Texas Local Government Code

§ 43.016 — AUTHORITY OF MUNICIPALITY TO ANNEX AREA QUALIFIED FOR AGRICULTURAL OR WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT USE OR AS TIMBER LAND

LG § 43.016Title 2. ORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT · Part C. MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES AND ANNEXATION · Ch. 43. MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION · Art. A-1. GENERAL AUTHORITY TO ANNEX

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(a)This section applies only to an area:

(1)eligible to be the subject of a development agreement under Subchapter G, Chapter 212; and

(2)appraised for ad valorem tax purposes as land for agricultural or wildlife management use under Subchapter C or D, Chapter 23, Tax Code, or as timber land under Subchapter E of that chapter.

(b)A municipality may not annex an area to which this section applies unless:

(1)the municipality offers to make a development agreement with the landowner under Section 212.172 that would:

(A)guarantee the continuation of the extraterritorial status of the area; and

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 225 (H.B. 1472), Sec. 1, eff. May 25, 2007. Transferred, redesignated and amended from Local Government Code, Section 43.035 by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 9, eff. December 1, 2017.