Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 43.0687 · Subchapter C-4. ANNEXATION OF AREAS WITH POPULATION OF LESS THAN 200 BY PETITION
VOTER APPROVAL BY MUNICIPAL RESIDENTS ON PETITION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
If a petition protesting the annexation of an area under this subchapter is signed by a number of registered voters of the municipality proposing the annexation equal to at least 50 percent of the number of voters who voted in the most recent municipal election and is received by the secretary of the municipality before the date the petition period prescribed by Section 43.0685 ends, the municipality may not complete the annexation of the area without approval of a majority of the voters of the municipality voting at an election called and held for that purpose.
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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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