Texas § LG.43.052 - MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION PLAN REQUIRED

§ LG.43.052. MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION PLAN REQUIRED

MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION PLAN REQUIRED. (f-1) In addition to the notice provided under Subsection (f), a home-rule municipality, before the 90th day after the date the municipality adopts or amends an annexation plan under this section, shall give written notice as provided by this subsection to each property owner in any area that would be newly included in the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction as a result of the proposed annexation. For purposes of this subsection, a property owner is the owner as indicated by the appraisal records furnished by the appraisal district for each county in which the area that would be newly included in the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction is located. The notice must include: (1) a description of the area that has been included in the municipality's annexation plan; (2) a statement that the completed annexation of that area will expand the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction to include all or part of the property owner's property; (3) a statement of the purpose of extraterritorial jurisdiction designation as provided by Section 42.001 ; and (4) a brief description of each municipal ordinance that would be applicable, as authorized by Section 212.003 , in the area that would be newly included in the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction. (f-2) In addition to the notice requirements under Subsection (f), a home-rule municipality, before the 90th day after the date the municipality adopts or amends an annexation plan under this section, shall create, or contract for the creation of, and make publicly available a digital map that identifies the area proposed for annexation and any area that would be newly included in the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction as a result of the proposed annexation. A digital map required under this subsection must be made available without charge and in a format widely used by common geographic information system software or in any other widely used electronic format if the municipality does not have common geographic information system software. If the municipality maintains an Internet website, the municipality shall make the digital map available on the municipality's website. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1167, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1185 (H.B. 610 ), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6 ), Sec. 15, eff. December 1, 2017. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1217 (S.B. 1303 ), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.