Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 43.012 · Subchapter A-1. GENERAL AUTHORITY TO ANNEX
AUTHORITY OF TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY TO ANNEX AREA IT OWNS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The governing body of a Type A general-law municipality by ordinance may annex area that the municipality owns under the procedures prescribed by Subchapter C-1. The ordinance must describe the area by metes and bounds and must be entered in the minutes of the governing body.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Transferred, redesignated and amended from Local Government Code, Section 43.026 by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 5, eff. December 1, 2017.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.43.htm
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