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89(R) SB 1965 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text
By: King
S.B. No. 1965
(Bell of Montgomery)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requirements for the addition of noncontiguous
territory to certain special districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 49.302(d), Water Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(d) The secretary of the board shall issue a notice setting
forth the time and place of the hearing and describing the area
proposed to be annexed. Notice of the hearing shall be given
:
(1)
by posting copies of the notice in three public
places in the district and in one public place in the area proposed
to be annexed for at least 14 days before the day of the hearing
;
(2)
[
and
] by publishing a copy of the notice in a
newspaper of general circulation in the county or counties in which
the area proposed to be annexed is located one time at least 14 days
before the day of the hearing
; and
(3)
if applicable, in the manner prescribed by Section
49.3021
.
SECTION 2. Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code, is amended
by adding Section 49.3021 to read as follows:
Sec.
49.3021.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN
PETITIONS TO ADD LAND TO CERTAIN DISTRICTS. (a) This section
applies only to a district governed by:
(1) Chapter 51, 53, 54, 55, or 65 of this code; or
(2) Chapter 375, Local Government Code.
(b)
This section applies only to a petition filed under
Section 49.302 for the annexation of land that is noncontiguous to
the district and located at the time the petition is filed:
(1)
more than three miles from the boundaries of the
district; or
(2)
in a county other than any county in which the
district is located.
(c)
A district that receives a petition described by
Subsection (b), in addition to the notice requirements under
Section 49.302, shall provide notice of the hearing:
(1)
in the manner required for notice of a regular
district meeting;
(2)
unless notice is waived by the county, to the
county clerk of the county in which the land proposed to be annexed
is located not later than the 30th day before the date of the
hearing; and
(3)
unless notice is waived by an owner, to each owner,
other than a petitioner, of taxable property as shown by the most
recent certified tax roll of the applicable central appraisal
district in the area proposed to be annexed by certified mail not
later than the 14th day before the date of the hearing.
(d)
On the request of the commissioners court of the county
in which the land proposed to be annexed is located, a petitioner
under this section shall submit to the commissioners court the
petition and any other relevant information reasonably requested by
the commissioners court relating to the proposed addition for
review. The board may not receive the proposed area as an addition
to the district if the petitioner does not comply with the request
of the county.
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
a petition submitted on or after the effective date of this Act. A
petition submitted before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the petition was
submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.