Texas Local Government Code
§ 43.1025 — ANNEXATION OF NONCONTIGUOUS MUNICIPALLY OWNED AIRPORT BY CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES
LG § 43.1025Title 2. ORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT · Part C. MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES AND ANNEXATION · Ch. 43. MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION · Art. E. ANNEXATION PROVISIONS RELATING TO RESERVOIRS, AIRPORTS, STREETS, AND CERTAIN OTHER AREAS
Statute text
View on source(a)This section applies only to a home-rule municipality that has a population of less than 13,000 and is located primarily in a county with a population of more than 3.3 million.
(b)The municipality may annex the unincorporated area of an airport owned by the municipality that is noncontiguous to the boundaries of the municipality regardless of whether the airport is located in the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction. The annexation may include any unincorporated area located in the proximity of the airport.
(c)The area described by Subsection (b) may be annexed under the requirements prescribed by Subchapter C-3, C-4, or C-5, as applicable, but the annexation may not occur unless each municipality in whose extraterritorial jurisdiction the area may be located:
(1)consents to the annexation; and
(2)reduces its extraterritorial jurisdiction over the area as provided by Section 42.023.
(d)If the area proposed for annexation is completely surrounded by territory under the jurisdiction of another municipality, regardless of whether that jurisdiction is full-purpose, limited-purpose, or extraterritorial, that municipality must find that the annexation is in the public interest.
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Legislative history
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1163 (H.B. 2702), Sec. 63, eff. September 1, 2011. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 32, eff. December 1, 2017. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 55(a), eff. December 1, 2017. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 155 (H.B. 347), Sec. 1.06, eff. May 24, 2019. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 644 (H.B. 4559), Sec. 124, eff. September 1, 2023.