Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 43.0691 · Subchapter C-5. ANNEXATION OF AREAS WITH POPULATION OF AT LEAST 200 BY ELECTION
AUTHORITY TO ANNEX.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A municipality may annex an area with a population of 200 or more only if the following conditions are met, as applicable:
(1) the municipality holds an election in the area proposed to be annexed at which the qualified voters of the area may vote on the question of the annexation and a majority of the votes received at the election approve the annexation; and
(2) if the registered voters of the area do not own more than 50 percent of the land in the area, the municipality obtains consent to annex the area through a petition 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
- Edition
- 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
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