Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 43.0685 · Subchapter C-4. ANNEXATION OF AREAS WITH POPULATION OF LESS THAN 200 BY PETITION
PETITION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), the petition required by Section 43.0681 may be signed only by a registered voter of the area proposed to be annexed.
(a-1) If the registered voters of the area proposed to be annexed do not own more than 50 percent of the land in the area, the petition required by Section 43.0681 may also be signed by the owners of land in the area that are not registered voters. Notwithstanding Subsection (e), the municipality may provide for an owner of land in the area that is not a resident of the area to sign the petition electronically.
(a-2) The petition must clearly indicate that the person is signing as a registered voter of the area, an owner of land in the area, or both.
(b) The municipality may collect signatures on the petition only during the period beginning on the 31st day after the date the governing body of the municipality adopts the resolution under Section 43.0682 and ending on the 180th day after the date the resolution is adopted.
(c) The petition must clearly state that a person signing the petition is consenting to the proposed annexation.
(d) The petition must include a map of and describe the area proposed to be annexed.
(e) Signatures collected on the petition must be in writing.
(f) Chapter 277, Election Code, applies to a petition under this section.
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.
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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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Local Government Code
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 43.0683NOTICE OF PROPOSED ANNEXATION.Printed as Section 43.0685
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 43.0686RESULTS OF PETITION.Printed as Section 43.0685
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 43.0687VOTER APPROVAL BY MUNICIPAL RESIDENTS ON PETITION.Printed as Section 43.0685
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 43.0695PROPERTY OWNER CONSENT REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN AREAS.Printed as Section 43.0685(e) | Sections 43.0685(b)
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