipality may not be required to perform any drainage functions in the district. The municipality may, with the consent of the district, construct and maintain drainage facilities in the district that are consistent with the reclamation plan of the district. The municipality may perform all other municipal functions that the municipality is authorized to perform and that the district is not engaged in performing nor authorized to perform.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 597, Sec. 82, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.

Source: Section 43.072 — Authority to Annex Municipal Utility District by Home-rule Municipality, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.­43.­htm#43.­072 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

43.001
Definitions
43.002
Continuation of Land Use
43.003
Authority of Home-rule Municipality to Annex Area and Take Other Actions Regarding Boundaries
43.004
Annexation by Defunding Municipality Prohibited
43.005
Required Disclosure Before Annexation Agreement
43.012
Authority of Type a General-law Municipality to Annex Area It Owns
43.013
Authority of Municipality to Annex Navigable Stream
43.014
Authority to Annex Limited to Extraterritorial Jurisdiction
43.015
Authority of Adjacent Municipalities to Change Boundaries by Agreement
43.016
Authority of Municipality to Annex Area Qualified for Agricultural or Wildlife Management Use or as Timber Land
43.017
Prohibition Against Annexation to Surround Municipality in Certain Counties
43.052
Municipal Annexation Plan Required
43.054
Width Requirements
43.055
Maximum Amount of Annexation Each Year
43.056
Provision of Services to Annexed Area
43.057
Annexation that Surrounds Area: Findings Required
43.061
Applicability
43.062
Procedures Applicable
43.063
Annexation Hearing Requirements
43.064
Period for Completion of Annexation
43.065
Provision of Services to Annexed Area
43.071
Authority to Annex Water or Sewer District
43.072
Authority to Annex Municipal Utility District by Home-rule Municipality
43.074
Abolition of Water-related Special District Created Wholly in Municipality
43.075
Abolition Of, or Division of Functions Of, Water-related Special District that Becomes Part of Not More than One Municipality
43.076
Abolition of Water-related Special District that Becomes Part of More than One Municipality
43.079
Consent Requirement for Annexation of Area in Certain Conservation and Reclamation Districts
43.080
Municipal Bonds Used to Carry out Purposes of Abolished Conservation and Reclamation District
43.081
Continuation of Certain Municipal Water Boards on Annexation of Water Control and Improvement District
43.082
Annexation by Certain Municipalities of Land Owned by Navigation District
43.083
Annexation by Certain Municipalities that Operate Municipally Owned Water Utility
43.101
Annexation of Municipally Owned Reservoir
43.102
Annexation of Municipally Owned Airport
43.106
Annexation of County Roads Required in Certain Circumstances
43.0115
Authority of Certain Municipalities to Annex Enclaves
43.0116
Authority of Municipality to Annex Industrial Districts
43.0117
Authority of Municipality to Annex Area near Military Base
43.121
Authority of Populous Home-rule Municipalities to Annex for Limited Purposes
43.122
Certain Strip Annexations Prohibited
43.123
Report Regarding Planning Study and Regulatory Plan
43.124
Public Hearings
43.125
Adoption of Regulatory Plan
43.126
Period for Completion of Annexation
43.127
Annexation for Full Purposes
43.128
Judicial Remedies: Forced Annexation or Disannexation
43.129
Consensual Annexation
43.130
Effect of Annexation on Voting Rights, Eligibility for Office, and Taxing Authority
43.131
Effect of Annexation on Extraterritorial Jurisdiction
43.132
Municipal Incorporation in Annexed Area
43.136
Authority of Special-law Municipality to Annex for Limited Purposes Along Navigable Stream
43.141
Disannexation for Failure to Provide Services
43.142
Disannexation According to Municipal Charter in Home-rule Municipality
43.143
Disannexation by Petition and Election in General-law Municipality
43.144
Disannexation of Sparsely Populated Area in General-law Municipality
43.145
Disannexation of Unimproved Area or Nontaxable Area in Certain Municipalities
43.146
Disannexation of Land in a Municipal Utility District
43.147
Width Requirement for Disannexation
43.148
Refund of Taxes and Fees
43.201
Definitions
43.202
Applicability
43.203
Alteration of Annexation Status
43.0505
Applicability
43.0545
Annexation of Certain Adjacent Areas
43.0561
Annexation Hearing Requirements
43.0565
Access to Services by Certain Municipalities in Annexed Area
43.0635
Map Requirement for Proposed Annexation
43.0661
Provision of Certain Services to Annexed Area
43.0663
Effect on Other Law
43.0671
Authority to Annex Area on Request of Owners
43.0672
Written Agreement Regarding Services
43.0673
Public Hearing
43.0681
Authority to Annex
43.0682
Resolution
43.0683
Notice of Proposed Annexation
43.0684
Public Hearing
43.0685
Petition
43.0686
Results of Petition
43.0687
Voter Approval by Municipal Residents on Petition
43.0688
Retaliation for Annexation Disapproval Prohibited
43.0691
Authority to Annex
43.0692
Resolution
43.0693
Notice of Proposed Annexation
43.0694
Public Hearings
43.0695
Property Owner Consent Required for Certain Areas
43.0696
Election
43.0697
Results of Election and Petition
43.0698
Voter Approval by Municipal Residents on Petition
43.0699
Retaliation for Annexation Disapproval Prohibited
43.0712
Invalidation of Annexation of Special District
43.0715
Annexation of Water-related Special District: Reimbursement of Landowner or Developer
43.0751
Strategic Partnerships for Continuation of Certain Districts
43.0753
Regional Development Agreements
43.0754
Regional Participation Agreements
43.0755
Procedures for Incorporation or Establishment of Another Form of Local Government for Certain Areas Subject to Regional Participation Agreement
43.0761
Provision of Water and Sanitary Sewer Utility Service
43.901
Circumstances in Which Consent to Boundaries or Annexation Is Presumed
43.902
Annexation, Extraterritorial Jurisdiction, and Eminent Domain on Inaccessible Gulf Island
43.903
Effect of Annexation on Railroad Switching Limits or Rates
43.905
Effect of Annexation on Operation of School District
43.907
Effect of Annexation on Colonias
43.908
Enforcement of Chapter
43.1025
Annexation of Noncontiguous Municipally Owned Airport by Certain Municipalities
43.1055
Annexation of Road Rights-of-way on Request or Without Objection of Owner or Maintaining Political Subdivision
43.1056
Annexation of Contiguous or Connecting Rights-of-way
43.1211
Use of Consent Procedures to Annex for Limited Purposes
43.1463
Disannexation of Areas Annexed During Transition from Nonconsent to Consent Annexation Model
43.1465
Disannexation from Defunding Municipality
43.07515
Regulation of Fireworks Under Strategic Partnership Agreement Law
43.9051
Effect of Annexation on Public Entities or Political Subdivisions

Accessed:
Jun. 5, 2024

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