Texas § LG.43.054 - WIDTH REQUIREMENTS
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§ LG.43.054. WIDTH REQUIREMENTS
WIDTH REQUIREMENTS. (a) A municipality may not annex a publicly or privately owned area, including a strip of area following the course of a road, highway, river, stream, or creek, unless the width of the area at its narrowest point is at least 1,000 feet. (b) The prohibition established by Subsection (a) does not apply if: (1) the boundaries of the municipality are contiguous to the area on at least two sides; (2) the annexation is initiated on the written petition of the owners or of a majority of the qualified voters of the area; or (3) the area abuts or is contiguous to another jurisdictional boundary. (c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a municipality with a population of 21,000 or more located in a county with a population of 100,000 or more may annex a publicly owned strip or similar area following the course of a road or highway for the purpose of annexing territory contiguous to the strip or area if the territory contiguous to the strip or area was formerly used or was to be used in connection with or by a superconducting super collider high-energy research facility. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 3(d), eff. Aug. 28, 1989; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1167, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 768, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003. Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6 ), Sec. 16, eff. December 1, 2017.
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Section LG.43.054 ("WIDTH REQUIREMENTS") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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