Municipality'S Authority Regarding Defined Area

Sec. 51.537. MUNICIPALITY'S AUTHORITY REGARDING DEFINED AREA. (a) This section applies only to a municipality any portion of which is located in a county with a population of more than 1.2 million and less than 1.5 million. (b) A municipality may not annex a part of a defined area in a district that has adopted a plan for the defined area under this subchapter unless: (1) 90 percent or more of all facilities and infrastructure described by the plan has been installed and completed; and (2) the municipality: (A) annexes all of the defined area that is within the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction; and (B) assumes the pro rata share of the bonded indebtedness of the annexed area. (c) After the annexation occurs: (1) the annexed area is not eligible to be a defined area under this subchapter; and (2) the district may not impose in the annexed area a tax authorized for a defined area under this subchapter. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 962 (H.B. 1644), Sec. 3, eff. June 18, 2005. Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1163 (H.B. 2702), Sec. 182, eff. September 1, 2011. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 644 (H.B. 4559), Sec. 281, eff. September 1, 2023.