Annexation By Certain Municipalities That Operate Municipally Owned Water Utility

Sec. 43.083. ANNEXATION BY CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES THAT OPERATE MUNICIPALLY OWNED WATER UTILITY. (a) This section applies only to a municipality that: (1) operates a municipally owned water utility; and (2) is a party to a strategic partnership agreement: (A) with a municipal utility district; and (B) under which the municipality contemplates annexing 400 or more water or wastewater connections that are not located in the district. (b) A municipality authorized or required to annex a district for full purposes under a strategic partnership agreement under Section 43.0751: (1) may not annex the district without also annexing all of the unincorporated area served by the district that is located in the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction; and (2) must receive approval for the annexations under the agreement and Subdivision (1) as required by Subchapter C-3, C-4, or C-5, as applicable, before annexation. Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 632 (S.B. 1468), Sec. 2, eff. June 10, 2019. SUBCHAPTER E. ANNEXATION PROVISIONS RELATING TO RESERVOIRS, AIRPORTS, STREETS, AND CERTAIN OTHER AREAS