Texas Local Government Code
§ 43.136 — AUTHORITY OF SPECIAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY TO ANNEX FOR LIMITED PURPOSES ALONG NAVIGABLE STREAM
LG § 43.136Title 2. ORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT · Part C. MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES AND ANNEXATION · Ch. 43. MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION · Art. F. LIMITED PURPOSE ANNEXATION
Statute text
View on source(a)The governing body of a special-law municipality located along or on a navigable stream may extend the boundaries of the municipality to include the area designated by Subsection (b) only to:
(1)improve navigation on the stream by the United States, the municipality, or a navigation or other improvement district; and
(2)establish and maintain wharves, docks, railway terminals, side tracks, warehouses, or other facilities or aids relating to navigation or wharves.
(b)The municipality by ordinance may extend the boundaries to include an area composed of the navigable stream and the land on each side of the stream. The area may not exceed 2,500 feet in width on either side of the stream as measured from the thread of the stream and may not exceed 20 miles in length as measured in a direct line from the ordinary municipal boundaries, either above or below the boundaries, or both. Consequently, the area subject to the boundary extension is a strip 5,000 feet wide and 20 miles in length, or as much of that strip as the governing body considers advisable to add to the municipality. The boundaries are extended on the adoption of the ordinance.
(c)The governing body may acquire land in the added area by purchase, condemnation, or gift. If condemnation is used, the municipality shall follow the condemnation procedure applying to the condemnation of land by the municipality for the purchase of streets.
(d)This section does not authorize the municipality to extend its boundaries to include area that is part of or belongs to another municipality.
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 3(k), eff. Aug. 28, 1989. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 816, Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 1997.