Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 43.0681 · Subchapter C-4. ANNEXATION OF AREAS WITH POPULATION OF LESS THAN 200 BY PETITION
AUTHORITY TO ANNEX.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A municipality may annex an area with a population of less than 200 only if the following conditions are met, as applicable:
(1) 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
(2) if the registered voters of the area do not own more than 50 percent of the land in the area, the petition described by Subdivision (1) is signed by more than 50 percent of the owners of land in the area.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 26, 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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