Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 43.054 · Subchapter C. LIMITATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS REGARDING ANNEXATIONS EXEMPTED FROM CONSENT ANNEXATION PROCEDURES
WIDTH REQUIREMENTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A municipality may not annex a publicly or privately owned area, including a strip of area following the course of a road, highway, river, stream, or creek, unless the width of the area at its narrowest point is at least 1,000 feet.
(b) The prohibition established by Subsection (a) does not apply if:
(1) the boundaries of the municipality are contiguous to the area on at least two sides;
(2) the annexation is initiated on the written petition of the owners or of a majority of the qualified voters of the area; or
(3) the area abuts or is contiguous to another jurisdictional boundary.
(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a municipality with a population of 21,000 or more located in a county with a population of 100,000 or more may annex a publicly owned strip or similar area following the course of a road or highway for the purpose of annexing territory contiguous to the strip or area if the territory contiguous to the strip or area was formerly used or was to be used in connection with or by a superconducting super collider high-energy research facility.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 3(d), eff. Aug. 28, 1989; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1167, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 768, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 16, eff. December 1, 2017.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.43.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
Cited by 8 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 43.054. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Local Government Code
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 43.062PROCEDURES APPLICABLE.Printed as Sections 43.054, 43.0545, 43.055, and 43.057
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 43.072AUTHORITY TO ANNEX MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT BY HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITY.Printed as Section 43.054
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 43.101ANNEXATION OF MUNICIPALLY OWNED RESERVOIR.Printed as Section 43.054
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 43.102ANNEXATION OF MUNICIPALLY OWNED AIRPORT.Printed as Section 43.054
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 43.1055ANNEXATION OF ROAD RIGHTS-OF-WAY ON REQUEST OR WITHOUT OBJECTION OF OWNER OR MAINTAINING POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.Printed as Section 43.054
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 43.1056ANNEXATION OF CONTIGUOUS OR CONNECTING RIGHTS-OF-WAY.Printed as Section 43.054
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 43.1057ANNEXATION OF AREA ADJACENT TO CONTIGUOUS OR CONNECTING RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY.Printed as Section 43.054
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 43.147WIDTH REQUIREMENT FOR DISANNEXATION.Printed as Section 43.054
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